Recount (2008 HBO Film)

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Drama

When I heard HBO cable announcing the movie, "Recount" airs on last Spring, I've decided to wait for this DVD movie to come out cuz I don't have a HBO cable that could give you an extra cost in your TV cable company bill. I rented this DVD movie with other 2 movies on the weekend of December 13th when it finally came out.

I know what happened to 2000 Election in Florida where I am living in that time. I can't believe it. I do recall a day before the big media about it that I had no problem with the voting ballot when I went to the church where a number of my precinct took place in Daytona Beach. I noticed 2 colors, red and blue, in the state of Florida on TV news kept changing repeatly that late night while I was chatting with my mother-in-law on TTY. Dan Rathers, a CBS TV news anchor, said there could be a problem. The next morning I heard there are big electoral problems on TV news. Dad and I were staring and questioning each other when he came over to check on me that morning. I knew a woman who worked for our home county as an Election supervisor. She's a friend of my father. Her name is Deanie. She knows a sign lauguage little bit. This Deanie was very busy to solve the problems that day. My God, she worked so hard awfully. Poor Deanie cuz she lost her grandfather personally that time according to our local newspaper. Deanie kept getting calls alot from her family and political employees.

In "Recount" movie, it mentions my home county twice. I was surprised to hear that. You will find out to hear it in the beginning of this movie, not Palm Beach County. I was waiting for an election to be finished until in the middle of December 2000. That is a month long since it happened. Political employees were very busy to repair an election. They worked hard. Bush camp and Gore camp were fighting each other in the court to get a correct ballot. In that DVD movie, I don't see a truck delivering many boxes of voting ballot to the capital of our homestate, Florida. I recall I watched it traveling on the road on a local TV news.

Kevin Spacey who played Ron Klain, a Chief of Staff to the Vice President under Al Gore, did a wonderful acting job for HBO movie company. So is Laura Dern who played Katherine Harris, Florida's Secretary of State. "Recount" was filmed mostly in Jacksonville, Florida. Many scenes were shot in city hall, the federal courthouse, or the Riverplace Tower. Other scenes were shot on location on November 3 & 4, 2007, inside the actual courtroom of the Florida Supreme Court Building and outside its front exterior in Tallahassee, FL. This was the first time a Chief Justice of Florida, in this case R. Fred Lewis at the request of Craig Waters, granted permission for the filming of a major motion picture on the Court's property. It directed by Jay Roach. Sydney Pollack who was supposed to do a direction for this movie withdrew from this project due to a then-undisclosed illness so he was replaced by Jay Roach. Pollack died of cancer on May 26, 2008.

I am recommending that you should watch this very interesting movie.

See a video of "Recount" below:

December 30, 2008: Breakfast at Denny's With Dad

I had eaten a wonderful breakfast at Denny's yesterday morning.  Dad gave me this early birthday treat.  I ordered a hot drink, flavored cappuccino, and a breakfast, Belgian Waffle Platter.  Yummy!  Dad ordered something else, Senior Scrambled Eggs & Cheddar Breakfast.  Afterwards, I went home. 

Post-Christmas News

A night before Christmas I found out Mom and Joe are traveling again.  They were planning to take an airbus back to Chicago last Saturday morning.  I was somewhat upset when I found out as she asked me to check her airline schedule on an internet in my computer.  Mom and Joe purchased it on someone's computer while they were in California few weeks ago.  I didn't know that until now.  Mom didn't give Dad the news until last Friday afternoon when Joe made a confession to inform Dad about their plan.  I found out from David through IM that Friday evening Dad's reaction is he's mad.  I can't believe Mom and Joe are traveling again.  I miss Mom and Joe now.  I take over Mom's place to do chores at home again.  Mom and Joe will be returned home in time for my birthday.  I heard there's a winter storm in Chicago that Saturday but I guess they made it there on time.  The reason Mom and Joe went back to Chicago is that they are going to attend a special church convention.

Dad had a rough night after Christmas.  He has been a flu but he's about getting better now.  Dad needs resting.  He doesn't want me to touch him until Dad gets better when the flu leaves his body.  This time his throat hurts.  I think he's losing his voice.  I hardly listen to him when Dad talks shortly cuz his voice sounds terrible and low but I almost can understand Dad is saying something to me.

Florida still have a nice and warm weather until tomorrow when the cold front moves back in again.  Today is a partly sunny and 80 degrees.

Will see ya later! 

Our Christmas 2008

I had a wonderful Christmas on Christmas Day.  I stay home all day to celebrate it.  I had a cheese and herb turkey meat in the hamburger buns and a drink, an eggnog (yummy!) for my lunch.  After that, I had Christmas Hershey's Kisses candy.  A Chistmas dinner I had that night:  A tofu turkey go with vegetables.  It's very good.  I had a dessert afterwards.  That evening we opened our Christmas presents.  Joe and David were not there with us that night.  Dad got 4 pairs of Dockers socks from me and Jesus coffee mug from Mom.  Mom and Dad got a Wal-Mart gift card from Mom's aunt and uncle who live in Pennyslvania.  Another gift to Mom from me is undergarments.

 

 

See this picture on the right is that Mom got a framed picture of her 2 other friends with 2 other copies of them from me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dad got a Jesus coffee mug from Mom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mom got ASL book from me (See on the right).  Also this is for Joe.  I wanted Mom to share it with Joe.  I wrote their name in one tag.  Anyways, Mom likes ASL book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look what I got those Xmas gifts from my family.

 

 

 

 

See on the left of Christmas tree is Angels Kissing blanket from my grandaunt and granduncle, Honey and Frank who live in Pennsylvania.

 

New outfits from my parents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left to Right:  A Makeup item and Angelstar Worry Stone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David was supposed to wait until Mom comes home last Friday but he left early cuz he have to open his Christmas presents from us.  He stayed with Dad, Joe, and me that Friday afternoon.  Mom was disappointed when she found out.  She went out for shopping.  One of us should call Mom on her cell phone right away when David arrives to visit us.

 

That's it.

December 23, 2008: Christmas Shopping With My Interpreter, Kelsey

I went out all afternoon with a young, nice female interpreter named Kelsey yesterday.  She's hired by Mom and Joe.  Kelsey is a college student who knew my deaf friend, Chuck, who is happened to be her ASL instructor at Daytona Beach Community College (DBCC currently turns into Daytona State College since last year).  I didn't know Kelsey knows Chuck until I found out that few months ago.  I already know Chuck works at a college for teaching students ASL class.  That early Tuesday afternoon, Kelsey came to pick me up 30 minutes later after my chosen original schedule to get her on time, a noon, but she did call to inform my father she would be there in 15 minutes.  After we left the Manison, we went to a big bookstore, Barnes & Noble, in Daytona Beach.  That big bookstore comes first for me to do a Christmas shopping.  First, I ordered my lunch in the cafe there.  I planned to eat there cuz I needed taking a break from making a lunch at home.  My lunch was an apple-cransberry spread, cheese and turkey sandwich.  Yummy!  My beverage was hot Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha.  That drink was so delicious!  I tried this out.  After I finished eating my lunch, Kelsey helped me to look for a signing language book.  Kelsey asked a female bookstore employee where we would find a signing language book.  We found it with other books in the other area of the section after we followed that employee.  I've decided to buy a signing language book there.  It's a Christmas present for Mom and Joe cuz they need to learn how to use a signing language.  They don't using it much in a long time.  That's why Mom and Joe have a very busy life and don't understand me well by my speech (sigh).  I chose the best book, a big and thick but not too much.  That the same one I saw at a library few years ago.  I borrowed it for scanning few pictures from that book to put into my blog.  I like that book very much so I purchased it at the front.  Kelsey bought her own presents for some people she knows.  After I purchased the new book, I decided to buy a sweet chocolate cupcake (YUMMY!)  at the cafe.  I wanted a glass plastic container of it to go, not staying in the cafe cuz we had to leave immediately for going to the mall.  At the mall, I kept searching for my family member's Christmas gift.  I had to make a hard decision to choose what he or she want but I couldn't find anything but I did find out what Mom and Dad want for Christmas already before I left home.  I've decided to pick a package of 4 pairs of Docker's socks for my Dad at JCPenney's but can't find his after shaving lotion.  After that, I wanted to stop by music CDs and DVDs shop to look for David's Christmas gift but I can't find anything that would be interesting to him and I decided not to buy DVD cuz of the price there.  Kelsey suggested I could buy a gift card instead but I told her in a sign I am thinking about it.  And to the Sears.  No, I can't find anything for Mom there.  I decided I am done searching at the mall and then we left the mall for going to Wal-Mart in Ormond Beach.  Wal-Mart was my last shop to do.  I purchased few Christmas presents for Mom and David, a package of more bows, and needed to buy a package of more Thomas English Muffins for my breakfast.  And then I went home.  Kelsey dropped me off at my family's Manison.  I came home at about after 6:30 pm.  I had a wonderful and fun time.

That evening after eating my snack, a sandwich and a soda, I had to wrap Christmas presents for my family immediately.  That's alot of work through the night.  I finished wrapping them at about 10:30 pm and then cleaned up Christmas items on my bed.  What a mess!   I put them into my bedroom closet.  Mom put my Christmas presents under the Christmas tree in our family's living room for me.

Note:  The reason I decided to buy a signing language book for Mom and Joe is that they need an upgraded book.  Mom's other English signing language books are very old.  New ASL changes them.

That's it for now.  Good night.   

Mom and Joe. Christmas Shopping With Joe Little Bit. I Cancelled 2 Events By a Deaf Club.

Mom and Joe

Both Mom and Joe slept late that last Thursday morning, December 18th, a day after they flew back home in Florida.  It was a long journey for them.  Mom and Joe were very tired.  I finally hugged Mom for the first time since she went away when Mom came down to my big suite for seeing me.  Also, she gave me a very pretty ivory winter coat but it's a light wool, just like my mom's but her own coat is a little bit different from mine.  I like it very much cuz it keeps me a warm when the cold weather comes back again in Florida.  It's a early Christmas gift from my mom.  I think it's an used that she got from a garage sale in California.  Before that, I borrowed Mom's own wool coat from her once.  I am glad they have had a safe flight.


Christmas Shopping With Joe Little Bit
That Thursday afternoon December 18th, Joe and I went out to do Christmas shopping little bit.  I had a lunch at Larry's Giant Sub, next to T.G.I.Friday's Restauart on the beachside.  It's located at the shopping plaza, across the road from the beach, houses and hotels.  And the park, too.  Larry's Giant Sub have a framed photograph of Tom Cruise and me on the wall.  It's still there for a long time.  I used to go that restaurant for breakfast and lunch ony but not too many times.  It's a very good eaten place.  I love it.  Anyways, I ordered an Italian Connection submarine sandwich and a beverage, lemonade, and a small bag of potato chips.  My lunch was very delicious.  After I finished eating there, Joe had to do errands himself and then we stopped by the big building called Cash America, a pawn shop, next to the police station in Daytona Beach.  Joe wanted me to go in there when he came back several minutes later.  I did.  I checked it out.  When I got inside there, I noticed there are computers, TV sets, and music equipments everywhere.  And used DVDs, too.  I chose 2 DVD movies, "Chocolat" and "The Devil Wears Prada" but Joe purchased them as Christmas presents for me.  I know those are early gifts.  LOL!  Afterwards, Joe wanted to stop by at a health food store, Love.  He needed to buy more food there.  When we arrived there, Joe spotted Mom's car in the parking lot.  What is she doing there?  I believed Mom is doing her food shopping.  I waved Mom when Joe got in and talked to her.  I waited in the car.  Mom left Love shop early for going to Wal-Mart to do more grocery when she's done shopping at Love.  Several minutes later after Mom left, I went home with Joe when he finished shopping.  We came home at almost same time as Mom.  We returned there about 10- 15 minutes before Mom arrived back.


I Cancelled 2 Events By a Deaf Club
On Sat the 20th, I didn't go to the other deaf club in other town cuz nobody rides with me to get there.  I was having a hard time finding someone who would take me there.  The other deaf club was having a big Christmas party in Belleview, Florida, between the Village and Ocala.  That's too far away from my hometown.  And last Monday night, December 22nd in Deland for Volusia Signing Silent Dinner, planned by my hearing/interpreter friend from my deaf club, Nova, I didn't go there.  My deaf friend, Amy, said no to me cuz she already got 2 other people to ride with her and her hubby, Chuck.  I was upset and disappointed.  Nobody takes me there.  I felt trapped at my mansion.  I think Amy was too late to ask me to ride with her as if she's not thinking about me beforehand.

Kitty's Christmas Tree 2008

Yesterday evening, Mother found this artificial and fiber optic Christmas Tree in the garage of our Mansion. I guess this was belonged to a doctor who owned our Mansion before us. It looks different than the last year I had cuz an old one is broken. I like Fiber optic Christmas Tree better than Christmas lights. Hope u likes my pictures. :-)

Wal-Mart. Denny's. Blockbuster. Mom and Joe.

Last Friday afternoon December 12th, I went to Wal-Mart to do a grocery.  When I arrived there, I went straight to the photo department to have my pictures printed in the computer from my digital camera.  I ordered 31 photos but I stopped marking the check on more others inside cuz each picture costs me.  More others are still inside in my digital camera.  I am not done with them until then.  Afterwards, I contiuned doing a food shopping until I decided I have enough.  I finished early.  I ate raisins as a snack while I was waiting for Dad to pick me up.  Guess who I ran into again?  When I was about getting into Dad's car, I saw Selena pushing the cartwheel with her 2 girls.  I said, "Hi, Selena." when Selena turned her head around and saw me as she was about entering into the store.  Selena said "Hi" to me.  And then I went in the car and to home.

I had a breakfast at Denny's the next morning, Sat. December 13, 2008.  Dad took me there.  I wanted to eat there cuz I needed taking a break from cooking breakfast at home.  I cooked breakfast almost everyday but I panted and panted.  Anyways, I ordered a beverage, flavored cappuccino, and an Ultimate Omelette and a side dish, harsh brown.  I had already decided not to eat pancakes anymore for awhile cuz I made them at home for few days before Saturday.  I have enough.  Those pancakes were really good.  My breakfast at Denny's was so delicious.  Yummy!

After breakfast at Denny's, Dad dropped me off at Blockbuster for renting 3 DVD movies.  I've decided to rent "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Jane Austen Book Club", and "Recount".  At Blockbuster, I can't find "Recount" anywhere.  I was hardly scanning to look that name on the shelf  so fast as I kept moving my wheelchair along so I asked an employee if Blockbuster have one.  Yes, it have one so she went to get it for me.  Oh, I didn't see it on the shelf when she returned to the counter.  I can't see the word, "Recount", cuz the scanning marker is on it.  Then I paid renting those 3 DVD movies.  I went outside and waited for Dad to pick me up.  I know he had gone to a post office and a store.  While I was waiting ouside of Blockbuster, I felt a warm that is coming from the sun.  I wore my blue winter jogging outfit.  I enjoyed the weather.  It's a nice.  About 10-15 minutes later, I felt I am thirsty so I've decided to buy a cold bottled water and I went back inside to go get it.  Then I saw Dad's car is there.  I assumed he's waiting for me.  I went outside and came around Dad's car and waited for Dad but unexpectedly, the car turned out belonging to someone else.  LOL, I was very confused when Dad's car arrived as the car of the male driver was about leaving at the same time.  Both men were laughing.  I did recognizing Dad's color car before Dad came to get me but I was very confusing.  LOL!  I laughed so hard.  I picked the wrong car!  I made a mistake!  Dad's color car looks exactly alike a man's silver car.  Both silver cars are too much bright color for me to see.  I can't remember what the name of Dad's brand-new silver car but it's an used.  I forgot.  Joe bought that silver car for Dad 2 months ago.  It's a nice one.  And then I went home.

Have news about Mom and Joe.  Finally, both Mom and Joe will be coming home late tonight.    I am glad they decided it's time to go back home.  Mom and Joe bought their airline ticket last Monday morning.  Their airline schedule faxed to Dad that Monday morning.  I read it.  I can't wait to see them again after all!  Mom and Joe had been gone for 3 weeks.  Wow!

GDBAD Christmas Dinner December 6, 2008

I went to a GDBAD Christmas Dinner Party at Easter Seals last late Saturday afternoon.  My bus came in to pick me up at my mansion on time.  I arrived at Easter Seals so early when my bus dropped me off there.  When I got inside, some club officials were setting up the food on table.  I was so hungry and can't wait to eat until 5 pm.  I had a small lunch, a salad, cuz I would be ended up getting full at supper.  Anyways, one of club officials, Georianna, announced us that we have had to line up at the door outside the room to pay the food and game.  We did it as she said.  We were waiting to take our turn to pay admission but it took us so long cuz one of guests from the other deaf club had discussing the payment with one of our club officials, Bud, a president.  Bud screwed up.  Bud and Roy, the other club official, a treasurer, were discussing the payment that Amy sent an email to spread out to us about Christmas Dinner Party.  I waited and waited patiently.  The price was mixed up.  Bud gave us a correct price.  Oh, well.  Next year, Bud will be replaced as club president by a deaf guy from New Smyrna Beach named Marcus cuz Bud could be losing his mind at his age.  I hope Marcus will be a good planner and successful and smart.  Anyways, I don't have to pay the food cuz I am a member of the deaf club but will have to pay the Fingo game later.  Then I went to the table where I wanted to seat at in my wheelchair.  I noticed so many guests and members flocked when they arrived.  Wow, the room at Easter Seals was so crowded!  The space in it is too small.  Chuck came in but he's not with Amy cuz Chuck informed me that Amy had to do Christmas orders for her many customers at home.  She's very busy doing those ASL artwork orders every Christmastime.  Again, I was waiting for the food to start but a prayer come first by Carl from St. Augustine.  I was first to line up to get food at table cuz I am in a wheelchair.  I was told that.  I picked out what I wanted to eat.  They look yummy and delicious!  Club officials ordered the food at a supermarket, Publix.  They taste better than we made food ourselves.  Biscuit, ham, chicken, potato salad, dips, crackers, devil eggs, and macaroni salad.  Free drinks are tea but have to pay sodas and water.  Pumpkin and pecan pies.  When I finished picking out the food, I went back to the table and ate them.  I chatted with some members and guests at the table.  After dinner, I had to pay the game.  We were waiting for the game to start but it took us so long cuz club officials were very busy taking care of things first.  Some members and guests went ahead to get a piece of cake when the club official opened the box of Christmas cake but she decided to stop doing it for members and guests until at break time.  Finally, the game started.  I didn't win that night but I am okay.  I really needed money for food and Christmas shopping.  I enjoyed playing the game.  It was fun.  Then Dad came in to pick me up but we have had a speaker named Brian who works for CSDVRS, a different video relay service company, not Sorenson VP, as Outreach Specialist.  Brian discussed a new videophone product, the Z.  Hmmm, I am thinking about this new product but I can't afford it.  I like Sorenson VP better and would like to have a nice Blackberry Pearl pager as my Christmas or Birthday wish from one of my family members cuz I can use it to anywhere in the travel world outside my home.  Anyways, when the speaker finished talking, I went to check out his flyer and an application.  And then I went home.

Here is a slideshow below:

Trip to Wal-Mart Last Wed. News About High School Class Reunion. Christmas Decoration.

I went to Wal-Mart last Wednesday morning.  I had to get more food myself.  As I was about entering into the vegetable dept, guess who I ran into again?  I saw and recoginzed my high school classmate.  Her name is Selena.  She was a homecoming queen and a cheerleader.  Selena was with a lady and 2 girls as she was talking with her.  Those 2 little girls are so cute in their pretty, warm outfit.  We were hugged each other and talked little bit.  She was rushing cuz she was having a party that Wednesday night.  I noticed there's a cake under the cartwheel.  Selena asked me about the 20th high school class reunion.  I replied yes, I am going to be there.  I also said I am going to buy a new dress for a reunion next year.  I was glad to see Selena again since I saw her with female classmates of mine outside on the track field last late April when I went back to my high school for 100th anniversary.  And then after we had a talk, I was looking a plastic bag of salad and kept continuing to do a grocery.  I almost bumped into Selena with a lady and 2 girls few times while I was riding a cart as she was pushing the cartwheel.  I went home when I finished doing a grocery.

As I am mentioning my 20th high school class reunion next year, I just found out about it thru one of 2 different websites of Seabreeze High School after a classmate of mine sent this website to me in an e-mail 2 months ago.  It looks cool.  Wow.  So I signed it up.  It's free.  Greg, who was a homecoming king is doing the reunion plans.  I don't know where it will take  place but I will find out.  I will may be getting an invitation to the 20th reunion in the mail, probably next year.  The date of our 20th high class reunion will be on June 13, 2009.  I am so excited about going back there.  Yes, I am going to dress up pretty.

I started decorating Christmas in my huge suite yesterday but I am not finished it yet cuz I need to get a new Christmas tree.  My old one is broken.  I have to discuss Christmas tree with Mom and Joe when they get back first.  This morning, I put up a Christmas garland onto my computer desk.  It looks very pretty.  When I am finished decorating it, I will take a picture of Christmas stuff everywhere with my digital camera for all of u to see in my photo album.

News About Mom and Joe

I can't believe what I found out from Dad that Mom and Joe will not be returned until Monday December 8th this early morning.  I really wanted Mom and Joe to be home immediately cuz I need Mom seriously and Joe to discuss my rent but I am planning to call him on his cell phone or on my mother's thru a VP later to talk about it.  I have to pay a rent to the doctor who owned our mansion before us now before I could buying anything.  Anyways, I am hoping they MUST be coming home.  I can't wait to see them again.

November 19 and 20, 2008: Aunts Betty and Teresa's Visit Part 2 of 2

Left to Right:  Joe, Teresa, Betty, and Mom at Betty's A1A Cafe.

The next evening, Thursday November 20th, Mom, Joe, and I went to pick up Aunts Betty and Teresa at their hotel, Coral Sands Inn & Seaside Cottage on the beachside.  We were going to have a dinner with them at a seafood restaurant on the beachside, Betty's A1A Cafe.  The weather that evening was cold.  I wore a dark blue overcoat.  Then we were headed for the restaurant, north of their hotel on the same road.  I had been to Betty's A1A Cafe long before.  The food was so delicious.  When we arrived inside there, we sat down at the table together.  I felt inside the restaurant is so warm.  I can tell that the heater condition is on.  I ordered a cheeseburger with bacon and a potato salad.  And a glass of spirite.  Yummy!  Wow!  That food is so delicious!  We were chatting but I did not talking much cuz I had to eat a hot cheeseburger.  After dinner, we were received a sing song so unexpectedly from witnesses.  They surprised Aunt Betty a recent birthday cake (actually on September 10th).  It was a chocolate!  Yummy!  But that cake is a small piece.  Aunt Betty sliced each of it for sharing with us.  We took aunts back to their hotel afterwards.  I went inside their cottage.  Their cottage looks clean and beautiful.  I figured the hotel manager at Coral Sands Inn bought a property of cottage few years ago.  Long before that, cottages were very old and where RV tourists (I guess) stayed.  I saw them on the beachside as one of my parents drove a car passing by.  Staying there for awhile, Mom, Aunts Betty, Teresa, and I were laughed so hard when Aunt Betty tried to get her mouth come out to talk.  I hardly listened to what she said cuz her voice is low.  Oh, I get it when she said.  She said she and Teresa wanted me to write an e-mail to Uncle Bill, Mom's brother, for them.  I said okay.  I always do.  I've had done them before.  I hugged and said goodbye to those aunts.  I am going to miss them very much.  And then we left their hotel for going home.  That's the last time I saw them.  On Friday November 21st, Aunts were going to fly back to their homestate.  Joe drove them to an airport in Orlando and dropped them off there.  I had a wonderful time with those aunts.  I was so glad to see them again.

Here is slideshow of Aunts Betty and Teresa's visit below:

November 19 and 20, 2008: Aunts Betty and Teresa's Visit Part 1 of 2

Left to Right:  Aunt Teresa and Aunt Betty

A week before Thanksgiving, I was so excited to see 2 aunts of mine.  They are from Williamsport, Pennsylvania and 2 of my mother's 7 siblings.  Betty and Teresa are not married.  Betty is retired from being a nun and a nurse in her career but she's still a part of being nun.  Betty became a nun in the early 1960s.  Teresa is still a nurse to take care of an elderly person.  Both Betty and Teresa are living together at the blue house that was once belonged to my deceased grandparents.  The blue house was built by my grandfather as a birthday gift to his wife in, I think, 1983.  I had seen inside their blue house everywhere while I was growing up.  It was beautiful.  Long before Betty and Teresa moved into a blue house, they lived in a big apartment in downtown.  That's where my mother used to live there before she married my father.  Until the fire was first started in the roof of their big apartment, they moved to another apt on the 2nd floor in South Williamsport.  I visited them there often as a teenager.  I was having a hard time to go upstairs with a pair of canes but I got a help from my mother or someone carried me up in there.  Now, they were on a vacation at Disney World Resort in Orlando for few days until on Wednesday November 19th when they travelled to Ormond Beach for staying at Coral Sands Inn & Seaside Cottage.  They stayed at one of cottages.  Betty and Teresa came over to our mansion that evening for a visit.  When they came over, I was so glad to see them again and hugged them.

During a visit to our mansion that Wed evening, David was already there before them and we were chatting each other and had a good time with us.  They drank a soda and had a snack.  Later, Mom, Dad, Joe, David, and I were watching the ballet show that my cousin, Vanessa, teaches little, young, and teenage girls, and few boys on DVD video.  Betty and Teresa brought Vanessa's DVD video and gave it to us.  They were performed on the stage last summer, June 2008.  Wow, Vanessa's video show looks wonderful and she had a great job to do her work to help girls and boys.  And her sister, Tiffany, was involved in it.  Awww, so cute!  I can hear the music in the background with a pair of my hearing aids on.  It's beautiful.  I will watch it again the other time.  Aunt Teresa said I could be a ballerina.  Yes, I agreed with her.  I liked that way when I was a little.  After finished watching the DVD show, we were chatting again at the dining table.  I just learned Jennifer who was born with CP is in care of the other relative, not the other grandmother.  I was wrong.  It turned out the other daugther that Grandaunt Ann has.  I also learned her hubby, Cleo, is not doing well.  Aunt Teresa told me that Grandaunt Kitty is in a nursing home right now.  That's what she heard about.  Grandaunt Kitty is my Godmother, my mother's aunt, and my deceased grandfather's sister. Later that evening, both Betty and Teresa were returned to their hotel on the beachside.  Mom dropped them off there.  I was so glad to see them again.  It's been a long time.  I hugged both of them for the first time since the last time I saw them years ago when they came over.  They have had no idea Florida was having a cold weather since last Sunday.  It was still on until this weekend.  Betty and Teresa like our mansion very much.  They took a house tour by Mom before they left.

Updates on Mom and Joe

Well, Mom and Joe are not coming home yet.  They were supposed to come home from a church trip to California yesterday.  I was disappointed and upset.  They wanted to stay in California for one more day or few.  I guess Joe changed the plans again.  He's the one who is responsible.  I woke up after 4 am today if Mom is there but no, she was not.  I really wanted to hug Mom again.  Dad said he got a call from them and they changed the plans.  Dad also said they will be coming home tomorrow.  Hopefully.  And then I went back to my huge suite and felt I am mad at Joe little bit.  I called Mom on her cell phone after 4 am thru a relay service in my VP and checked on her.  Mom said she and Joe will be home in 2 days (Thursday).  I am confused which day they are going to fly back here in Florida.  Tomorrow or 2 days?  Who is right?  All I need is a straight answer from one of them.  I know Todd is right when he said Joe keeps changing alot while working for him in a law office many years ago.  I think Joe needs Dr. Phil's help.  After I talked with Mom thru VP, I went back to bed.

Thanksgiving Week 2008

Whew!  I am taking a break from doing chores for Mother.  I have been busy at home since Mother's absent last Tuesday.  Oh, boy.  Doing chores drove me crazy.  Took a nap few times, but not much.  I can't sleep.

Last, very early Tuesday Morning, Mom and my oldest brother, Joe, went to an airport in Orlando for flying back to California on that Thanksgiving week.  I had to get up to catch Mom and Joe on time before they leave.  They planned to leave at 4 am.  I wanted to hug Mom and Joe for saying goodbye.  Mom was late.  I noticed she was in a hurry and couldn't have time to chat with me.  She was very busy and went crazy.  Mom had to put her stuff into my green suitcase that was sitting on the floor next to the kitchen.  She borrowed it from mine.  And then I laughed at Mom as she was sitting on top of it as if she was in hurry.  LOL!  Mom was trying to close the suitcase when she was done packing.  She laughed, too.  Mom and Joe hugged me and then they left.  After they left, I went back to bed.  Mom and Joe were going to Mount Shasta, California.  Have u heard about this place?  It nears the boarder of Oregon.  That's where they went on a Thanksgiving church trip.  Everyday, I called Mom on her cell phone thru a relay service in my videophone when she have had a free time before Mom leaves the hotel.  Mom and Joe are coming home tonight, very late.  I can't wait to see Mom and Joe again soon.

The next day, Wednesday afternoon, I went to Wal-Mart for doing a grocery.  As I was about leaving the mansion, I noticed there's a large luggage is trashed outside.  I laughed at it as I was figuring out what it is.  I understood why Mom wanted to borrow my green suitcase.  Otherwise, I had to buy more personal supplies there and more food.  At that time, I felt shivering and warm little bit since that morning and my back was in terrible pain.  Ouch!  I realized I may be getting a fever again.  Oh, no.  I spoke with female Wal-Mart employee about body temperature.  I was looking for a cheap one that I can afford.  I wished my mother is here to help me but she had no idea what's wrong with me.  Anyways, an employee suggested about the product named Reli-On Digital Thermometer.  I chose it and hopefully, it would work.  I don't like old fashioned thermometer cuz I had a difficult reading the number inside and it confuses me.  And then I went home.

When I got back home from a trip to Wal-Mart that Wednesday afternoon, I took a digital thermometer right away after I put food and other stuff away.  And waited for 60 seconds.  I checked to see how much degrees in it when it's done.  Yes, I was right.  I have had a fever again.  100.6 degrees.  And then I took aspirins immediately.  A fever went ups and downs repeatly little bit.  I kept taking those aspirins for every 4 hours to keep a fever down until last late Thursday night when I gave up.  I was so tired of taking those aspirins!  I don't like them!  Mom said I don't need to see a doctor again.  I was told that exactly by Dad last Friday.  Last Friday morning, I took a green liquid for spasm again and I felt better.  I took Bio-K bottle, taste like a yogurt before eating a breakfast.

I went to a Thanksgiving Feast at Greg's Liberty in Ormond Beach with Dad and David on Thanksgiving Day.  David arrived at our mansion on time.  He said I look pretty.  I thanked him.  And then we left.  A funny thing about David is that he's a clean freak cuz David doesn't want me to touch inside his newest blue Honda car when I get in it.  I don't care about the touch.  I wanted him to stop being a clean freak!  David needs loosing up himself.  The food was wonderful and so delicious but I had to take an easy carefully cuz I was still having little bit of a fever.  I ate it slow.  And then I decided stop eating at the halfway of my food.  I wanted to take it with me to home.  I ate a pie at home.  Yummy!  I went to take a nap afterwards.  I needed a rest.  That's what my Dad said at dinner.  I know I needed it cuz I was still having a little fever.

Here is a slideshow of Thanksgiving 2008 below:

I had a guy who works for Sorenson VP company coming over to my place last Saturday afternoon for repairing my VP.  I had a problem with the flashing lights in my VP.  I had to turn off the VP for watching TV program on a cable.  That's why I don't see the flashing lights and I received a long list of missed calls.  I didn't know people including Todd trying to call me so unexpectedly.  I can't believe it.  Anyways, Sorenson guy did it successfully.  He took the VCR box out from the TV set and the wire of Sorenson VP hooked up into it.  Another equipment of Belkin is not anymore.  I thanked Sorenson guy when he finished repairing it and then he left.  Right now, the VP is on in case the flashing light signaled me out when the person is calling me.  I am happy the flashing light is working.

That's it for now.