Stuff

Hello everybody,

1. It's been a busy week. Have been traveling but since I said I would, I was working on what I promised in a previous blog: A tribute to Black Men (as you will recall I already delivered on my Testosterone What it Is and Why I like It) As I was working on it I realized I had already done one. You might not guess it at first but it's all there and it's the most fitting tribute I can think of. It is on my web site www.judgelynn.com It's an article called Time and Place. It talks about what my father and his friends did back in the forties. Read that. I think what they did in the envirnoment they did it is is so powerful. It authored my success, my everyday ease. Brothers taking care of business in a big way. They are everywhere but you never hear about it. It doesn't make the news. As a young girl my life was so filled with them that that was all I knew. I am thankful for that.

2. While you are on the site you should also check out the 'about me' section. I have added video tape of my family. So if you want to see me in all my domestic disfunction its there!

3. FYI I'll be on Trivial Pursuit. Its a daytime syndicated game show twice next week. It is hosted by Christopher Knight (Peter form the Brady bunch) It's TV Judge week I'm on Tuesday November 18th and Friday November 21st. Since its syndicated you'll have to check you local listings.

4. Working on a lot of stuff. 13 year old is acting up. Dealing with the teachers and his punishment (I swear grounding a kid is harder on the parents than it is the kid - they mope and ask and get on my nerves something awful - but I am sticking to my guns) Trying to finish a book. Husband is cranky trying to fix that. Working on some new TV stuff - heading into uncharted waters. (cross your fingers for me on that) .16 year old looking to get driver's liscence. You should see me trying to teach him. I am nervous by nature. And so is he. Getting ready for Thanksgiving. Having 6 folks from out of town coming to stay that means 10 for dinner. They are family and they know me so I am sure they don't expect much.

If you don't hear from me until then have a wonderful Thanksgiving. And take a few moments to really use it for what it is intended. I plan to. I am going to sit down and soak in all the wonderful things I have - healthy family, great neighbors, all the people that love me. You do the same. even if your life is not going the way you'd like find something. It will make you feel better. It is so easy to forget what's going well if you are fighting to keep your head above water. I know that. But give yourself a break and a pat on the back for what you've accomplished even if its nothing more than the fact that you're still up and swinging. Sometimes that in and of itself is the biggest victory.

Love ya'll.