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MY LIFE - - From My Mother's Blog

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:22:40 -0400

Have any of you been on jdate? Well, what a cast of characters! none of them look like their pictures. Their personalities are awful. I went out with one man who said his body type was proportional.. he weighed about 300 pounds, another one said he still fit into his clothes from High School...his clothes were at least 3 sizes too big! He was so old he had shrunk.

A little belated, but my "friend" Ernie and I had an absolutely fabulous time in France! The French people were very nice to us, probably because we Bonjoured all over the place, Paris was very exciting, the museums were wonderful and the food was beyond yummy! We never had one argument, probably because our car has a navigation system!....and then on with my life.

FRANCE!! (From My Mother's Blog)

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:22:50 -0400

Well, alot has gone on in my life the past few years, some highs and some lows...But talk about those highs! My friend....with benefits, Ernie has invited me to spend a month with him in France. He is doing a house exchange, we will have an apartment in Paris, near the eiffel tower and a country house in the Burgundy region. I have never been to France so this is so exciting! I'm sure I will have

TOBY; NEW LIFE (from My Mother's Blog)

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:23:05 -0400

So, 15 months have passed since Joel Died. Now decisions, what to do with my life? I'm selling my house, ah, L.A. real estate. Paid $320,000 and it's now worth $900,000! I can't wait to buy my very own little home that I can decorate just the I want to, I will definitely have a red room! Another room will be my artist studio.
I have become a selling artist, just sold two thru a gallery. Of course , I will continue My R.E. career. And in my spare time, dinner & parties with friends, art shows and more...Now about men in my life, yes I would like onethese are my wants: Interesting, healthy, fun loving, he will laugh at my jokes, adore me, like my art work, and he will buy a house next door so as not to disturb MY HOUSE!

TOBY THE ARTIST (from my mother's blog)

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:23:19 -0400

I Won!! Who Nu I was such a good artist, certainely not me!! My friend Dori insisted that I enter our art Club's show at a gallery in Encino, California. I entered 2 paintings, Hoping to sell them I priced them low at $600 each. Another dear friend Linda Shapiro helped me get them to the gallery. After signing in we went for lunch at a local California jewish deli, which is not saying much. While their the Gallery called to tell me that one of the painting needed a new frame, we rushed to the art store, got some paint and ran to repaint the frame. We had 30 minutes to do all that. We then sat down to rest and we decided to wait for the Professional Art Judge to arrive. I never thought I would win, but when he stopped in front of my painting I became very excited and then.......

Bereavement Group (Mother's Blog)

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:23:30 -0400

I've got to move on, My life as the Widow Jacobson just does
not fit!

Last night I went to a charity for My Bereavement group called "A Musical Celebration of the Soul." I have never seen so many face lifts gone bad in my life! Remember the movie "What Happened to Baby Jane, well I now know! I went to the Musical with some of the people from my group, I, being the youngest and the only person with all my original parts drove. first we had dinner, that went just fine, except when it cam to paying the bill, Roberta the Annoying didn't feel that she should have to pay for Carol's two wines and my martini, after all she only had water, Louise didn't know what anyone had as she is nearly deaf. Howard didn't know what to do because his dearly departed wife made all the decisions.

(from my mother's blog ) ...................... JOEL NATHAN JACOBSON 7/1/41-10/7/05

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:23:39 -0400

I miss my husband.
I am very social now, I am out with friends more than I ever
was with Joel. As an example last weeks schedule was: Tuesday evening Book Club, Wednesday evening Sushi with Bobbi & Meryl,
Thursday the Opera with Dorie and George Maharis(yes, that
george from Route 66),Friday coctails at my new Real Estate
office, Saturday dinner with my dinner group, Sunday dinner with Marcia and Bruce.

BUDHA'S & JOEL JACOBSON (from My Mother's Blog)

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:23:47 -0400

My husband Joel has Lukemia, he has gone through all possible treatments and now we are waiting. So while we wait my son Doug, the Budhist told me his friend Tanot and the Monks from Thailand were coming to Encino and they would give Joel, the Orthodox Jew, a special blessing!! You can just imagine how excited Joel was, of course living with me has softened him up just a tad! I am not sure what made him agree to it, with of course, certain stipulations; He would not listen or talk to them and he may not even take his shoes or hat off, his gorgeous black curly hair is gone because of chemo,so he wears a baseball hat.

FROM ALLEN'S MOTHER'S BLOG: DIETS!!!

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:23:58 -0400

I looked in the mirror this morning and I said "who is this FAT woman!" as we say in L.A. oooh myyy goddd!*!* I must go on a diet..Now which one. How about the Atkins diet, on this diet you can eat 6 eggs with 4 pieces of cheese and a pound of bacon.. and as a snack a 16 ounce porterhouse, but no carbs! No this won't work, because I have high colesterol, which means no, eggs, bacon or cheese. Next the South beach diet, you can eat everything except in the first few weeks no Carbs, so how can I have a sandwich, "a turkey sandwich, please, with russian dressing, lettuce and tomatoes, hold the bread!" No that won't work either. Okay then how about weight watchers diet, a very well rounded diet you can eat every thing as long as you count the points, I get 25 points per day..listen, I can't even keep my check book straight much less points on a diet! Now someone told me about the Beverly Hills diet, I am not sure what this is, but I think you walk around Rodeo Drive and get sick looking at the size one women! On the other hand it's Saturday, so I will begin dieting starting on Monday!

SHOWING PROPERTY TO A STAR

Sun, 22 Feb 2004 22:57:14 -0500

Some years ago Shelley Fabares, wife of Mike Farrell, before she did Coach called my office to see a home in Sherman oaks, I was on the "floor" so I, the perfect realtor, took them out to see the house, they didn't like the home, but they or Shelley were willing to see other homes on other days. Mike never spoke to me, in fact he refused to get in my car! Shelley & I would drive in my car and he would follow in his suv, very popular car in L.A. Finally I decided to just get into his car or actually jump into his car before he could say a word. Now there was one little, little, problem, sometimes I get car sick driving in the back seat, yes I admit I am realtor who gets car sick and while I am admitting the truth, I also have no sense of direction, a very seriuos problem when you are a real estate agent. Oh and also I am a terrible driver,I actually believe that my clients buy homes fast, because they want to get out of my car for good as quickly as possible! Anyway if you have ever been car sick or seasick you know the feeling, your face gets paralized in an awful expression and you can hardly move your mouth which makes talking very difficult!. it was not a successful trip! I was showing them homes in Hidden Hills, a very exclusive area just outside the San Fernando Valley. The first home I showed them was John Davidsons parents home, John came out with his very sharp realtor and they just had a wonderful conversation with Mike & Shelley during which I think I grunted a few times. I can hardly remember the rest of the day.

Book Club

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:56:47 -0500

I was invited to a book club by my old realtor friends and yes i admit i am one too. the book was Peace like a river. We were given two months to read it before our meeting. first we had dinner, chinese food, during dinner I asked, no I yelled, becuase evryone was talking at the same time, if the 7 women, all grandmas by now, if they liked the book, three of us had actually read the book, one didn't want to read it until she found out if we liked it. one read the first and last chapter and the rest didn't know what we were talking about! i was then told we didn't discuss the book until dessert time at one of the granny's homes. at the hostesses home we discussed the dessert, diets, who in our real estate community had sold the most houses this past year, who had gotten divorced and who had died!