Always....

Celebrity deaths happen in threes.  Well this week I've counted at least 5.  David Bowie died Sunday, followed by David Margulies (the mayor from the Ghostbusters movies).  Today we found out about Celine Dion's husband, Brian Bedford (the voice of Robin Hood in Disney's animated film) and of course Alan Rickman. 

I am in shock and awe about Rickman the most.  Probably because I am most familiar with his work.  I mean honestly I've seen every Harry Potter movie at least 10 times. 

Being a book lover knowing what was going to happen in these movies before the movie was released I could feel kind of numb by all the things that were twists in the books.

However in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 the last scenes you saw Alan Rickman made me cry every time.  He delivered such emotion the last time his character Snape spoke to Harry.  "You have your mother's eyes."

Then when you see that his character loved Harry's mother he just utters one word "always." It kills me every time.

Today I've gone crazy with posting every good thing I could find on Alan Rickman.  And it's nice to see the Potter community revealing what a wonderful person he was.  Daniel Radcliffe wrote a long Google+ post on how wonderful he was.  It's nice to see that those young actors got such support from a great man and continued to get that support after the movies were completed.

So sometime this weekend (after my chorus retreat) I will be pulling out my Dvds of all 8 Harry Potter films to rewatch  them and in a way mourn for this wonderful actor with the booming bass voice.

Happy New Year

So clearly I haven't kept my word about posting regularly.  Perhaps with the new year I can change that. 

It's been a crazy holiday season.  For those of you who don't know I work for a Hallmark Corporate Store so I am right in the heart of the hustle and bustle of Christmas.

In the middle of December I caught a cold from Anastasia, surprisingly it didn't affect her sugars too much.  For a couple days right before Christmas I had very little voice. 

I've finally gone to the Dr  and will hopefully get better soon

As for Anastasia we've had some ups and downs.  Christmas was fun for her this year.  I bought her the North Pole Communicator and we talked to elves and Santa & Mrs. Claus every day in December.  She loved it!  I highly recommend this to anyone who has a young believer. 

We are now trying another treatment for her hair loss.  We can see that the new cream is reacting with her head but I'm not sure if the hair growth will start or not.  I just keep praying.

Mid December she came down with an ear infection but she recovered well.  Thank goodness!  Her A1C is still a little high but hopefully it will be in check real soon.  We'll find out in March.

I hope the new year treats you all well.  I'm hoping for good things, but we'll see.