I’ll be your best friend if you have tickets to the June 1 show of Rent.

And I can come with.

Somewhere… 1,000 people are laughing.

My birthday is June 28.

(hint. hint.)

I’m turning 40.

(ok, maybe that’s a bit of a fib.)

I went to Ticketmaster to buy myself an early birthday gift.

No tickets.

For the 2pm or 7pm show.

I’m sad.

Seriously.

In 1996 when Rent first opened it was amazing to see on Broadway.

And then amazing to listen to Adam Pascal sing One Song Glory in the car.

Time flies.

I can’t believe the show is closing 12 years later.

I want to experience Rent (even without Adam Pascal) one more time.

Anyone?

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Natalie’s great grandmother had a birthday yesterday.

I didn’t know. I have an excuse. Abuelita is their paternal grandmother.

Every week, I’ve been trying to get the kids to visit with their Grandma Jenny.

During last night’s dinner at a lovely Long Island restaurant with her, I came up with an idea.

Send the woman some flowers. From her great grandchildren.

Easier said than done.

You can’t exactly send flowers to South America through 1800 Flowers

Then again, I wouldn’t use 1800 Flowers even to send flowers to Brooklyn.

(I’ve never seen a floral arrangement from them worth the price anyone paid.)

I asked Natalie’s Grandma Jenny for a number of a good florist in Bolivia.

And today the call was made.

A few hours ago, Abuelita thought someone was playing a joke on her.

Apparently with the exchange rate ($7.80 pesos bolivianos to $1US), the arrangement that arrived was pretty large.

I wasn’t going for a grand statement. I just wanted her to know the kids were thinking about her.

She absolutely loved the flowers.

Of course after I send the flowers, I find out flowers in Bolivia aren’t a big deal.

Six roses are like 3 pesos.

This explains the reaction to the flowers since Abuelita’s arrangement included every flower under the sun.

And now I’m just waiting to see a photo.

Their great aunt (Tia something or the other) said she’d have a photo emailed over.

I’ll update this post then.

I’m really interested in seeing what all the commotion was about.

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I just watched the 80^th Academy Award nominations for the 2007 Oscar nominees.

They were live from Los Angeles (at 5:30 AM PST) so I’m sure the phones are ringing throughout California and waking up some actors too tired to wake this early.

None of the films the Academy President or Kathy Bates (why was she announcing or even in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater!?!) were really surprising.

Some may say the Academy Awards are stuffy and the Golden Globes are the fun awards show.

Sure the Golden Globes are fun but when you think of Hollywood glamour it’s always been the Academy Awards that comes to mind for me.

And this year, several actor parents are nominated -    

Casey Affleck (dad of two) for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford in the best supporting actor category.

Cate Blanchett (mom of two, expecting baby #3 in April) for Elizabeth- The Golden Age and for I’m Not There. in the best supporting actress category.

Johnny Depp (dad of two) for Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in the best actor category.

Ruby Dee (mom of three) for American Gangster in the best actress category.

Tilda Swinton (mom of two) for Michael Clayton in the best actress category.

And even Paul Thomas Anderson (dad of Pearl with Maya Rudolph) received a nomination for There Will Be Blood as best director.

Congrats to all of them.

I’ll be watching the Academy Awards on February 24^th to which of these cool parents get an Oscar.

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I know it has been a while since I posted my “Oh woe is me, Natalie’s gone away what will I do” post.

I’ve been pretty busy. Here are the highlights.

I’ve spent the last two weeks –

Deciding what to call my documentary.. drum roll please…. The Gospel According to Jessica

Talking on the phone with Natalie’s sleigh bed manufacturer. Please deliver her bed before she goes off to college.

Taking Harrison to his eight month appointment … 18.1lbs baby!

Starting a bunch of product review guides – Harrison is in the middle of an organic baby food product review. Too fun!

Missing a NY1 segment because of delays in Chicago. Bad O’Hare. Bad. Bad.

Feeding 46 year old birthday girls baby food.

Waiting on line at Shake Shack in cold weather. Colder weather. The coldest weather ever.

Preparing for snowstorms that don’t show up.

Dropping Natalie off at Tada!

Eating dinner in Long Island with the kids’ Grandma Jenny

Picking out a dress coat at Lord & Taylor for Miss Nat with her Grandma Jenny.

Squeezing into a pair of pants I should fit into by now but blame my holiday food induced coma.

Hearing my eyesight has gotten better.

Getting compliments on my temporary glasses.

Forgetting to order my contacts.

Piling up laundry.

Donating items to the Goodwill.

Renting Sharing cars.

Blogging everywhere else but here.

Witnessing a woman who reminded me of my grandmother have a health problem in the studio.

Jumping on the kid’s bathroom step stool because I thought my brand new, clean apartment had a mouse. (The noise was coming from Madison, the Chinatown turtle.)

Tiling my bathroom floor. OK, maybe I’ve just bought the tile, put it on the floor, picked up and put it back in the box. But it will be tiled soon!

Being cheated on by Jessica who went to Isabella’s with Valerie after I cheated on her and went there with Laine last month. (Two wrongs don’t make a right people!)

Freaking out that the audience giveaways were hiding somewhere in NBC

Getting the best manicure/pedicure but the most frightful eyebrow wax.

Being offered spokesperson positions

Having Crain’s New York Business take my little idea and put it in print.

Dealing with computer problems causing me to miss lunch with Leslie. (Hey Al, when you created the Internet, could you have made more reliable email too!)

Watching pointless horror movies like The Hitcher and ____________.  (I won’t admit the other one.)

Listening to my iPod.

Talking with strangers at airports.Booking segments into spring.

Charging my cell phone one day. Not charging my cell phone.

Eating bad sushi with Donna and then better pizza.

Receiving phone calls from Time Warner Cable at 10 30 at night asking if the technician could come by then to fix my DVR

Writing health articles for American Baby magazine.

Registering for two tradeshows I was planning on missing but now have been guilted into attending.

Hurting my toe. Still hurts. Ouch.

Wishing I didn’t eat at CPK with Jessica the cheat.

Writing product reviews.

Shopping at Banana Republic for segment clothing. Nothing. On Sale. Nothing. Regular priced.

Relying on solely what’s in my closet for my television appearances. (Oh no!)

Checking out so many reality show debuts (or season debuts) that my brain has turned into mush.

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