Markle Family Weirdness

I don't have anything against Megan Markle. I mean, a former-American princess is always cool in my book, but I feel like people are ignoring a huge point in her family drama- her mom is the only family member who seems to support her. I agree that her dad and his kids appear to be a bit kooky, but everyone has some kooky family members. The kookiness doesn't really explain why they would make up villainous things about her. There aren't any other family members who are the average Joe, who are in her life, who have anything positive to say? Did she distance herself from everyone? If so, why?

And why completely cut off all communication with your father? If she were speaking with him, probably not telling him anything of any real importance he might share with the press, but just keeping cordial lines of communication open, perhaps he wouldn't feel left out. It all seems super weird to me.

Also, the people she invited to her wedding were her mother... and her coworkers from her last job. If my mom and some coworkers were the only friends and family I had at my wedding, everyone would have wondered what was up with me. Yes?

Just saying. lol


Saturday 9: The Nanny (1993)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This week's song is the theme from a sitcom that originally aired from 1993 to 1999. Were you a fan?

I watched occasionally.

2) The song tells us that Fran once worked in a bridal shop. Have you ever worked in a retail setting?

I worked in a shoe store one summer during college- not the kind where you have to put shoes on people, the kind with shoes on racks, thank goodness. I can't remember the name of it!

3) The kids in the Sheffield household appreciate their nanny's "joie de vivre," which is defined as "exuberant enjoyment of life." Are you feeling joie de vivre this morning? 

I'm feeling good. Maybe not "exuberant." Ha!

4) "The Nanny" is the colorful one, the one who wears red when everyone else wears tan. What color do you think you look best in?

Purple. Always good with green eyes.

5) The TV show, The Nanny, was the brainchild of actress Fran Drescher. She got the idea while visiting her an old friend in London. Her friend's pre-teen daughter enjoyed having Fran as a confidante and shopping buddy. Do you enjoy shopping as a leisure activity? Or would you prefer to just dash into a store, grab what you need, and get out and go home?

I do a lot of shopping as a leisure activity. More a shopper than a purchaser.

6) The friend Fran was visiting in London was Twiggy, who was the world's most famous model in the 1960s. Name another famous model.

Christy Brinkley

7) The Nanny: The Complete Series is available on DVD on Amazon. It consists of 19 discs and takes 55 hours to watch, start to finish. What TV show have you recently binge watched?

"Somebody Feed Phil" on Netflix

8) The Nanny theme was sung by Liz Callaway. Her father, the late John Callway, was a long-time Chicago newscaster. Have you, or has a loved one, ever been on TV?

I was on the news once with Gordie Howe at a Houston Aeros game, when I was a kid.

9) Random question -- Which of these adjectives comes closest to describing you: sexy, sophisticated or down-to-earth?

down-to-earth