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Describe Your Spouse...

in just one word!

That is the assignment I gave to my husband yesterday after reading an article in Oprah Magazine. (I get tons of great ideas from that magazine!!)

I only gave him about five minutes to come up with the answer.

Now one would think that he would come up with something fabulous.....right?

Yeah. I wish.

He said...

wait for it...

C O M I C A L

oh....and carefree!

And how does your spouse or companion or friend describe you

in just one word?????

The End of an Era?

You have probably heard by now that Oprah announced that her show will be ending. She will have just one more season.

I, for one, will miss her show!! The woman is one talented interviewer!! Even if she doesn't particularly like the person...she does a good job of hiding it. My sister and I used to watch her...not every day...but several times a week. One of us would check out the subject matter and call the other and say "turn on Oprah"!!

So...yeah...it was pretty emotional watching her choke back tears when she was announcing the end. I do believe that she is correct though. That the show has run its course. There was a period of time earlier this year when I was a bit sick and tired of Dr. Oz and all of the health related shows. Maybe she was just trying out something new. I don't know. But it was a hell of a run for her! She's done a whole lot of good for a whole lot of people!!

One of our relatives works for her and she is very, very good to her "people". I could handle a job like that!! Ha!

So....perhaps Ellen will take over her timeslot?? It is a good one...just before the local news! I think we will still see Oprah around though.

Certainly, no one will ever forget her!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Be thankful for what you have and you will end up having more. But if you concentrate on what you don't have, you'll never, ever have enough.

Oprah Winfrey

Tom Cruise on Oprah: Part Two

As promised, today was the second day of Tom Cruise's interview with Oprah in her studio in Chicago. Today's show as particularly enjoyable for me as many of my other favorites were on hand to congratulate him. Let's see...there was Renee Zellweger, Dustin Hoffman, Dakota Fanning, Will & Jada Smith, David & Victoria Beckham. You can see what they had to say about him here. My daughter and I both truly enjoyed the show. And you know what. Even after 25 years, the guy still has that charisma that captured everyone in the first place!!

If you want to catch up on the entire interview from Friday...you can find that here.

Oprah's Interview with Tom Cruise

I will admit it...and some of you already know that I am a huge fan of Oprah. Tom Cruise used to be one of my favorite actors. Somewhere over the course of the last couple of years...he has sort of gone down in my book. I can't pinpoint exactly where, when or why. Just a combination of things I think. Perhaps it started on Oprah's Couch...you know...the jumping incident. Not sure about this whole Scientology thing. I don't like what I'm reading about it. Everybody is entitled to their own opinions. I think I will pick up a copy of Andrew Morton's Unauthorized Biography of Tom Cruise. Oh, and by the way, Tom is on Oprah again today at 4pm celebrating 25 years since Risky Business. Holy Crap, I can't believe it's been 25 years! But. I'm not getting any older. Ha.

Edited to add answer to the question of what I thought about the Telluride Interview:

I thought Tom's Telluride place was stunning! Absolutely breath-taking scenery. The first part of the interview seemed awkward to me. But then again, maybe it was. I don't believe that Oprah and Tom have spent much time together in the last three years...I'm not even sure if she was invited to his wedding. In my opinion, it was awkward at first. But I admire Oprah's ability to make people feel at ease. My sister has a niece who works for Oprah. She's really, really good to her staff. And I mean really good. If I had to pick one person I'd like to have dinner with, it'd be her. I think she's a great conversationalist. She's pretty down to earth. So, I believe that her and Tom settled into a sort of comfortable conversation after the first formalities were over and done with. I think that there was an agenda...certain questions that HAD to be answered for the interview to be a success. I also believe that is why they did part of the interview outside of the studio. All in all, I thought it was a good show. Still not sure about the whole Scientology thing or the fact that Katie seems a bit Stepford-like. They sure do seem like a happy couple though!! They honestly seem like a happy family. My husband feels that Tom is an actor...and many of his interviews are just that...playing a part. I'm not sure that I agree with him. I think Tom seems rather genuine...with the exception of his religion. My Blog. My Opinion! I guess time will tell if the interview brings the Cruise Factor back to life!