My Experience on the Plane

I’m on the plane to LA from Ft. Lauderdale and was separated from sitting with #####…so to the left of me an Australian and to the right of me a Montrealian. For the first three hours I spent my time talking to them…which I normally don’t do. Normally I would keep myself to myself; reading, writing and working while flying.

The Australian is in route back to Sydney from a business trip. He works for Qantas airline and was in Montreal (funny enough), Atlanta and Florida. He was meeting with companies he gets parts from for the Military division of Qantas.

We spoke about Rugby, Golf, Vegemite, the discovery channel, Places to visit in Australia and Australian seafood.

The Montrealian guy is traveling with his wife to visit their son in Los Angeles (Tarzana). He was in the wholesale business and also had pharmacies in Montreal. He passed his wholesale biz onto his other son who buys products from toy companies in the US and China and then sells them to stores in Montreal. Stores similar to our Big Lots and 99¢ stores but they are not named or owned by the same companies.

He told me that right now the Canadian dollar is worth more than the American dollar (pretty crazy huh). We also talked about salads, vegetarian food, the Writer’s Guild strike (his son’s a writer) and about the music industry and how it’s now advantageous to go for it on your own.

Funny…didn’t think I would, but I enjoyed having random conversation with complete strangers…from Vegemite to the wholesale biz. Almost time to land.

Writer's Guild Still On Strike

The writer’s guild is still on strike. They are unhappy about the cut they get.

I wonder how long they will stay on strike for and who the people are that have the power to resolve the problem.

How many of us have the power to resolve problems? Do we have the power – but fail to do it? I wonder how many of us can, but don’t feel they do.

I’d like to be one of those people who have major issues / world issues to make decisions for. I wouldn’t be afraid of it and I know I’d do the right thing.

Will Someone Please Sing Jingle Bells With ME??

I am so excited about how well my jingle bells video is doing on Youtube.
I've been up all night writing replies to all the lovely people who took the time
to comment and tell me their thoughts. I am so appreciative.
And the video responses! The guy singing jingle bells in his car is so cute.
It warms my heart to think of all these people watching my video.
I feel so honored.
Did you know that in one day over 50,000 people have viewed my video!




Now I'm thinking about what to do for my next video :-)!
Let's see if I can surprise you!

ps. keep the comments coming and the videos, I read every single comment and watch every single video!
Happy, joyful holidays!