Best Life Barb

Look at that face!

Hello world!

Look at that beautiful baby boy!  He is my heart and his name is Cameron Aaron.  I love being a Gramma. 

I can remember when my un-married daughter told me she was pregnant.  I thought that she was too young to have a baby, although my first son was born when I was 21.  Rachael turned out to be a better mother than I was!  And I was a pretty good one!

I told my pregnant daughter under no circumstances would I ever be wanted to be called GRAMMA…that was for old people.  Well, as soon as that little boy entered this world, I screamed CAMERON, GRAMMA LOVES YOU!!!  It hurts not living as close as I could to him. 

My new dream is that Heartbeat Radio for Women will build a studio in Pittsburgh, PA or anywhere close enough that I could drive to see my grandson every weekend.

Hey, crazier things have happened, haven’t they?  I mean, I’m Best Life Barb and I am on the air, aren’t I?????

LOL

all the BEST,

Best Life Barb

xxxx ooo

Best Life Barb at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, PA

Today is Sunday, September 13th.  I think it is Grandparent’s Day and I know it’s my daughter in law’s 33rd birthday.  Other than that, it has been rainy, lazy and first football Sunday of the year day.

My team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, won their first NFL game this past Thursday.  They had the privilege of playing the first game of the year because they won the Super Bowl last year.  Pretty cool.  My boyfriend Troy Polamalu got hurt and will be out for 3-6 weeks, darn it, I really love to watch him attack the offense of the other team.  He’s really good at attacking.

Joe is getting out of the hospital today.  Joe has diabetes and he needs to watch his diet better.  That is sure the pot calling the kettle black…lol…I am in terrible shape physically, heavier than I have ever been, but so emotionally healthy…isn’t that something?  When my ex David left me,  I couldn’t eat or sleep for weeks, and lost close to 50 pounds in 3 months.  Now that I’m emotionally happy,  my weight is way over what it should be.

Mark from Home Town Health may work it out that I do get the gastric bypass operation and it’s filmed and I won’t have to pay anything.  That will be great on my resume…..I was on Oprah, met Dr. Phil and my stomach will get lap banded for all the world to see.  I think I liked being on Oprah more.

I have a roast beef in the oven with vegetables cooking as we speak.  I went to visit Joe in the hospital yesterday and bought a cookbook in the hospital gift shop.  You know they always have such great gifts in the hospital gift shop!  So now since I bought the cookbook, I have decided to cook. 

Big week coming up on Heartbeat Radio for Women.  Lots of guests for me this week, I think I have 10 or 12 this week….yoy!!! as my Baba used to say!!! or Double yoy as Myron Cope used to say!

Hopefully Kiran will hire a front desk girl soon.  Keesha is doing a great job and it’s always so nice to have Lisa around.  Poor Tiffani had an event for this weekend, actually today, but got rained out.  I’m trying to help Lisa get some sales and Tiffani some guests.   It’s not an easy position to hire for.  Best Friend Barb was great at the job, but lived too far away.  I will put a prayer out that we get someone good.  That position is very important for us.  Sometimes it’s the very first impression that someone will get about our company.  And that first impression is always so important.

I will keep moving forward.  I’m trying to perfect my craft.  I want to be the best interviewer around!  Barbara Walters, look out baby, here comes Best Life BarB!!!!

all the BEST,

BLB

xxx ooooo

Baby Cameron knows how to promote his Gramma!

Baby Cameron.  I just adore that kid.  We just got back from a Labor Day Visit to Baby Cameron in Pittsburgh.  The boy is only 9 months old and is walking.  He is amazing!

We took him to Kennywood Park where he got his very first merry go round ride.  He loved it.  Baby Cameron laughed and carried on when the horse went up and down.  It was priceless.

Also he had a visit to a very big flea market and his first visit to Heinz Field.  Just so happened to be my first visit to Heinz field.  It was great, a great stadium.

I cried when I left him.  He does not know me because he is not around me enough.  Oh how can I convince my daughter to move to Florida???

Today I went to work about an hour late because I got in so late.  I ended up babysitting my neighbors children late last night for a reason I won’t go to at this time.  But I have to say those kids are so cute, too.  Parents aren’t so cute, but the kids definitely are!!

I had my interview with Merill Hoge and I loved it….no…I LOVED IT.  Merill was great, funny, and inspirational.  I got him to do a station ID…YAY!!!

I’m running on fumes right now…but back to work full steam at Heartbeat Radio for Women tomorrow….we got Dani Johnson….and I have to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for her so I’m going to bed now…..

all the BEST,

Best Life Barb

xxx ooo

Miss Charlotte has been very important to me.  These last couple of years, she has really taught me a lot.  While talking to Miss Charlotte tonight, I had a true epiphany, a true light bulb moment, an aha moment, Ok I know you get it.

Lately I have been working so hard at Heartbeat Radio for Women.  Kiran is away and I feel obligated to make sure that everything runs smoothly along the way.  Well somewhere along the way, I stopped having fun. 

Instead of focusing on what I need to do, and how to work for excellence in my own self, I started to judge how others work.  I so want the very best for the station, I truly do.  But I cannot force my beliefs on anyone else.  I cannot make people be as passionate about this as me, it will not work. I cannot change anyone, just myself. 

Shame on me.

I got so worried and caught up in other peoples shennanigans that I forgot to smile, to laugh and to have fun.  Moving forward, I don’t care what people think of me, only what I think of me.  Moving forward, I don’t care what other people do, only what I do. You know what, I am good at what I do….NO I’m just AWESOME at what I do.  And if you think otherwise, then too bad for you…:)

I realize now that trying to prove  to everyone that I will go the extra mile actually keeps me from doing that.  I don’t have to prove my worth to no one except myself.  My heart is pure and in the right place.  My God knows me. I will continue to work hard, but I also will take time to enjoy it, to smell the roses, to take a break so I can truly enjoy myself and not burn out. I don’t have to work longer or harder,  just smarter.  I need to focus on what’s working.

And I plan on doing just that.

all the BEST,

BLB