Best Life Barb

At Pat Thomas Stadium, waiting for the skies to explode with fireworks!

Okay, okay I had my meltdown and got over it.  Sometimes people can push your buttons and really make you crazy. 
It happens to President Obama, and Madonna and even Best Life Barb.

It’s great to be positive and uplifting and wonderful, but it just doesn’t happen all the time.  Think about it, if everything was so perfect all of the time, how would we be able to enjoy it?  We wouldn’t realize that it was a good time, because there would be nothing to compare it with.  Does that make sense?  I hope so.

Having a meltdown isn’t fun, isn’t sexy and just plain sucks.  But the good news is that you get over it.  I deleted my last blog. I wanted to keep it up to show the universe that I’m not perfect and that I am grateful for the good times.  Sometimes you have to go through the rocky times to get to the good times. 

And now I’m back better than ever. 

Yesterday I had a great time at the Leesburg Lightning Baseball game that Heartbeat Radio co sponsored. Nick, Michelle and I truly were a team and it felt awesome.  Michelle threw out the first pitch for the game and didn’t do bad at all.  I met some new people and talked to some people I already knew.  Someone sweet even bought me a hot dog.  He was a character and I hope to run into him again someday.  I like people who challenge me, who will banter with me, and who is not intimidated by my very strong personality.  This man wasn’t and I liked him.  He was great.

BTW, I am up for auction again for the Leesburg Chamber of Commerce.  For a whopping $50 opening bid, someone can enjoy my exuberant company at brunch.  I hope I get bid on…let’s see how bad someone would like to take me out….!  I am truly looking forward to having some fun with that.  I met Vic from Vic’s Embers at the game and he was super nice.  Unfortunately we had to agree to disagree when it came to my hero Alan Grayson.  There are a lot of staunch conservatives here in this area and like I told him.  I vote on the issue, not the party.

Today was a busy day at work.  I booked a lot of interviews and I’m gearing up for my vacation.  I was this close to getting LeVar Burton.  Kunte Kinte from Roots!  Well, maybe not this time, but I’ll get him.  I also want Tori from Tori and Dean, Home Sweet Hollywood.  Tomorrow, I  get to talk to Mel B, AKA Scary Spice.  I am looking forward to that interview.

When I came home today, I crashed.  Too many nights working and not enough sleep.  I slept good this afternoon and literally I could of slept through the night.  I have had a lot of my mind lately.  I’m going to let go and Let God.

Countdown to Cameron:  one week..:) I found a house sitter (pet sitter) for when we all go to Marco Island.  I can’t wait to have vacation…no cell phone…no blackberry…no internet…just me and my grandson making a sandcastle on the beach.

I am exactly where I am supposed to be.  I am liking it!!!

all the Best ,

Best Life Barb

My new boyfriend Jacob..:)

Today is Sunday, July the 4th! Happy Independence Day!  It ’s a bit overcast and rainy but I’m enjoying the day nonetheless.

I had a date today with a guy named Bob (not his real name).  Our first date was last week.  We were supposed to go to the Leesburg Lightening game tonight and watch the fireworks together for our second date.  I broke the date yesterday.

Why?  Because I just wasn’t feeling it.  I don’t think it’s fair to lead someone on, even if it’s only a second date.  He was a very nice man, tall, handsome, but he just didn’t melt my heart. 

I think I’m going to take a break from dating right now, until my heart gets into the right place.  I am a pretty happy person, I have a lot of friends now and I am enjoying and embracing the solitude right now.

I went to the movies this morning with my friend Traci, her friend Missy and Traci’s daughter Heather.  I had a great time!  As you can tell, I’ve decided to go with Team Jacob.  He is one fine looking man.  I would even risk being a cougar for that one.

I stopped at Target and found a bunch of  boy’s clothes on sale for Cameron.  I bought him 5 pairs of shorts and 7 shirts.  I am washing them right now so they will be ready.  I told Rachael she doesn’t even have to bring him anything, I will make sure he has everything he needs.  Randy Luke and Rich are coming too, and Big Randy is thinking about making an appearance.  Big Randy is my second husband and he took on the father role of all the kids, once Brian and Brodie’s Dad decided to give that up.  So Big Randy is Dad to all of my children.  They love him.

Rachael asked me where her Dad was going to sleep, if we have room at the timeshare…and of course I freaked her out when I told her, with me, of course…LOL….but we all know that was just a joke.

Big Randy is bringing Lexie with him to visit, I’m so glad, I want to see my Lexie here in Florida again. 

So I”m  going to focus on work, as usual, and leave my love life to God.  I have been trying to push a square peg into a round hole and it’s not working.  I was frustrated that my ex-boyfriend Joe hadn’t called me, because he said he would.  But I’m just going to not worry about any of it, God has a plan for me and I’m just going to give it all to Him.  He knows where my heart is, and what is the best thing for me to do.  And right now, that’s nothing.

So back to my crocheting!  I am trying to make Cameron a little blanky for himself. Or I may take a ride to my friend Claudia’s later or I may go to the Lightning game all by my lonely self. 

The cool thing about all this is that I can do whatever I want, whenever I want.  And that’s not bad.

all the BEST,

Best Life Barb

xxx ooo

This last week I have been talking to so many people who I auditioned with at the Oprah Winfrey Network Challenge.  What a great event this was….getting all these creative, spiritual minds together.  It is no wonder it was so successful.

Next week I am going to get my new friend Tony on the air with me, hopefully on Friday.  Another wonderful kindred spirit that I met was a young lady named Sharon.  Sharon’s video was about meeting people off the beaten path.  Sharon wrote a phenomenal book.  That reminds me~Traci Brosman and I have to schedule a meeting to start on our book.  I heard from Charmaine Joan, too. So  many amazing people are now in my circle.  I am so lucky!

Today I talked to Cameron on the phone and I was playing with him, telling him This little piggy went to the market. He laughed in the phone and when it was time to hang up, he said BYE MIMI.  Two more weeks and he and Rachael will be here along with Randy Luke and Rich.  I bought a second hand bedroom set for my third bedroom.  I had a couch and loveseat in there that I bought last year, but just didn’t like.  I paid over a thousand dollars for it, and I’m donating it to The Haven, a woman’s shelter here in Lake County.

I have heard from my ex-boyfriend Joe.  It seems to me that he is missing me.  I don’t know if he is truly.  I am taking everything one step at a time.  I am dating other people now, and to tell you the truth, enjoying my social life.  I love Joe and will always love Joe.  I just don’t know if now is the right time to be speaking with him.  He writes me letters, but doesn’t call.  I don’t know why.  Joe and I need to talk once and for all.   Joe will always love me and my family, I know that, no matter what.  But where it will take me?  Only God knows.  But for right now,  the new men in my life are being so nice and treating me so well.

Today is the first day of my maintenance after losing over 30 pounds.  I am enjoying the day not worrying that I will eat too much!  I love it that on maintenance I can eat just about anything and not gain weight!

So time for me to sign off……I want to say thanks again to Traci and Claudia…we had a blast together and to my new friends, Tony, Sharon and Charmaine Joan….I hope that we stay connected forever! And to Joe, thanks for the memories…:)

all the BEST,

Best Life Barb

xxx ooo

Traci, BLB and Claudia

Oprah Winfrey try outs

This weekend I went to try out for the Oprah Winfrey Challenge to find her newest TV star.  I was super excited to go with my friend Traci and my new friend, Claudia.  We loaded up the SUV right after my shift on Friday.

We decided to stop at Outback and had a truly delicious meal.  ( I was not being a good girl on my 500 calorie protocal).  We talked on the way down, laughed and got to know each other well.  I had a little nap while Traci took on the job of being the driver and Claudia’s new role was my personal assistant.  We figured we needed reservations so Claudia took care of the details.  We laughed so hard we almost peed ourselves as she called the restaurant and told them that Barb from the Oprah Show was coming. 

We arrived in Roswell, Georgia around 10 PM.  We also decided to be at the Oprah tryouts around 6 AM.  So after not so much sleep, we thought we got there in plenty of time.  Little did we know that people were there at 2 am lining up.  There was over 2,000 people that tried out.  It was very well organized, though.

While we were in line, I caught the eye of a very handsome man that was staring at me.  I looked right back at him and started to talk to him.  We connected and just kept going.  His name is Tony and I ended up spending the rest of the day with him.  Great guy.  I made a great new friend.  I introduced him to my compadres and they fell in love with him, too.  We all ended up having dinner together later. 

We all got a wristband with instructions to come back at 4 PM and we did.  The casting directors took on 15 people at a time and we had approximately 30 seconds to give them our shpeil.  I thought I did okay, but I really wasn’t feeling the whole “TV” vibe. 

TV is kind of stressful to me.  I love radio.  I throw off my shoes, close my eyes and bare my soul.  With TV, its all about appearance, blocking and it is nerve racking to me.  While I was doing my audition, it reminded me of when I was on Oprah, and although I enjoyed it, I didn’t LOVE it, like I love radio. 

RADIO makes my heart sing.  TV makes me nervous.  I’m being honest.  I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed my job on the radio until I did something different.

With that being said, now if Oprah calls me, I certainly will take her call….LOL..but it just didn’t feel right like radio does.

None of us got a callback.  I mean, there were two thousand hopefuls there….I guess the percentages were small, but you never know unless you try.  My main objective for the OWN try out is to bring more light to Heartbeat Radio for Women. 

I love Heartbeat Radio for Women.  And as my friend, Lee Cooke told me…if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

all the BEST,

Best Life Barb

Yes I did it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrPSq19C4A0 And there it is.  I was a mermaid and a dog groomer. 
This was for the challenge that Oprah has put out to become her next TV star on her new channel, OWN.

I had so much fun this week with Sue Cameron, shooting this video.  I want to thank her and Charlie for their help.  And I need your help, too.  Please go to Oprah.com and click on the YOUR OWN SHOW icon, then type in Barbara and look for me, I am from Leesburg.  Please vote for me, I need as many as I can get.

Today I went to visit with my kids in Orlando.  I took a friend along and we had a wonderful time.  My kids made my friend feel very comfortable at their home!  We went swimming and barbequed.  I had a great time.

Last week I interviewed Jillian Michaels and she was so gracious.  She loves the Heartbeat Radio idea, and told me that she was obsessed with me.  Of course I made sure that I recorded it all!

Today I got an email from my boss Kiran, telling me how proud she was of me.  It brought me to tears.  I have been plugging away for so long to help promote Heartbeat Radio for Women.  I love my job and not too many can say that in this world.

Next week I have Ty Pennington on from Extreme Makoever: Home Edition.  I’m looking forward to finding out what makes him tick.  His show is so compassionate and uplifting!

I lost another 10 pounds!  I have really been taking the weight off, finally.  I still have a bit more to go, but the scale is moving in the right direction.

Next weekend I am going to Atlanta with a friend.  I can’t wait.  My life keeps getting better and better.

Oh and just so you know~I really believe I’m going to win this Oprah challenge.

all the BEST,

Best Life Bar

I’m writing this on a Sunday after a very busy week.  There is a lot of buzz going on at Heartbeat Radio for Women.

The new project I am working on is for Oprah.  She is offering a new reality show for her new network, OWN.  Kiran and I both agree that we need to take a shot at this.  We are.  Once I get the video done, I will be able to talk about it more.  But know this, I plan on winning for Heartbeat Radio for Women and me.

I have been in the zone as far as work goes.  I love doing what I do.

As far as my personal life goes, I’m dating now.  Last night I went out with a very nice man from Jacksonville.  He is a retired colonel of the Air Force and we had a very nice dinner and evening in St. Augustine.

Spunky joined me as I drove up earlier in the day.  I love St. Augustine, all the old architecture and history.  My date and I explored all the art galleries.  He gave me quite a tour of the city.

This week I have to focus on the Oprah Winfrey video and my schedule.  Looks like I may be adding a new contributor soon on my show.  I will keep you posted.

It will only be about a month before Rachael, Cameron, Randy Luke and Rich come to visit for vacation.  I am so anxious to go to the beach with my grandson.

I am very mad at Sweet Lou.  I have called him, texted him, send him cards, etc etc and he still hasn’t called me.  So Sweet Lou if you are reading this, know that I love you but I’m mad at you.

Oh and one more thing!  Last week I threw the first pitch out at the Lightning game to Frank Viola…again I threw a strike to him!  I just love Frank….too bad he’s taken!!  All the good ones are….aren’t they??? lol

Tomorrow I will be interviewing Jillian Michaels.  I am super excited about that.  I am off to work on that now….have a great week….

Best Life Barb

Sweet Lou and I when we hosted The Best Life Barb Show

Look at that kid! He loves his MIMI.

What a great Memorial Day weekend I had!  I got to see Baby Cameron and my goodness, he grew so much in the last 8 weeks!  He talks so much more!  He says YES and NO and PLEASE and THANK YOU and he finally found a name for me….MIMI!  That is Gramma in Baby Cameron talk…:)

I had a fabulous time on Friday night in Orlando.  Earlier in the evening I attended Casey Wohl’s (the Getaway Girl) Sex and the City 2 party at the Mall of Millenium and then went to the movie at Universal’s City Walk.  I so wanted to like the movie, but it was only okay.  I did enjoy the fashion and the Samantha sex scenes…lol.  That woman finds the sexiest guys!

After that I had a date and it went great.  My lips are sealed at this moment, as I am not going to kiss and tell right now.  Let’s just say it was a thumbs up!

Saturday morning brought Spunky and I to Pittsburgh to see the true love of my life, Baby Cameron.  I took him shopping, bought him books and had so much fun playing with him.  He’s wonderful.  My ex took me to the flea market with my daughter and grandson and we had a good time.  We all get along great.

Met up with some old and new friends on Saturday night!  Loved the drinks, the atmosphere and the company.  I must say, I couldn’t of had a better time!  My friends are the kind of friends that you don’t see in years, but you can catch right up with them.  Thanks for the hospitality, gang!

The weather was pretty hot up in Pennsylvania.  Spunky loved playing with Lexie (his step sister…lol) and I loved playing with Baby Cameron and babysitting him.  I gave him his bath two nights in a row and I just loved every single moment of it.

Back to work tomorrow morning!  I will be working very hard to promote the next phase of Heartbeat Radio for Women.  Oh, I must tell you, I’m super excited about getting Tori and Dean as my guests in a few days….and my friend Mehran (who is also Tori’s best friend on the show) told me that he told Tori all about me and she is very excited~how cool is THAT.

I am so looking forward to a better show, with better interviews, better guests and a better Best Life Barb.

Will keep you posted!

all the BEST,

Best Life Barb

Ms Dubuois and Ms Simone at Lakewood Church in Houston

I am exhausted today.  It is taking every bit of strength I have to just write this blog.  I have been so darn busy!  But I wanted to make sure that I talk about my wonderful weekend in Austin, Texas.

I went to visit my friend, Miss Charlotte.  I call her “Miss Charlotte” or “Ms. Dubuois” even though that is not her last name.  When we met, Charlotte was my neighbor in Las Vegas.  My daughter Loni and her daughter Alex became fast friends, and then we followed.

Charlotte was sick most of the time when I knew her in Vegas.  She is an alcoholic and she has been sober for over 5 years now.  I was still with my ex husband and I was sick, but not with alcoholism, I was sick because I was mentally abused by my ex.  It’s a miracle that we kept our friendship going through all of that, but we did! Today Charlotte looks fabulous, thin, healthy and she is really a great person and a great friend.

Charlotte recently moved to Austin, Texas so her adorable daughter Alex could attend a high school for the performing arts.  I love Alex!  When she was little,  she used to dance and sing for me or do plays.  I love a kid like that, cause I used to be like that myself.  I love to be around Alex and someday she is going to be a big star.  I know it!

But Alex was visiting her grandmother that weekend, so Miss Charlotte and I were without kids.  Yee haw!  We had a blast!  When she picked me up we ended up going to her apartment which I just love.  It’s just the right size and very nicely decorated, Miss Charlotte style.  I love it that she hangs her pictures at eye length…not like most people who hang them so high!

We decided to go out line dancing and had so much fun.  We went to the Broken Spoke, which is a DIVE and ate barbeque, which is very popular in Austin.  We also had Tex-Mex and devoured a million chips with chile con queso.  Needless to say, I wasn’t really watching my diet very well.

Of course we did a pedicure and manicure and had girl time together.  Girl Talk Time.  Isn’t that the best?  Miss Charlotte and I decided that now is not the time for me to meet Mr. Right…but I may check out Mr. Right Now..LOL. 

On Sunday we drove to Houston to Lakewood Church to see Joel Osteen preach.  What a treat that was!  I used my media credentials to sit in the second row right behind Joel’s mother Dodie.  She was a wonderful woman to speak with .  And Joel’s wife Victoria was about the prettiest woman I have seen in a long time.

I met with Joel after the service and he was so gracious.  He is a man of very small stature, but enormous grace.  I told him about the radio station and he loved my name, Best Life Barb.  I asked him to be interviewed and he was delighted to be asked.

After a long ride home, Miss Charlotte and I passed out, we were so darn tired.  We got up for a little while and enjoyed each other’s company even more by TALKING and LISTENING.  It was such a wonderful time.

The next morning before I left for the airport we stopped at Pei Wei’s for some good Asian food, then to the Hobby Store.  Miss Charlotte gave me a quick refresher lesson in embroidery and crocheting.  Yes I am going to make Cameron a blanket in my spare time…LOL.  I really am!

Spunky truly missed me and was very anxious for me to be home with him.  I have decided to take Spunky along with me if at all possible when I travel. He’s getting older and we are together a lot.  He freaks out when I’m gone.  A perfect man for me..:)

This week is very exciting at Heartbeat Radio for Women.  My boss is attending The Gracie Awards in Los Angeles.  Next year, I am planning to be up for a Gracie. 

With Memorial day coming up, you think I would just like to relax at home for the holiday, right?  My week is still slamming.

Tomorrow I have a full line up of guests, then I have to record an interview that will be played on Memorial Day…then I have to go get my hair colored, then I have a live remote in Clermont.

Friday, another full line up, then come home get Spunky, go to the Millenium Mall for the Sex and the City 2 Premiere party with Casey the Get a way Girl….then the movie…then go to my son Brian’s to sleep because in the morning I will be flying to Pittsburgh to spend time with my daughter Rachael and my grandson Cameron.

I’m hoping to hang out with some of my friends, especially Natalie.  I’m also looking forward to meeting a new friend that I have been talking to for a couple of weeks on Facebook.  He calls me his cougar…lol…he is a funny guy and we are just friends.

I am too busy to be involved with anyone.  There will be a time for me, but not yet.

Okay, thats it for this edition of my blog.  It’s been real….:) ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ….oh sorry….talk to you soon..:)

all the BEST,

Best Life Barb

Full circle!

As I am waking up from my afternoon nap, it seems like the past two days could of easily been a dream.  But it wasn’t.  I went to Chicago to talk to a woman who changed my life.

Her name is Oprah Winfrey.  And she now knows that my name is Best Life Barb.

For years I have played this tape in my head of what I was going to say when I saw Oprah again.  Because I knew I would see her, it was just a matter of time.

Was I lucky to get to see Oprah?  Nope, luck had nothing to do with it.  It was hard work, focus and perserverence.  It is great to find out what your passion in life is.  But there is no magic wand, no potion or no pill that transforms you into the new and exciting model of your former self.  Let’s face it gang, I did the work that was so important for me to become Best Life Barb.

So what happened when I went to Chicago? 

Well I was guest on an upcoming show that will be shown on May 25th.  No, don’t set your DVR’s because I wasn’t getting weighed on camera in front of 20 million people like in 2007.  I was a member of the audience.  I didn’t even get to sit up front.  What happened was that the guest star that day brought so many family members and friends, that I didn’t have the opportunity to trump any of their seats.

No worries!

My boss Kiran and I were led up to the very last row in the Oprah studio.  Clearly, I was disappointed.  I wanted to be up front, up close to be able to convey every raw emotion that I was feeling that day. 

Three years earlier, I was another woman.  I couldn’t make eye contact with another person on a regular basis.  My self esteem was in the toilet.  I was fat, unhappy, miserable and yearning to find some way to put the pieces back into my life.

As a guest of the Best Life Weight Loss Challenge on the Oprah show in 2007, I began to put back the pieces of my life, slowly, methodically, and sometimes it felt like I would take one step forward and two steps back.

We all know how the fairytale ended with me, right?  I got the morning drive on the Heartbeat radio show and started living the life of my dreams.  So many exciting and wonderful oppportunities are knocking at my door.  I now am starting to get to pick and choose my radio interviews, where before I just about talked to anyone who wanted to talk to me.

Celebrities are starting to ask for me to interview them.  Me…huh, really?  Are you kidding me?  Sometimes I want to pinch myself!

So going to the Oprah Show was part of the process for me, to complete the full circle in my life.

So way up in the highest seat possible I sat and I prayed.  I asked God if I was supposed to speak with Oprah, to please present the opportunity for me to do so.  In the meantime, I didn’t want to be so stressed out that I wasn’t enjoying the full moment of being a guest at the Oprah Winfrey Show.

The evening before the show, one of the producers who I have come to know very well and love, was so gracious in giving Kiran and I a tour of Harpo Studios.  As I walked through the corridors of Harpo and saw all the pictures on the wall of Oprah and her guests, I must say it took me a while to take it all in.  I saw pictures of Oprah with Bill Clinton and Richard Gere and Barbara Striesand.  I mean there wasn’t a person I didn’t recognize on that wall with Oprah. 

It made me remember when I was on the stage with Oprah in November of 2007 and I asked if I could speak with her privately and she said yes, and her stage manager was pulling on the back of her shirt poking her on, because she was so very busy.  Oprah turned to him and said, “not now, I’m talking to Barb.” 

So what makes Oprah so special?  She made me feel just as special as every single picture on those walls that surround the bowels of Harpo Studios in Chicago.

It was at that very moment that Best Life Barb was truly born.

Okay, okay so what happened next? 

After the show was done taping, Oprah stuck around and chit chatted with some of the members of the guests family up on stage.  I can’t tell you who the guest was, but I can give you a hint.  He’s really cute, he is regular on her show and he is a designer.  That should give you enough to go on.

Oprah then started thanking the audience.  She told us she realized how many hours we went through to look really nice, all the mani’s and pedi’s and hair appointments it took to be ready to be a guest on the Oprah Show.

Out of the blue a woman from the audience yelled out to Oprah, “I came all the way from Italy to see you”.  Oprah spoke with her for a minute, acknowledged her and I knew that God had opened that door for me.

I was next to yell. 

“Oprah,  you changed my life” came out of my mouth as I stood up and the boom microphone was shoved in my face.  And how so? was her reply.

“Oprah, I was on the Best Life Weight Loss Challenge here with Bob Greene in 2007″.  As she squinted up into the rafters to where she saw I was speaking from, a look of recognition came across her face.  She asked, “Barb,is that you?”  I smiled and said it is me Oprah.

Oprah then asked me if I was still with the guy I was dating at the time.  I told her no.  She said that it wasn’t going to work out.  I explained that at the time I was so happy that someone was treating me well and being “nice” to me, and Oprah suggested that I start being “nice” to me.  I told her I didn’t love him anymore, but I did love me.

The audience gave that a round of applause.

She had such a great smile on her face.  She asked about the smoking.   (I was a heavy smoker until I was on her show, and she made me quit)  I told her I never took another puff of a cigarette after that day.  She again smiled ear to ear.

And lastly, I told her I took her advice to “go be on the radio”.  I told Oprah that I not only went to be on the radio, but did the work that was necessary to be on the radio and live my dream.  Oprah laughed when I told her that I went to broadcasting school with 18 year olds, they were using Pro active and I was on hormone replacement therapy.

I then let her know that I was Best Life Barb from Heartbeat Radio for Women and finally thanked her for changing my life.

Little did I know that our whole conversation was being videoed.  Hopefully soon, I will have that to share with you.

I truly feel at peace.  One of the things Oprah said yesterday was,  The best gift you can give to anyone are your WORDS.  That really resonated with me.  Every day my words affect thousands of people.  I will be much more careful about what I say, to make sure that I empower and enhance people’s lives every day.  That is what I am here for.

Some more exciting things happened for Heartbeat Radio for Women in Chicago.  We met with someone very special who we hope can make our station propel even further than we could imagine.

So there you have it. 

Inquiring minds needed to know…and I love you for it!

all the Best,

Best Life Barb

Best Life Barb with Chief of Police Val Demings

Finally a minute to sit down and take a breath.  I have been extremely busy lately.  Working my behind off.  Having a blast doing it though!

Last week I em-ceed the Women’s Business Expo and I shared some big laughs with the Orlando Chief of Police, Val Demings.  Next week I will be hosting the Hottest Husband Awards for Lake Magazine.  It is becoming a whirlwhind of activity and I’m right smack in the middle of all the action.

Heartbeat Radio for Women is going great!  Yesterday we had Linnea Star on and she was phenomenal, as usual.  She keeps seeing me on a red carpet holding a mike.  You sure it wasn’t on Allen Avenue in Donora, PA holding a baby?

AWWW man, I miss that little boy.  I haven’t seen him in about 5 weeks and I’m overdue.  I think I am going to go see him for Memorial Day though.  I thought I had plans with a new guy, who shall remain nameless, but I’m changing those plans.  Sorry, Charlie, you lost, I haven’t heard a peep from you.  So guess what!!!:    I’m doing what I want to do.  Have fun in Florida, I’m going to see my baby grandson.

Before THAT, I have decided to go visit one of my best friends, Miss Charlotte in Austin, Texas.  I am way overdue for some girl time.  We are going to act silly, and go line dancing.  I don’t drink, but I may have one or two when I am in Texas. 

I have adopted a new way of living.  I’m started to do what I want to do.  Really.  First of all, I am not taking crap from no one.  Nope, none, zilch.  Secondly, I am living by my own rules.  I’m talking who I want to talk to, I’m having fun and I’m living my best life.  I don’t give a damn what anyone thinks of me, I care what I think of me. 

My job is to leave a grand legacy.  My job is to make sure that this world will have been a better place because I was in it.  My job is to make sure that Baby Cameron has every single thing he needs to be able to go to college and live his best life.  So I’ll work tirelessly to make it, and not make it small, but make it BIG!  The worst thing about success is a little bit. 

So on the eve of this Mother’s Day, I am proclaiming a new life, a new way of living.  Sure I am busy, but I love what I do.  Sure I may sound conceited, but I do love myself.  I blazing a new trail for myself and I’m not scared for one second.  I’ve been through the wringer and now it’s my turn to live any way I want. 

So you can either jump aboard the BLB train, or you can be left back at the station.  I’m going to big places.  And it starts this Wednesday when I fly to Chicago for The Oprah Show.  And I’m not looking back.

all the BEST,

Best Life Barb

At the office.....on my way UP...:)