The Cootles Way

Single and not so single and fabulous women have been flocking to the theater over the past month to witness their four favorite gal pals take on relationships, family, friends, sex and their city.

Four years after the fairy tale ending the ladies are back proving that things are not always perfect in what seems to be paradise.

Miranda  is living in Brooklyn with Steve and Brady.  Charlotte and Harry are raising Lily, their little girl they adopted from China.  Samantha is living in LA with Smith helping him with his movie career.  And Carrie and Big are stepping closer to their perfect ending.

Around the time that Carrie and Big move in together and are planning their wedding Miranda finds out that Steve cheated on her but regrets doing so.  The day before the wedding Miranda tells Big that Carrie and him are making a huge mistake.  The day of the wedding he calls Carrie and tells her he can’t do it.  Minutes after the fact he regrets choice and has the car turn around while Carrie comes down the street and is in raged with him.

Carrie and the girls head to Mexico to go on what was suppose to be her honeymoon.  When they get back Charlotte discovers she is pregnant.  And Samantha deals with missing New York.

But in the end everything turns out to be ok.  Carrie and Big get married.  Steve and Miranda get back together.  Charlotte has a girl who she names Rose and Samantha comes back to New York, however breaking up with Smith to work on herself.

Many fans are satisfied with the conclusion of their favorite show and others haven’t been so pleased.  The fact is the movie was more based on real life.  Things don’t always have a happy ending or don’t always go as planned.

What many have to remember is that the show is based on the life of Candace Bushnell.  She didn’t end up with Big in real life, which might explain why Samantha and Smith aren’t together in the end to tie that into the book.

Regardless the film was a nice way to close the series and tie up all loose ends.

So lately I’m been unable to focus.  Work has been fine but when I get home I’m too tired to care about anything except sleeping.

As for the freelancing I’m always working on a story.  Which is a great way to make contacts but that always becomes amusing since their are people out there that just don’t like you.  Most of the time I wait to the last moment and pull stuff out of my butt (I’m not adding information).  But at least it helps me focus more.

I know they say, “Why put off to tomorrow what you can do today?” But honestly it’s more fun running around at 6 am swigging on lots of coffee and tea to wake up and get stuff done.

After I was done with the “Friends” series I was feeling like there needed to be a movie to wrap everything up much like “Sex and the City”.

Overall we know what happens to everyone but at the same point people naturally want to know more about the characters they love and became friends with.

We know that Ross and Rachel finally get together, Chandler and Monica have the twins and move to the suburbs, Mike tells Phoebe they should have kids and Joey moves to California in the show “Joey”.

So what else happens?  Does everyone actually do what they were planned?  Does Ross and Rachel get married again?

These are things that fans would like to know if they have to opportunity to find this information out.  And by having a movie would answer it. 

And it’s not like the film version wouldn’t do great at the box office because it was/is one of the most popular shows ever.  I know!

Last month it was announced that the final installment of the Harry Potter films was going to be broken into two films.

Many fans are relieved after this news because they have seen too many changes done to the other films in order to fit into two and half hours.

Now there is no reason for this film to not to fit the context of the book.

Yet it leaves many people wondering exactly how with the movie portray the end of the book.

American Airlines has had to cancel flights for inspection.  At this time 20 percent of the airlines flights are canceled to make sure the wiring work meets FAA standards.

I’m sure a lot of people are not happy about this and thinking it’s just one more thing with the airlines.

Yet I started thinking last night that I would rather have flights canceled, even if it was my own, to know that I’m safe.

A plane isn’t like a car.  If it stalls there are some major problems especially at 35,000 feet.

I’m glad to know that the airline realized there was problem and they are getting it fixed.

In less than a week two airlines have declared bankruptcy– Aloha and ATA. Now many people are left worried that their next trip my be canceled from other airlines.

Unfortunately, a friend and myself were both victims of the these bankruptcy. My friend and I are both going to Hawaii for our honeymoons. She’s was flying ATA, and I was flying Aloha for part of the trip. Now it’s been a crazy mess trying to get our honeymoons back in order. What should have been the one fun, less stress thing in wedding season mess became a mess.

I was going to be flying Hawaiian to Hawaii and back. My new husband and I were going to island hope from the Big Island to Honolulu. That flight was Aloha. I was able to grab the last Hawaiian flight from Kona to Honolulu but now I have to fight to get my money back from my Aloha flight.

My friend was going to fly ATA back from Maui and is left wondering how to get back on the mainland.

So I’m in the process of helping her out. I just hope that we can figure things out by this summer for her to have a good honeymoon.

Yes, you heard me. There is a pregnant male.

Well not exactly.

Thomas Beatie was originally a woman that decided to become a male. When she did so she kept her female reproductive organs. He is now married to a woman who cannot have kids due to a hysterectomy. He has decided to carry the baby which is a little girl due the beginning of July.

Frankly, I don’t have a problem with this. A lot of people are saying that it is wrong and against nature. Honestly nothing surprises me anymore. The fact is that Thomas was a woman and decided to become a man. So no matter what, to me, if the reproductive organs are are who cares. The only thing that matters is that this baby is going to be loved and taken care of.

I hope they have a happy, healthy baby. Good luck to them and their family.

Four more planes are under investigation because they haven’t complied with the FAA.

For people who have a fear of flying this doesn’t make things any easier. Flying is suppose to be the safest way to travel. Yet when you are 35,000 feet in the air people tend to worry.

Airlines need to make sure that their passengers are safe and take the necessary steps to do so.

I love to travel but over the years I have worried more and more about flying. Even though I have established that I have flown basically every year of my life or more I still worry.

I never used to have this problem. Yet something happened after 9/11. I’m not worried about terrorists and I don’t even consider them a worry in my air travel. But I’ve become more aware when something does go wrong.

Regardless of my fear I know that if I want to see the world I’m going to have to fly. And If i need a stiff drink in order to make me feel better about flying so be it.

Also airlines are starting to charge passengers if they check in luggage. Frankly I think it’s a good idea. I’ve seen too many people taking their whole lives with them wherever they go. Basically people need to be realistic when they travel. You are away from home so don’t bring your home with you.

When the snow stopped falling in mid-January many people were excited for an early spring and summer in eastern Washington. Instead while I was on the west side of the state for the past week we were hit with snow.  Not what I expected when I was ready to take off my snow tires.  Even though it has melted in day it is still frustrating dealing with cold days when it’s usually been in the 50s.  Hopefully it will start to heat up soon.

So things have been crazy over the past few weeks, and I’ve been unable to focus and write.

Lately there has been family issues and dealing with my wedding.

I’ve also been freelancing for some newspapers.  That has been taking my main focus on getting stories done.  And as always with that there is writer’s block.  Even though I’ll have pages of notes I often find myself wondering where I should go with them.  But I have to get used to that situation since I have many more stories to write for newspapers.