Sandy Sanger

Greatest Aunt Ever.

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My sister, Erica, wrote this blog post:

http://littlearch.blogspot.com/2008/06/eighty-thirty-five.html


If you have ever moved; if you have been to my home in Miami then you will enjoy reading this. Erica's post says it all.

Update on Bella's Vision

This is good news. Her vision is doing really well and her second cornea transplant will have lasted for one year this August. She went to Omaha to see her doctors yesterday and everything looked great. Her eye pressure was where it needs to be and she is seeing well out of her new cornea. Fingers crossed.

Her last cornea transplant worked for about 18 months before it rejected so we still have some hurdles to overcome. She is still patching to make her eye stronger and to keep the pathways between her brain and her eyes alive. She does this for about two hours a day and we anticipate that will stop in the next year. Apparently when you are 7-8 those pathways cannot develop any further. She's been a champ.

She graduated from Kindergarten about three weeks ago and is enjoying her summer. She is taking swim lessons (wearing goggles) and is a little more brave than her mother would like her to be. Jumping off diving boards in the deep end of the pool, holding her breath under water, just being a kid who has learned to swim. Its great to see how far she has come, unfortunately it has gone by too fast. I still like to remember her as the little baby with glasses and a patch on.

Where the Hell is Matt?

I feel like we all need more of these kinds of things in our world. Enjoy.

Seperated at Birth?

Anderson Cooper and my son, Drew.

Swim Lessons

Bella and Caroline are taking swim lessons at a local aquatic center. They love going, always the highlight of their day. Bella is jumping in, going underwater and being very brave. Caroline, not so much. Caroline is afraid to put her head under the water. When I asked her what she was afraid of she admitted that she "didn't want her boogers to get washed away. "

Now I don't have the best memory in the world, but I never felt too much of an attachment to my boogers. In fact, I can recall putting them on my wall at night while I would lie there thinking about the day. Its rather gross and I was like five. I point it out because one of my darling sisters (who read this stuff) certainly will comment about it if I don't state the facts here.

So, we are working with Caroline on her booger attachment issue. Better in than out for her I suppose. Guess I won't have to paint her bedroom walls anytime soon.

The Screenplay

So I wrote a screenplay called The Knot. My screenplay books say I need to have some sort of log line for the movie. A "what is it" kind of line. This was a challenging exercise. I mean you spend over two years working on something and now I have to sum it up in one sentence. So here it is: A dejected landlord falls in love with the widow of his recently murdered tenant. .

So now I need to get this thing sold, made or fulfilled in some capacity. Not typical fodder for this blog but its an outlet for expression so there you have it. I have had several people read it already and have made some significant edits. If you are interested in reading I would love your feedback, and most importantly, your truthful feedback. If you hate it, you can tell me and we'll still be friends. If you know anyone in the industry, I would appreciate some help in putting it in their hands.

If you can help in any way (reading or otherwise), shoot me an email. joshfleming7@hotmail.com

Thanks all.