Hello everybunny, and Happy Easter.
And Happy Passover to all my friends celebrating as well.
Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a very religious person (this is about as religious as I will ever get); that said, I’ve certainly had the opportunity to celebrate holidays with all my friends of all denominations (that’s not exactly true; in fact, just this morning, I was thinking that this year I must absolutely go to an iftar during Ramadan).
Long week…off sick Monday with a blasted head cold, a new employee (who I know will be great) starting on Tuesday, the rest of the week full of the usual—work, home, work, snow, work, head cold. Blech.
So, on the way home on an exciting Friday night: a quick trip to the grocery store (lunch with a friend tomorrow, plus general provisions), filled up the car with gas (yikes, big price jump—should’ve gone yesterday), loaded up the purchases in my little shopping cart and wheeled them upstairs.
Cat fed, jeans, sweater, socks, bra off….shorts and big sweat shirt on. I headed for the couch with the intention of just vegging for the evening. Possibly writing the blog, possibly prepping for tomorrow’s lunch, possibly hitting Netflix…the whole evening in front of me.
Continue reading “Wine, Women….a Moscow Mule…..Spam…and Michelle Obama. Oh, and Podcast #2!”
I floated yesterday.
I went to one of those pod places—sensory deprivation float tanks–and gave it a shot.
There was a Groupon so I thought I’d take a chance and see what it was all about.
Now, I’ve never been suspended in warm, heavily salted water, soft spa music piping through, completely naked and in total darkness in my life—not even sure I really wanted to try it.
But for the price, it was worth trying out.
The only other time I can recall actually being suspended in water was at the start of what I often refer to as one of the strangest days of my life.
Continue reading “Getting from a Pod to a Penitentiary…and back again…”
Well, for the very first time in my life, I’ve finally done it.
Living just a short drive away from one of the world’s most amazing stores for almost half my life, I’ve never actually attempted to build a piece of Ikea furniture.
But now I have. Three pieces, actually. All by myself.
Continue reading “Get off your Grönkulla and hand me that Fyrkantig, would ya please?”
Next Thursday, March 8, is International Women’s’ Day.
So what does that mean to you? How is it different from any other day?
How are you different than you were a year ago?
Continue reading “Wine, and Women & …….Vaginas. My First Podcast!”
The fire department called it “extreme, extensive smoke damage as the result of a protein-based fire”.
And it‘s the main reason I’ve never owned a crockpot.
It’s midnight in Washington D.C. as I write. It’s pitch black; the sounds of night peepers can be heard between the sounds of sirens and car horns. It’s dark in the woods, and probably a little scary too, for most everything and everyone.
A camera set for night vision illuminates a spot that almost seems to glow.
It’s a large, empty nest, probably bigger than any nest you’ve ever seen.
Continue reading “I like to watch….or Suffering from Empty Nest Syndrome, For Now.”
(this is an excerpt from last year’s journal, written in early January as I was starting to pack my life into boxes)
THIS is a love note:
Dearest Betty,
Through the abandoning of my defensive mechanisms, I am reluctantly forced to admit exactly how I feel about you.
My discipline, my pride has, up until this point, prevented me from telling you exactly how I feel.
I do not wish to manipulate or pressure you, but as you have asked for this note, here it is:
Continue reading “The Way to a Girl’s Heart: Don’t Blow It.”
How we find our palates?
Certainly a large part of it has to do with our parents, or the people or person who cooks for and eats with us—we learn to like what we’re fed. Granted, some of it we don’t like, but there’s so much more that we don’t know if we enjoy because if they don’t like it, we’ll never have it.
Take, for example, mushrooms.
As I sat and began to write this week’s entry, a bunch of clichés ran through my head for possible titles. I know you’ve heard them before:
“…Here are the Nominees….
….The Envelope Please….
…And the Oscar goes to….
…I’d like to thank the Academy….”
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……
Continue reading “Taking in the Best of the Best—and You Can Vote Too!”
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