Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
'Tis the season...yeah, for Christmas songs, lights & baking....but also for...ACHOO!! Winter flu and colds. Now, generally this time of year is about being TOGETHER. About SHARING and GIVING. But, um....not THAT PLEASE! If you feel feverish and chills - STAY HOME! There is no amount of last minute anything that needs to be done... Continue Reading →
Not a bad week. But certainly a weird, out of focus week. So there is color, because it's very pretty all around me. Twinkly lights are everywhere. At work. Inside & outside my house. On web pages & avatars - the holidays are in full swing.! But a sinus headache day on Tuesday threw off... Continue Reading →
(A frightening peak into my brain on Saturday as I stood in my bedroom assessing the furniture situation & then soothed my frayed nerves by watching House Hunters & a couple of design shows which only triggered more rearranging ideas. Oh and I did take some pictures. I was just too tired after this to... Continue Reading →
It is 2010 (hell, almost 2011!!) and we live in an era when over generalizations and stereotyping are quite politically incorrect and often downright offensive. Lord knows we women sure know how to scream FOUL at blood curdling levels when ANY sort of judgment is passed on our behavior based on gender biases. We SCREAM.... Continue Reading →
So, unless you were hiding under a rock (or, perhaps don't know anyone who is into video gaming or you don't watch commercials on TV), then you may have been aware that a Big New Much Anticipated video game came out this week. SportsBoy has been talking about it since before summer. He prepaid $5... Continue Reading →
Today started off crappy. And by crappy, I mean, really totally OK to all rational people. I dropped off SB at school in plenty of time to miss the drop off line traffic. I was happy because I had remembered in time that there was a breakfast special in the cafe that I wanted so... Continue Reading →
Ladies – raise your hands if you knew exactly what I meant just by that title. Now, I promise I’m not going to go into humiliatingly graphic detail here - isn’t it enough that I’m posting pictures of me from the 80s? - but I still have a few items to get off my... Continue Reading →
I like to think of myself as a positive thinking person. OK, that's wrong. I happen to know that I AM a pretty first class Pollyanna most of the time. My glass is ALWAYS full. My first impressions of just about everyone/anything are good. I can make excuses with the best of them. Hell, in... Continue Reading →
Conversation with the 25 year old over the phone: Him: "Mom, what do you call someone who uses a fake name? You know, someone who writes a book, not anonymously but under a pen name or something that's not really their own name. Is that a pseudonym?" Me: "Yes, exactly...." (thinking to myself, hmmm, wonder... Continue Reading →
Oh hey, hi! I do have a blog don't I? One that should cover more than just freshman football? Well, you see, the thing is, since the last time I went to that place up there in the photo (Las Vegas), it's been a little crazy. Employee turnover during the year end audit at work... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 