Living in the country for an extended period of time can cause one to become complacent about certain things — like wearing clothes, for instance. When your nearest neighbor is nearly a quarter of a mile away and the space between is heavily wooded, clothing is optional. Now, don’t get me wrong. We are in…
Spicing things up
My husband is out of town on a business trip so I picked up a couple of movies to watch yesterday. I was watching “A Streetcar Named Desire” last night while eating my dinner (broiled salmon — yum). After I ate, I paused the movie so I could put my dishes in the dishwasher and…
Monday, Monday…
I’ll probably be humming songs by “The Mamas and the Papas” all day now. So, it’s the start of a new week and I already have quite a list of things I want to accomplish. I need to figure out what to do with the rest of the books that didn’t sell Friday night. I…
My life as a criminal
I received a request to explain one of my *random things you might not know about me* so here goes: I was about 20 years old at the time. Envision me at my still current height of 5’4″ and my no longer current weight of about 120 pounds, wearing a pink satin robe. Yes, these…
Some things you might not know about me
Ten random things you might not know about me: 1. I frequently carry on conversations in my head. 2. I drove a ’66 Mustang in highschool. 3. I was the only girl in our Mustang club. 4. I was once the only white girl in an otherwise all black cheerleading squad. 5. I’ve never smoked…
My legacy
While cleaning the litter box I had one of those moments. You know, an epiphany of sorts. What? You don’t get those? Anyway, this is one of those things I do every Monday. Wash the sheets, water all the indoor plants, refill the parakeet’s food and water, clean the litterbox. I usually do these things…
Losing weight, insomnia, and “The Project”
Weight has a way of sneaking up on a person, just like clutter. FlyLady calls it “body clutter” and I think that is a brilliant description. I started having weight *issues* during nursing school. I was in my late 20s/early 30s, with two small children and a boatload of stress. Most of us gained weight…
The Power of Words
There’s this little thing about me that you should know. I am Queen of the Squeaky Clean Language World. The other day I was talking to my daughter on the phone and telling her about some stuff I was bringing over for her garage sale. Me: Some of it probably should be thrown away but…
Why I hate Wal Mart
Lots of people hate Wal Mart because of its business practices but my reasons are a bit less socially conscious: 1. The parking lot is as big as many small towns/villages and usually contains more cars than some third world countries have. When it looks like the Disneyland parking lot, you know you are in…