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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Resolutions part 2
Recently, my husband insisted we buy a white board. And hang it in my kitchen where I had a couple of pretty pictures. I wasn’t thrilled to be losing valuable decorative wall-space, but if it makes him happy, who am … Continue reading
Yea for coffee!
I am obsessed with coffee. I drink many, many cups a day, interrupted only by many, many cups of hot tea. Basically I love warm beverages. I eat coffee ice cream. My favorite dessert is tira misu. My favorite candy is … Continue reading
Posted in Random stuff
Tagged Alzheimer's, cholesterol, coffee, decaf, dementia, frappaccino, latte, liver cancer, type 2 diabetes
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The Friday Rant: Kids are so spoiled!
And I am the world’s worst spoiler. Well, in some ways. I get them glasses of milk at dinner time. I drive them places my mom would have expected me to walk to. I give them money to walk down … Continue reading
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Selena Gomez, you are a pain
I have a new office-mate. Her name is Selena Gomez. She’s about six inches long and looks like a tiny black bear. And she’s the noisiest little hamster in the world. She has become my office-mate because my son (thirteen … Continue reading
Boo
This is Boo, my fastidious little gentleman. I feel bad, because I don’t talk about him as often as I talk about Kiki or Cleo, but Kiki is just so funny and weird and awkward, and Cleo is so horrible, … Continue reading
Posted in My weird cats
Tagged adoption event, forever home, kitten, Petco, rescue cat, Siamese rescue, white cat with blue eyes
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The Friday Rant: Why are coaches so darn mean?
My daughter Rachel watches every reality show on TV. I watch a lot of them with her, but one I won’t watch is “Dance Moms.” This coach is one of the most abusive women, both to the moms and to … Continue reading
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Organization or craziness?
The other day, my daughter was wearing a puzzled expression as she looked at my spices, which are in little racks screwed to the inside of a cabinet. Finally she asked, “Mom, are your spices really in alphabetical order?” Yes. … Continue reading
Posted in Random stuff
Tagged craziness, labels, organization, shelves, spice rack, storage, toys
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Book surprises
I love editing. I’m amazed people pay me to do what I do constantly anyway, which is read. At any given time, I might be reading two books for pleasure and two books I’m editing. At the moment, I’m reading two … Continue reading
The kitten and the noodle
Kitten is kind of feral. Are all kittens that way? Or is it her sad beginning thrown out a car window on a busy road? Maybe she still feels she has to fight for everything. Which is kind of dumb. … Continue reading
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The Friday Rant: Why do we hate strong women?
I watched a video clip the other day of a guy yelling at Bristol Palin, who was riding a mechanical bull in a bar, telling her, “Did you ride Levi like that? Your mother is a whore.” When she confronts him, … Continue reading