Today, the front of my house looks like this: So that means it’s a hunker down, lazy kind of Sunday. And on those kinds of Sundays, I like comfort food. And by comfort food, I mean soup and grilled cheese sandwiches, because what else feels as comforting as that on a snowy day? A pan [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Total recall
February 17th, 2012
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I’m about to shake (off) what my mama gave me. At the ripe young age of 48 (or as I like to call it 40-late) I am having my right knee replaced in a little more than a month. Add that to my tonsils, uterus and the meniscus of this right knee to the pile [...]
Carnivale
February 11th, 2012
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This week has been a long strange trip, so it’s only appropriate that it ends with a masquerade ball. That’s not a euphemism for anything; husband and I will be twirling the dance floor tonight a Carnivale-themed masquerade fundraiser for the local symphony orchestra. (It’s a long story, and weird considering we don’t even like symphony [...]
Beauty and the beasts
February 8th, 2012
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I am a fan of Ellen Degeneres. I consider her to be a beautiful, funny, smart person as well as a fabulous dancer. I would be delighted to have her as a friend. She is openly gay. I support equal rights for gay people because, you know, rights are rights. And for this to be [...]
Super bowl ~ of chili
February 4th, 2012
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We plan to make a big pot of this chili tomorrow when we have a few folks over to watch the BIG GAME. This chili is smack-your-grandma-good. (I have no idea why really delicious food here in the Southern, US inspires elder abuse, but it does and there you go.) It’s not too big of a [...]
Hair therapy
February 3rd, 2012
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Today was a fantastic day: I went back to Weight Watchers for the first time in 11 weeks. And? I lost a half pound since I was last there. Went through the entire holiday season and LOST A HALF POUND! Now THAT’S what I’m talking about! So as a reward, I went to get my gray [...]
My hometown is hosting the Super Bowl
February 3rd, 2012
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And I can’t be there. BUT…I am so happy to see so much of the city I love on television it’s almost like being there. Almost.
