January 2008

Thursday Thirteen #35. I Wish I Had Time

January 31, 2008

So many ideas for posts have been rolling around in my head, and I just haven’t had time to get to them. I miss having time. Do y’all ever feel like you are meeting yourself coming and going? How do you make things slow down?? Right now, I should be getting ready to go to [...]

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The Prodigal Returns!

January 28, 2008

Oh, I’m getting so tired of drama! I told y’all a couple of days ago that my cat had gone AWOL. I seriously believed she was dead, eaten by coyotes, and I have been weeping and carrying on like a lunatic. I haven’t been able to think or do my work. My neighbors hate me, [...]

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Potato Chowder. Good Comfort Food.

January 26, 2008

Do y’all need comfort food now and then? I certainly do. This week has been especially difficult, and I decided it was time to cook. I had another reason to do so. Amidst all my sadness the last couple of days over the disappearance of my cat, there was cause for rejoicing. My neighbors down [...]

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I’m Not As Macha As I Try To Pretend

January 24, 2008

When I was a teenager, we had a Great Dane. She was a regal looking fawn colored dog, but she didn’t know she was a dog. She was my constant companion, sleeping on my feet at night. She loved to accompany me as I walked through the woods each weekend. My family went to Paw [...]

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It’s A HAPpening Thing

January 22, 2008

She contacted me out of the blue back in August. I had been having a bad day with Share A Square, and was feeling a little discouraged. I wrote about it on the blog. Deborah e-mailed me to tell me: “You are not alone.” Turns out, she wasn’t talking about the voices in my head; [...]

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Just Because You Don’t SEE Me Working

January 21, 2008

Doesn’t mean I’m not! I am working very hard, but evidently some spammer doesn’t know that. There is a “Career Site” that wants me to click on their links very badly. They always have workfor me. Tonight, they tell me: Want to work at Starbucks as a barrista? We recently viewed your resume on-line and [...]

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My Cats Are Not This Entertaining

January 18, 2008

The only tricks my cats can do is barf on a shoe. They certainly wouldn’t climb into a goldfish bow on command. You’ve probably already received this in a viral e-mail, because it’s going around. But, I needed the chance to giggle today. This is one of those days when I think I am re-writing [...]

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Thursday Thirteen # 34. What Rattles Around in My Head

January 16, 2008

To tell the truth, everything is rattling in my head. The jackhammers have been ripping into my bedroom floor, and I’m reeling from the noise and turmoil. For Thursday Thirteen, I’m just giving you whatever floats to the surface. 1. Earlier this week, I talked about my Scheherazade Complex. It seems I never finish a [...]

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What To Do When The Jackhammers Are Coming

January 16, 2008

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: “The joys of home ownership are highly over-rated!” Have you ever experienced jackhammers drilling through the foundation of your home? I’ve been waiting all day for the plumbers to show up, so I can have that delightful experience for the second time in a year. The [...]

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Scheherazade Complex

January 14, 2008

Some of you may be familiar with The Tales of The Arabian Nights and the storyteller, Scheherezade. If not, let me give you the Reader’s Digest Condensed version of who she was. You see, there was a Sultan who didn’t like women much, because his first wife had done him wrong and had ” R-U-N-N-O-F-T” [...]

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Listening Skills

January 11, 2008

“Listen,” I said to my husband in a loud “stage whisper.” And, he obeyed. We stood in the doorway of our bedroom, hearing the sound of water pouring down the pipes in the wall as our son shaved upstairs. He shook his head and shrugged. “It’s just the water in the exit plumbing,” he said. [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #33 I’ve Been Working On A Chain Gang

January 10, 2008

Didja get it, huh? “Chain Gang?” It’s my “hook” to draw you in (I sound like Jay Leno begging for pity laughter). Some of you may be aware that I have been working on a little charity project on my blog. It’s called Share A Square, and it’s about making crocheted granny afghans for 140 [...]

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Too Good To Be True

January 8, 2008

Many of us with blogs try our best to “monetize” our sites. Tales abound of bloggers making tons of money with their blogs, and I am absolutely positively certain, without a doubt (not to be redundant or repeat myself) that some people do. I haven’t figured that part out yet. I’ve made a few dollars, [...]

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They Call Themselves “Apple Geniuses”

January 6, 2008

Have y’all ever gone through the fast food drive-thru, with a carload of kids squealing in the backseat? And, you ordered a bagful of burgers, fries and some chicken nuggets for Junior (because he’s been driving you nuts begging for them for thirty minutes)? And, you pay for your order and get back on the [...]

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Rock On!

January 5, 2008

Y’all have probably already seen this, because it said in my AARP Bulletin from August (I’m finally getting around to reading it) that they are a cult hit on YouTube. This is The Zimmers, who are a group of 40 “Old Age Pensioners.” This British group certainly challenges any pre-conceived notions about old age! Alf, [...]

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A Dose of Depp

January 2, 2008

Y’all don’t even want to go to the movies with me. Naw, I swear it’s true. You see, I’m a little squeamish about suspense and violence. My son says that I’m a sissy. I just can’t help it, because I feel everyone’s pain and take it as my own. Heck, my parents wouldn’t even take [...]

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