I have a friend visiting next week. We just firmed up plans to tick something off of her "35 Before 35" list. Which reminded me that, back in the day,…
So pretty! And the flowers look nice too. Yesterday was the « Fête des Mères » here in France. You see signs for the holiday in shop windows (especially jewelers and chocolatiers),…
A belated happy VE Day to all who celebrate! (Given that it's also called Victory over Fascism Day, we should all celebrate). Brunch with my Bestie We're halfway through a…
It's national de-lurking week, or some such nonsense. I highly doubt that we have that many lurkers around here (my woefully inadequate posting level should pretty much guarantee that). But,…
Sorry for the lack of updates. My life has been boring lately. And I've been really busy planning this cocktail party for a college organization that I was in. Updates…
Oftentimes, when Kristian and I are falling asleep, I ask him to "tell me a story." I suppose that all of the Freudian analysts out there would say that I'm…
It's Saturday night and I'm on the couch, hanging out with the cats and depositing a metric ton of snot into a half acre worth of tissues. I figure, if…
This year, for Christmas, I won't be getting a Wii (too hard to find), Peace on Earth/Good Will Towards Men (too many wars around the world), or even joyous time…
It's that special time of the year again. No, not Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Solstice or even Festivus... it's that magical time of the year when my family fights over who…
My friend Vicki had to go to the hospital over the weekend. She's back home and feeling better now, but please click over to her blog and leave her some…
I'm at a loss for what to post, so I'm going to mine my November referral stats for search terms and attempt to give some humorous answers to them. Dia…
Yesterday, I stayed home sick. This was a necessity, as I spent most of Wednesday night/the wee hours of Thursday morning alternating between coughing and performing gastrointestinal pyrotechnics. I'm sure…