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…
I get a lot of computer questions. I work in IT for a living, it pretty much comes with the territory. I figured, why not let the intarwebnet benefit? I…
My friend Terry once joked that I change my hair color more often than he changes his underwear. It's funny in a gross sort of way (because, ewwww, do some…
They're "upgrading" the gas mains on our street. I'm not quite sure how you can upgrade gas mains. Unless, they've somehow discovered a way to make the gas in my…
Seriously. Too many emotions. Too many buttons to push. REM asked "Should we talk about the weather? Should we talk about the government?" Well, today I choose weather. ------- In…
I've always had a love/hate relationship with my birthday. First of all, being born on September 8th always guaranteed that a) in order to get to my birthday, I would…
Damn. I'm twenty-five today and already I feel older and wiser. Older, because I'm utterly exhausted and wiser, because I learned a valuable lesson Wednesday night. Namely, that if you…
Seriously. Not only did I buy the kid the most awesomest lobster costume ever (not that there are really any un-awesome lobster costumes), but I also made him this quilt.…
So, for those of you who actually read my site, you may have noticed that it's been down. Since last Wednesday. Perhaps I am the only person that noticed this.…