Let’s be shallow now.Usually, I don’t find too many guys attractive. Not even the ones on TV. And I tell myself, “Maybe I’m just too picky. Or maybe I really am secretly a lesbian.”But then, sometimes, I see some man who is very, very beautiful. Like this one. And […] Continue Reading…
big announcementIt’s funny… Sometimes I feel like I live my life really fast. You know?Last week, I got the first inkling of good news while I sat at my desk at work. And I was so, so happy that I had to go into the stairwell and jump up […] Continue Reading…
Sad NewsMy middle son is going to live with his father for a semester.I’m sad about it. But it’s not about me. It’s about him, trying something new and hoping for certain improvements in his life. So I support his choice, like any parent would.It’s apparently a more common […] Continue Reading…
A PlainclotheshorseSometimes I want to tell y’all what I find at the thrift stores, and maybe post pictures of my finds, but then I don’t, because I’ve realized that I like pretty boring clothes.Today, for instance, I am wearing black pants, a white shirt, and a fuchsia silk cardigan […] Continue Reading…
reminder of what I have2007 has been a disappointing year for me, for various reasons beyond my control. A year of rejections, failures, unexpected expenses and medical dramas. I’m calling it, in my mind, a year of learning experiences and character strengthening.The one thing I have been able to […] Continue Reading…
gimmicky “diet” bookI went to the bookstore the other day and came across a diet book called Skinny Bitch. Or Skinny Bitches, Skinny Bitch Diet… something like that. I had to flip through it to see what the gimmick was. The beginning was “tough love” type insults. They said […] Continue Reading…
Gourds!We went to an HEB in the middle of nowhere the other day. (HEB is a big ol’ grocery chain in Texas.) Out in front of the store, they had crates of bagged gourds and mini pumpkins for $1.50 per bag, surrounded by desperate fruit flies. So I bought […] Continue Reading…
Days of Our NPRI’m all wrapped up in the Pakistan drama as it’s revealed to me each morning by NPR. This morning I made my boyfriend listen to it, and then we found out details that compelled me to look up these people’s photographs online today. Because I’m a […] Continue Reading…
Extreme AnnoyanceYou aren’t going to know what I mean if you don’t know Houston streets, but I’m going to say this, anyway. There sure are a lot of stupid, rude people driving down Allen Parkway in the mornings lately. And in the River Oaks area, in general.Stupid woman in […] Continue Reading…
