I had a great session with my trainer this morning. I’ve somehow lost three pounds since we returned from our vacation. Clueless as to why, but it feels good to be making some progress. So how do I celebrate? Chocolate chip cookie and a small home-baked cookie bar that was […]
New bling for my holiday tree
Yes, yes, I know. Thanksgiving is still a week away. So why begin peppering my blog with Christmas decorations? Because my mom’s group is doing an ornament exchange and the goodies have already turned up in my mailbox. Oh, joy! The first one is from Barbara in Massachusetts, patterned on […]
Have I mentioned how much I love goat cheese?
Yes, I probably have. Because I love it. Very much. In fact, I just bought a huge log at Costco yesterday. To show my love for the creamy cheese. The funny thing is that I’d never had it until I was 30. That’s true of a lot of foods, actually. […]
All she wrote
I started sharing my photo obsession here on this site. Yet when I discovered Flickr a few years ago, that obsession kind of, er, exploded. Having another photo outlet allowed me to keep my focus here on the words, rather than forcing a story around a photo. I link between […]
Damn candy corn and Diet Coke!
I have so many issues with food. Both mental and physical. I’ll start with the mental. I’m just glad I’ve never tried any drugs because I think I would have definitely developed some sort of addiction. My food addictions? Candy corn. Marshmallow Fluff. Peeps. Mochas. Green tea. Goat cheese. Feta […]
Back to the real world
Morning on Walden Pond Vacations are fun. For sure. But they kind of put me off track for a while. That’s why I always insist we have at least one day of cushion between the traveling and the back-to-work stuff. Today’s cushion was filled with unpacking, laundry, more laundry, picking […]
Destination: Beantown!
There’s plenty of stuff in my head, but no time to spit it out here. Packing to do. Lots of it. Although Devin is going to be sorely disappointed that not every single one of his stuffed animals is not going to be on the flight with us. We’re leaving […]
“These are cute!”
He made this bouquet himself. Told me which flowers to cut before I pulled the poor things out of the ground. I can’t believe they’re still alive. My mom and her dude came up today and now we have a new toilet (hooray!), a cleaned-up back yard, and a tidy […]
Oh, my aching feet!
Weekend was fun! Walked around the outlet mall on Saturday. Walked around Antioch on Sunday. Walked around the Chicago Botanic Garden on Monday. Walked, walked, walked, walked around downtown on Monday as well. I have blisters. Sigh. It was great to catch up with Renee and Viv and to just […]
Of friends and 40 and La Ti Da
I’m driving to Chicago tomorrow morning to meet up with my two oldest friends: Renee and Viv. We all turn 40 within a two-month span, so we thought a weekend celebration was in order. Booyah! While there, I’ll also be meeting an online friend for dinner. Much to look forward […]