Albuquerque, N.M. Chicago must relinquish its title as the Windy City, at least for the week. Even growing up on the Montana High Line, the wind was never so strong. We have battled gusts up to 60 miles an hour over the last few days. In Florida, that would be near hurricane-force. Have we opted to stay inside? Nah. We were enduring dust on a ( Read more... )

I arrived safely in Arizona on Thursday morning and my mother was there to pick me up at the airport. Since then we’ve logged 500 miles on her car visiting Sedona, Grand Canyon and Mesa Verde. We head to Santa Fe tomorrow ( Read more... )

Packing up the last few things because tomorrow night is going to be an early to bed for an even earlier rise Thursday morning. I am trying to get away with only a carry-on but everytime I looked at the weather forecasts I have doubts. I thought that Mother Nature was moody in Florida ( Read more... )

Yeah, that just about describes the weekend.

Yesterday was the first seasonal day that we in the Sunshine State have enjoyed since Christmas Day. How did I spend it? At the movies. Well, not entirely, but I did start the day by seeing How to Train Your Dragon. I loved the movie - even if the title makes me think it should be rated R or NC-17 ( Read more... )

So I was taking a walk through the neighbor tonight when a couple stopped and informed me that there is a registered sex offender living on our street. They gave me address and it's about five houses down from me ( Read more... )

After a massively crappy previous week at work, I received two pats on the back today that made me think I can deal with this for a little while longer ( Read more... )

Despite the foreboding weather forecast, Lori, Rachel and I made the pilgrimage to Tampa for the Bay Area Renaissance Festival. I spotted pktaxwench with the court almost immediately and introduced new friends to old ( Read more... )

In just short of a week, I've been twice to see movies on weeknights and now I remember exactly why I don't go out on a "school night". I'm really exhausted, but I enjoyed both flicks muchly. No spoilers...I promise.

Last Thursday, I saw Alice in Wonderland (in 3D) with wicked-swann. This was the first time I'd seen a wide-release, commercial movie with the ( Read more... )

A week or so ago, I finally put the Twilight film on reeserve at the local library. Yes, I've read the (borrowed) books, but refused to actually put money into the franchise...until I went to see New Moon ( Read more... )

I had just clicked over to the Entertainment Weekly website to read Doc Jensen's take on the latest LOST episode today as I do every Wednesday when I first saw the news about Corey Haim's passing in the early morning hours. Like many of the women who grew up in the late 80's, I too made the choice between The Two Coreys. Sure, I had seen more of ( Read more... )