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Apologies
Apologies to you, new shoes ( Read more... ) -
Dear kitties
Dearest kitties ( Read more... ) -
Shipping and handling
I'm getting too old. I'm like my grandma who remembered when item X was only a nickle and decades later can't see paying $1 for it ( Read more... ) -
Staying in a motel
You know you're staying in a quality motel when you are parked next to a car with three bullet holes in it. Big bullet holes - probably 40 or 45 cal. One in the driver's door, two in the passenger. -
Quantifying my day
Today was a three-soda, 1 nitro day ( Read more... ) -
Why is it so hard to do things that are good for you?
There's the old saying that there's nothing that tastes as good as being thin feels, but that doesn't mean that I can stop eating doritos when I visit my mother, or that I can necessarily resist the chocolates that I have stashed the cupboard for "special occasions" when I'm being bored and lazy ( Read more... ) -
Book: The Hungry Gene: The Inside Story of the Obesity Industry by Ellen Ruppel Shell
Fascinating. Totally. An intriguing look at the world and the growing problem of obesity and why/how it is occurring. Science and biology and culture and society, the author explores everything with a style that is interesting, but not overly bogged down like a textbook. -
Book: Round Robin by Jennifer Chiaverini
Not much to say. The second in the Chiaverini Elm Creek Quilts series. The author does take on a bit of a different tack in each of her books, so stories that could be very formulaic don't fall into that as I had expected. Still, they are a bit similar in theme - family, friendship, quilting. Good, not great. A fun read, light and not too long ( Read more... ) -
Book: The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
This is the first book in the Elm Creek Quilts series, by Jennifer Chiaverini. A friend of mine was reading them and recommended. I found it light and charming. A fun book. Not super deep, but some messages about family, forgiveness, and friendship. The author's narrative is OK. She's not that great a writer, IMO, but tells a pretty good ( Read more... ) -
Book: Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden, M.C. Beaton
These books (the Agatha Raisin series) make me smile. They're light and short and they just cheer me up with their charm. They're much the same, one is like another, and yet I enjoy reading them because the Agatha character is such a hoot. This one did not disappoint.