Thanks to those who have replied with suggestions.  I've put them in motion.  I'll keep you updated.

Thanks again!

I went to see Sweeney Todd yesterday.  What a great movie! Still had a very Broadway feel to it, without being as "stage-y" as Chicago was.  I was pleasantly surprised by Johnny Depp's singing voice, even after reading the reviews that gave him good marks.  The duet "Pretty Women" with Alan Rickman is wonderful and creepy.  I was pleasantly ( Read more... )

I realized that I forgot some of the stuff from the weekend....

While we were at my Aunt's, she gave me a quilt that had been made by my great-great grandmother for my great-grandmother for her high school graduation.  It was made in 1909.  It's not in great shape, but it's still an heirloom.  I have a hope chest that I'll store it in.

She also ( Read more... )

We had a very interesting weekend.  We headed to Michigan for my niece's 9th birthday party.  It's hard to believe she's already so grown up!  We had a nice time at the party, and then headed over to my Dad's sister's house.  He said she wanted us to come over whenever we had a chance.  It was really nice to see her and it was the first time I'd ( Read more... )

 Amazingly, the horrendous crud I had on Monday is mostly gone.  I've never heard of a 24 hour cold, but that's what this was like.  By Monday evening I was feeling significantly better, and by yesterday morning mostly fine.  Now I'm just having to blow my nose a bit and having a "productive" cough (gotta love the euphemisms).  I worked my full ( Read more... )

Apparently, the universe decided that one nasty cold wasn't enough for me this winter.  I now have my second nasty crap living in my chest cold of the season.  I usually get one, it's nasty but dealable, and then it's over.  This year, I had my nasty but dealable cold mid-December.  Got over it before the Christmas travelling began.  Now, I have ( Read more... )

So we’ve had a pretty great Christmas this year. It’s been busy, but good.

12/15 we headed up to Michigan for Christmas with my family. The trip was absolutely awful! What normally takes 4 hours took over 6. Our average speed (Gary’s car has a thing that calculates it) was 37 miles an hour. The weather on the way was as follows: Snow (plowed ( Read more... )

The Writers Block question yesterday was "How do you select which books you read?"  That got me thinking about it.  Many of the books I've read have come through chance.  My first memories of picking out books involve the library in my home town and a whole shelf of Nancy Drew Mysteries.  Then I moved on to other mysteries.  The next section after ( Read more... )

I've been working a second job, part time at Marshall's department store (TJ Maxx type store).  Most of the people that work there are good, solid, hard workers.  However - We had a couple real jewels.  The first, Loretta, moves slow, really really slow.  I've nicknamed her "Slow-retta".  Her first night, she was being trained in our "recovery" ( Read more... )

Today it feels like winter.  We've been really lucky with our weather so far, no really cold days or nights, etc.  But DAMN it's chilly out there today.  We're having 30 mile an hour wind gusts on top of the cooler air temps.  They actually used the dreaded "wind chill" phrase on this morning's news.  I really do like winter, I love the snow etc, I ( Read more... )