I am almost completely sure now that Russ is avoiding me. He waited until after I'd RSVP'd with a "no" to Sue's Oscar party to say that he was planning to come. He even made a joke about showing up in a designer gown, which indicates to me that he was in quite a good mood when he RSVP'd ( Read more... )

Jackie and I went to JC Penney to find some socks and jeans for her. While we were there, I found a shirt that I wanted to try on. The dressing rooms were very busy tonight, and I kept checking for an open door to no avail for a while ( Read more... )

I've been going through boxes of old stuff. Throughout the four moves I've made, I've dragged stuff along with me, and I finally started digging through it to see what's worth keeping, what needs to go to Goodwill, and what gets tossed ( Read more... )

I was on the back of the big black BMW, enjoying the sunshine and the views of the Sound. All was well ( Read more... )

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The National Do Not Call Registry seems to have expired or something. I have been resigned for several months now to getting calls from prerecorded people, although it's really annoying that the same five or six people keep calling me about my credit balance or a great satellite dish offer ( Read more... )

There's a thing going around on Facebook among one of my circles of friends: the "16 random things about you" list. The idea is, you post a list of 16 things that people might not know about you and then tag 16 of your friends to prompt them to do the same thing ( Read more... )

I worked some magic this last couple of days ( Read more... )

So it was a sunny day - the first in a looooong time - so Gus and I went riding. To be specific, Gus drove and I sat on the back of the big black BMW, doing my best to move with the machine. It's gotten easier; I've figured out that there's no way for me just to accidentally fall off, so I can relax with it ( Read more... )