I called Nana one night last week on my way home from work.

Me: Hey! What're you up to?
Nana: Heyyyy! Just reading a magazine.
Me: What magazine? Something trashy?
Nana: Nooo, not trashy. I'm reading Star!

Nana's long been a Star reader. As a kid, I used to love going over to her house and knowing I'd get to read trashy tabloids. In a way ( Read more... )

The tickets for the Dolly concert in March finally arrived yesterday. Yay! Just in time, of course, for me to realize that the specially priced for Mystics season ticket holders Wizards tickets I had bought earlier in the day were for a game the same day as the concert. Obviously, Dolly trumps the Wizards ( Read more... )

Last week, whirledpeas mentioned Lean Cuisines in an entry and I was reminded of the Lean Cuisine that has been in the freezer at work for over a year, but possibly even 2 years if memory serves. I mean, Lean Cuisine boxes were redesigned a while ago, so that's how I know this meal is super old. The freezer has been cleaned out multiple times and no one has ( Read more... )

Last night we went to hear the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore in Bethesda. We love going to hear music at this venue because it's easy to get to and it's a beautiful facility. There's something about it being such a modern venue that makes it seem that much more accessible. I felt like a rube going to the Kennedy Center to hear the ( Read more... )

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Something smelled awful in the house this morning. I was positive I was going to find a decomposing mouse under the couch, but it turns out it was Bea's bedding in her crate. She hadn't peed on it or anything, but it just smelled really gross. I got her a new bed at Costco tonight and came home and threw out the old one. I was still smelling ( Read more... )

I am obsessed with HGTV. Right now I'm watching My House is Worth What? and they're looking at a woman's house in Hawaii. I'm fascinated by the fact that this woman said she went there on vacation with her daughter, her daughter said she wanted to live there, and so they up and moved from Virginia to this swank ass house in Honolulu that she ( Read more... )

As you can see, I have no view of the outside world at work.


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Thanks to nikki_herself, I just ordered some BaconSalt. I am so psyched. Woo!

In case anyone is interested ( Read more... )