Queen of Rambles

I’ve been a total slacker in the cooking department this week because I’m just not hungry. We’ve been living on leftovers, but we’re totally cleaned out so I decided to brave homemade pizza. Wow. I think I’ve finally identified my triceps. Whatever we did at Body Pump yesterday, it is not pizza kneading friendly. The [...]

My Latest Addictions: *Body Pump class! Roar! Who knew lifting weights could be so fun? I could do this every day. There was a different teacher today and none of the old biddies were there. Instead, we had a lot of younger folk and a couple of men. No one complained about anything. A few [...]

How Not to Meet the Neighbors Driving along. La la la! Look at all the pretty trees. I love spring. They’re so pretty! Are those the cherry trees everyone is talking about? I thought cherry trees were more graceful. Hmmmm. How come our tree isn’t blooming like the other. . BOOM! CRASH! Using Words in [...]

They did have samosas at the buffet yesterday so I got a little respite from the stress of living. Samosas, butter chicken, naan, and some kind of yeasty fried bread. . . mmmmmmmmmm. . . I love me some Indian food. Pat came out for the day and we had a thrilling time harassing him [...]

We had such bright hopes for our Saturday morning. We got up early, giddy by the possibilities the day would bring. We had a sheaf of map print-outs, a notebook ready for descriptions, two fresh pens just to make sure we were prepared. Then the economy took our dreams and stomped them into flat, ugly [...]

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Instead of spending my valuable evening time writing a literary masterpiece to share with the world at large, I tried my hand at applique. Real applique. The kind that requires you to handle a needle and thread with your bare (or possibly thimble clad) hands. Fine motor skills? Not my forte. There’s a reason I [...]

Day two of the no sugar plan went well. God, I need a slab of chocolate or bowl of brownie batter. I better stick with the plan because I am having a hard time fitting in my summer pants. No way in hell am I going to go buy a bigger wardrobe. I need to [...]