I watched the movie Waitress yesterday and I have to give it a resounding two thumbs up! I hadn’t even heard of it but it is actually a fairly recent movie starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion (who I loved from the Firefly series), Jeremy Sisto (from Six Feet Under who was absolutely fabulous as the [...]
Archive for November, 2007
an unlearned lesson
27Nov07“When people show you who they are, believe them.”
-Maya Angelou
This quote has stuck with me over a number of years. It is a lesson that continues to elude me. I recognize the truth of it and yet I cannot quite seem to absorb it enough to allow it to change me. I [...]
grab bag
25Nov07I forgot how delightful a one and half year old can be. Especially at meal times. When he eats precisely two foods. Bananas and cheese. Everything else gets smeared, crumbled, mashed, mangled and otherwise disassembled and thrown over the high chair tray. I spend way too many minutes in a day on my hands and [...]
from beyond the grave
23Nov07I received a gift not too long ago. A once in a lifetime gift that rocked me to the core. In a good way.
An old friend who reads this blog (hi K!) had read a post I wrote about my Oma in which I mentioned the sweaters she used to knit. She made them for [...]
ps
22Nov07Lest you think I’m done whining about being sick…I’m still sick. Waa, waa.
Schmutzie started this one. I’m not going to tag anyone. Feel free to do it if you want.
Pumping gas. It took me until I was out of high school to be able to pump gas and I still feel jumpy when I do it. Maybe I’ve seen too many movies where gas [...]
snot: the never-ending story
18Nov07I know, at this point all you hear (read) is “whine, whine, whine, snot, bitch, bitch, whine.” That’s ok. But I need to vent somewhere.
Is it just me or did all the germs in the universe unite to form some kind of super-virus the MOMENT there was a recall on all forms of infant and [...]
Ever have a great idea that you were really excited about and had someone rain on your parade?
Behold, the great idea: Tomato soup in a sippy cup! Avoids the mess that usually follows a meal involving liquids and saves the forty pounds of crackers I have to crush into the soup to keep it at [...]
But if you are anal about the proper use of words (like me) then you will enjoy reading this. It’s quite funny. Why are there so many scantily clad women? I have no earthly idea. I thought I would be blameless in this word inventory but it turns out there were a few in there [...]
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