do they read obituaries in hell?

Whenever I'm living outside my parents' home, I have a confusion about what to call it. If I tell my mom I'm coming to her house...

Sorry about the whinefest yesterday, and thanks for your comment, Supacoo. I got to sleep around 10:30 last night and it made an enormous di...

The way I'm feeling today is due to sleep deficiency (it's not easy to make yourself fall asleep by 9 p.m.) and fatigue from two day...

Yes, so my first full day of hospital work kicked my ass. Obscure back and leg muscles I didn't know I had are already whining, and I...

After eight months of riding the freelance rollercoaster without health insurance, I officially start a new job tomorrow--and it's compl...

I realize that I haven't posted any pictures of how the garden is doing: July 2: My mom's friend got her some solar-powered lights ...

Today I turn 31. In about an hour, give or take ten minutes . My brother called me last night, around midnight, and a little tipsy. He was...

I'm sure no one is keeping track, but it's been more than a month since my last post. What can I say? My dvr, Netflix queue and TCM/...

When celebrities die, I feel sorry for their families. But when I heard Michael Jackson passed away, I truly felt a sadness though I'm n...

When my parents bought this house 21 years ago, one of the draws was the raised garden in the back. In the southeast corner, it gets plenty ...

Okay so I have to make this one quick; my dad's niece, her husband and 1-year-old are taking their first States-side tour from Dubai. Th...

To all of you who emailed me privately, thanks so much for the support. And those of you who thought I didn't properly convey the utter ...

The facts are these: I purchased a property in 2005 that was near the top of my affordability range for three main reasons: a) It's acro...

H and I are off to suburbia for the holiday weekend. It's been absolutely gorgeous here in Illinois the past few days. And we have to m...

Way back in March, Angel07 celebrated her birthday in style-- Amazing Race style. She and her man, Mark, did a fantastic job thinking up ...

I had such a fabulous time in California. The first week, with cc and her family, made me feel as though I had just left the spa without ev...

1950s-style Facebook etiquette! via Eric Skiff at Social Media

Just a quick note to apologize for the exorbitant length of that last post. Skimming all that stuff was actually very tiring, so I'm hop...

Apparently the four-year anniversary of this blog sailed by on March 7 and I didn't even notice. On the first and second anniversaries o...