Real writing for real life.
Today I was in the eyeglass store getting new, NON-prescription lenses put into my lovely and too-expensive-to toss Maui Jim sunglasses. As I looked around at the displays of designer funky-hip-pretty-cool frames, I said to the girl helping me, “You know, they never made these kinds of glasses when I was growing up…” She told [...]
When you get funny-looking goggles to wear while you sleep you just have to take a picture in them, no? No? Oh. I thought everyone did that. As I commented on my previous post, the surgery on Friday went well. I’m not a nervous nelly about medical things, but I admit my blood pressure was [...]
It’s late. I just got home from work a little while ago (right before 9 p.m.) The only muscles I seemed to have strained today were in my eyes — unless you count squeezing my glutes to keep them from spilling over the sides of my chair. Sigh. So much for getting a jump on [...]
Over the weekend I finished up my holiday shopping and the kids and I decorated our three — yes, 3 – trees and one OSHA-challenged gingerbread house. (Tip: Use a hot glue gun or wood glue instead of icing to construct it, assuming you don’t plan to eat the gingerbread — and if you use one of those kits, why [...]
A world without glasses? Well, I mean MY world, not the world-world. Hey, it’s MY blog. My world. You may say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one — so get over it. I went today for a LASIK consultation and good news! I’m a candidate! So after my appointment next thing you [...]
It's been some time since I left One-Woman Show to pursue happy life changes offline. The thing is, I couldn't stay away. The Next Stage is about my ever-changing family and life as part of the Sandwich Generation, plus old dreams and new. These are still my tales of "juggling life, laundry and love" -- just a little older, wiser and with a few more wrinkles.
