A few weeks ago I noticed there was some serious bad juju going on around me. One example: a former co-worker suffered a near-fatal heart attack. Forty years-old, a mother of two or three; someone who eats right, works out faithfully and was just commenting to another co-worker how happy and stress-free her life had [...]
In case you haven’t seen or heard the zillions of jewelry, flower, and card commercials, tomorrow is Mother’s Day. I love being a mom… but to be honest, Mother’s Day has traditionally been a bit bittersweet for me. In fact, my first Mother’s Day after my divorce was the hardest holiday to get through in [...]
Hello, dear readers!
Do you remember a witty, charming and intelligent blogger named Susan, who largely disappeared for the month of February, outside of book reviews and confessing to celebrity crushes gone bad?
No? Well, how about just a blogger named Susan?
(If you’ve answered “No” for a second time, please skip to the end. Otherwise, read on.)
Let [...]
Since being divorced and becoming a single mom, I’ve noticed that people sometimes assume things about me — my relationship status, how I spend my time, who I am. I’ve been collecting these tidbits for a while now and thought I’d share them with you. I know some of the people were well-intentioned; I just [...]
Lulu over at Lulu’s Laundry recently admitted to being a nerd — a nerd infatuated with Anderson Cooper, to be more specific — but forgetting the Anderson factor for a moment, Lulu found out by taking this little test that she is a nerd of the Velma variety. Naturally I had to take the test [...]
I’ve been on the dating scene for a few years now and have tried various ways of meeting people: set-ups by friends, speed dating, joining a singles volunteering organization (now defunct), stalking men in Lowe’s, and online dating. I’ve tried various online dating sites in this time: Match, eharmony, Chemistry, SingleParentsMeet, GreatBoyfriends. I’m not here [...]
I took off of work yesterday and am at home again today. Over on the kitchen table is a roll of gray-silver duct tape, aluminum foil, scissors, tape, a bag and flexible aluminum dryer ducting. Over here at my desk I am surfing through my favorite blogs. In other words: I am procrastinating making T-Rex’s [...]
You may recall that, back in August, I was tagged to share 8 random facts about me. Random they were — and fascinating, too, especially the parts about the olive loaf, America’s Funniest Home Video rage, and primate social behavior, if I do say so myself. You may also recall from previous posts that I [...]
Cindy over at My Brilliant Mistakes recently tagged me for a blogger’s list-meme, so I wanted to delight her - and you - with eight random facts about me. It will also make up for the fact I haven’t blogged in a few days.
Here are the rules:
(The rules are more interesting if you imagine a [...]
My natural inclination today at lunch was to stay at my desk - not because I love to work through lunch - not at all - but to a) write out birthday cards to avoid being even more late in getting them to their recipients; and b) to avoid exertion and sweat on this hot [...]
