In this self-reflective phase I’ve been going through, I’ve been thinking a ton about my blogging niche – my “brand” – and paying attention to some of the advice floating out there. So much of the blogging and social media…
2011 Year of Pleasures #31
The thing I miss the very most about my San Diego house is my lemon tree and herb garden. I keep wanting to believe that we won’t be renting long enough to put plants in, but I also don’t want…
Project Put Together
Over there in my sidebar of yearly goals I had listed the very vague idea of “reclaiming my personal style.” As I wrote earlier, I was once known for how I dressed. Then a traumatic decade knocked me off my…
2011 Year of Pleasures #30
Pete Holmes would not trust me, because I have the biggest sweet tooth ever. I went to the dollar store and they had all kinds of interesting things to try. I love these lemonhead candies, they’re like really great sour…
Adults eating candy
Jokes.com Pete Holmes – Adults Eating Candy comedians.comedycentral.com Jokes Joke of the Day Funny Jokes This made me laugh so hard I almost spit out my starburst.
I’m going to BlogHer!
My plans for the day got blown to smithereens in the best possible way. My entry for the Knorr chicken stock challenge was selected as a finalist and now I get a trip to BlogHer! So instead of all the…
Weekend in San Diego
We raced down to San Diego for another work trip for Bear and I got to tag along. He’s part of a training program that takes him all over the place, and he always ends up with a free hotel…
2011 Year of Pleasures #29
I think ceiling fans are so ugly, but right now I am obscenely grateful for them. It is hot.
2011 Year of Pleasures #28
This is such an easy one, but the love I have for my Netflix Instant Streaming is deep and abiding. It has been my companion in my moping, my refuge from the heat, my haven from endless Sesame Street reruns.…
2011 Year of Pleasures #27
Somebody take this bowl away from me. It was full when I started.