Month: January 2011

Hogs Gone Wild and other Tales of the TeeVee

Disclaimer: THIS IS WHY I DON’T OWN A TV! Me: “Is this a SERIES? Or a one-time TV show?” He Who Makes Me Smile (with unfortunate taste in…

Nothing

It’s another cold one…what have I done? Nothing. When I do come home from work at a reasonable hour and not gallivant around town I find myself playing…

Antiques and Collectables

And now the weekly installment of places I’ve been around the countryside of Niagara County. The Sanborn Old General Store. And the Ransomville Antique Co-op. While out I found…

Moose: A Memoir

Moose: A Memoir Oh no. This is why I hate promising myself I will  do a quick blurb on every book I read…because sometimes, the books I read…

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

The first book I finished reading in 2011 is Freedom: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen. I bought this one from B&N in hardcover because I just had to…

Most Inspirational Characters

Top Ten Most Inspirational Characters 1. Mary Matalin and James Carville, All’s Fair in Love and War and Running for President In fairness, they aren’t fictional characters…however they…

Knead the Dough

Knead the Dough. While staying in the country this weekend “He Who Makes Me Smile” took me to the cutest gosh darn restaurant in Niagara County for breakfast…

Snow Angels!

Snow Angels. Baby, it’s COLD outside! But that nice fresh, white backyard was just calling out to me… As you can see I ran out of steam at…

Snow, Blood and Tacos

Snow, Blood and Tacos. First of all—what a FABULOUS winter day in the city of Buffalo for the FLURRIOUS FESTIVAL!Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!…

I *heart* my Keurig!

It NEVER would have occurred to me…a single cup coffeemaker? And then SURPRISE! I opened my present from my Mom and Keith and there it was! Something I…

Sick Day

Sick Day, Today I spent almost the entire day like this…looking at the fluffy snowflakes outside the window in between snoozes while keeping hydrated and *hopefully* sleeping off…

Freedom! (almost mine…)

I discovered the 16oz of FREEDOM tumbler during the Smith Family Jamboree this Summer. And I ended the Summer camping with the Smowens Family… with the 16 oz….

Doggie!

Doggie! Meet Henri! (Yes, say it in French…) Tis been years and years and years since I’ve been in doggie proximity, depsite many of my friends having dogs,…

New Year’s Eve 2011!

Featured Artists: Great Big Sea, Barenaked Ladies, Kardinal Offishall, Running Red Lights and Comedian Calwyn Shurgold New Year’s Eve. When I saw the announcement that one of my…

Hockey New Year!

My friend Karen invited me to go to the Sabres game with her for the New Year! Thank you Karen! Feisty scoring right off the bat by Boston…and…