Blades of Glory “He puts the bone in zamboni.” Funny stuff. Saw this movie and laughed a lot. Many crotch jokes. I’ve read a few reviews saying the…

In honor of our Domestic Partnership I decided to gift ourselves something we would put on a registry. Silverware. After all it was the Friday Sale and I…

I read magazines that made me want to pick up and move and go somewhere and so something different and then at the exact same hour I read…

A weekend without any responsibilities. Friday night I got caught up talking Wing Chun with Mark for hours and missed out on Barnes and Noble, but read much…

Last night I spent some long deserved quality time with the best friend Rachel and her brand new baby. Seriously…where does the time go? How is a wee…

I had a weird dream. Growing up, my brother and I shared a HUGE bedroom on the second floor of our modest farmhouse. My parents had the bedroom…

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Makers of Hefty Zoo Pals. Actually not only the Zoo Pal plates but also colorful and fun children’s utensils. They looked fun, so of…

HEY NOSTRADAMUS Loved it? Hated it? Discuss below! (Let me know if you post on your blog!) My thoughts? Ho hum. I wanted the book to be so…

My thoughts upon seeing the movie 300, with the rest of America, this weekend. “Madness? This is Sparta!” 1. I didn’t hate it. I think I liked it…

Bloggers? Ya know how there are all these tweaks and twitches that are involved when moving from one page to another? Well this post is about a few…

I got a good chuckle out of this kind comment left by Pauldub last night. “Sorry for grinning, but I have difficulty seeing you that angry.” Oh dear….

I absorb stress around me at work like this sponge absorbs moisture. I’m sort of tired of coming home with stress headaches. I need a few days off….

I *heart* weekend NPR. (Not so much the pledge drive, but tis a necessary evil.) Are you a member? And that damn pledge commercial with the teenagers singing…

The man who I dated-not-dated for a good part of my 20’s was friends with my friends, for the most part. The man I dated long distance, he…

Drunk dialing? Perhaps… This time I called Erin. Because Rob Bass came to get down and she wasn’t there to dance. You know, he’s not internationally known but…

Buffalo. Mardi Gras. PARTY! ONE of my favorite nights of the year, indeededy! THIS YEAR will be my first with my *spousal equivalent* by my side, if he…

Rod Stewart Set List? The set list. From the concert. GREAT TIME. And I think this would be my very first non-Canadian set list in my collection. Nice!…

Do You Showtunes Love Me? Yahoo Showtunes Music playing in the background… “Mark, is this “I honestly love you?” “Um…” “Oh my God it is! And it’s a…

What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self I read this one in Barnes & Noble one afternoon and found lots of tidbits of good advice to…

Confessions of a Slacker Wife “I love the man and I know I ‘ll miss him, but shout hallelujah once he’s backed his car down the driveway and…

The Philosopher Cat I gave this book The Philosopher Cat to my friend Melissa in Rochester for Christmas (who practices Wing Chun and loves her two cats Tony…

2007 Year in Review. WHAT A YEAR. A fantastic, fun filled adventurous year. AND THIS IS WHAT I ENDED UP DOING in 2006  1. I fell in love…

From 2007. I recently grabbed a bunch of loose pages from a notepad I keep next to my bed…these are the tidbits of my brain I captured at…

Part 1: Smith Family Christmas Part 2: Jen Family Christmas Since Day of Thanks was held at Lil Brother’s my mom thought we should have Christmas at my…

And in with the new! I’m home from my last Christmas celebration with the family. This year, I managed to make it through five gatherings. (Blogging them soon,…

I read 81 books this past year. 81. Confessions of a Slacker Wife 80. How to Ruin Your Love Life 79. Memories of My Melancholy Whores 78. Why…

Ok, I love babysitting my niece. Nothing in the world makes me smile more than Baby A. But man, oh man…my heart is breaking! I put the little…