We finished The Josephine Baker Story this week, a B-level made-for-HBO movie that was mildly educational if not entertaining. I liked mostly that it delved into aspects of Baker’s life after her years of greatest fame. Since traveling to Europe I have been thinking a lot about certain strong-...

I love how the weather in this state changes in the blink of an eye. Yesterday, it was in the upper 60’s. Today, I’m freezing my ass off. It doesn’t help that the air in my shop is so darn dry. You’d think we’ve got ten industrial dehumidifiers running around the clock,...

Last night, I invited all the girls in my family (that I enjoy) over to my house for a birthday dinner/slumber party to celebrate my mother’s 61st birthday. The meal was Italian Potluck. My cousin Meredith brought the best fucking veggie lasagna I have ever laid teeth on. I had it for lunch AN...

I've picked up a new hobby. Bows. I decided the other day that I would try to make most of Evie's bows (and believe me, I plan on putting a bow on her every chance I get). Some of the bows that I looked at to buy were $5 or $6 each, and I just have a hard time spending that much on a baby/toddler ac...

I am sick as a dog. Many thanks to the husband for spreading his flu germs around. Thankfully, I don’t have the flu; instead, I’ve got the head cold from hell that’s threatening to split my head wide open. I’ve also had to work open to close the last two days. By 9:30 this mo...

I took the day off from work today, as I knew I was going to be getting trashed at the bar on Wednesday night. When I asked my boss Wednesday afternoon if I could have Thursday off, he asked me if I had any plans. “Well, I planning on getting drunk tonight.” The boss laughed and said, &#...

When I was a little girl, my Mom was that type for the most part that said pick out what you want to wear for the day. Only exception to that was of course when were going somewhere special - Grandma's, church, parties and such. So often as a little girl I picked out dresses. I loved to wear dresses...

I am in desperate need of a new watch.  Actually, I need two new watches…one for daily wear, and a dressy one that I can wear out when hubby and I get dressed up and go out on the town. Okay, fine, THAT never happens, but still, it’s nice to have a dressy watch to wear to weddings and s...

So our little girl is already starting to have a better wardrobe than her mama. I figured that would happen eventually (it wouldn't be too hard to accomplish), I just didn't anticipate it would happen so soon. So here's what she has so far (I apologize for the poor quality of the pictures). Here's w...

So, today was the company holiday party for the place where I work. Last year I was all excited about being able to bring Tom along and introduce him to everyone. Then I found out they hold the parties in the middle of the day on a Friday, and I was appropriately bummed because he probably wouldn't ...