Most of the time my posts are happy and upbeat. Because most of the time I am happy and upbeat. Because I am human, sometimes I’m blue. Today is one of those days, ergo this is one of ‘those’ posts….
Archives for 2005
Goodnight, Johnny
Many nights as a kid I lay awake in bed, listening to my parents laugh at Johnny Carson. Later, I used to watch him myself. Once upon a time, when I was young and had stars in my eyes, I…
Holy crap!
In my small slice of the world, we’ve become accustomed to ignoring weather forecasts. Especially the ones that trumpet “Snow! Snow! Snow! We’re all going to die under the weight of it! Head for the hills!” Hence, I went into…
Geeking out
I’m knee-deep in coding the LGN redesign. Keep track of my progress here. Known bugs: some pictures are broken; I’m having padding issues in Internet Explorer; I forgot to plan for where to link to the blog archive; and there…
By Jove!
Mission: Redesign LadyGypsy.netObjectives: Get away from the current ‘bajillions of boxes’ design. I was starting to feel claustrophobic. Fully exploit the font I bought last year. Try to design horizontally instead of vertically. Migrate to WordPress. I’ve been trying to…
Baby, it’s cold outside
Tonight my Weatherpixie says 19 degrees. I hate the cold, but to be fair, this is the first REALLY cold day we’ve had this winter. The Weatherpixie looks all composed and warm in a tiny black jacket. Her real life…
On the Record
Tonight, Mom and I took the train into Philly to see Disney’s On the Record, their nationally touring musical revue. My God…I was in heaven. I’ll be singing Disney tunes all day tomorrow – pity my coworkers. The cast was…
My own personal hell
I very rarely do these ‘blog quiz’ things…but I found this via Ani’s husband Niel’s site and laughed my butt off. Presenting…LadyGypsy’s hell. No offense to fans of Al Gore or U2. NHL Players/OwnersCircle I Limbo U2, the Sage DinerCircle…
Beets, hominy, and sofa
Yes, I’m jealous. I wish I could swing dance. I would have loved to have been out there. But alas, I am clumsy, and clumsy people aren’t meant to dance. Me, 1/11/04 (Geez, but it’s nice to be able to…
Peggy Sue goes to Atlantic City
“Let’s go to New York for the weekend,” Thor said to me this morning as I tried to fight the idea of morning. Remember, he was chipper from just coming home from work. “Mmm…” I replied. “It’s supposed to be…
Overheard
(Thor and I sit on our sofa, watching our first-ever episode of The West Wing* on Bravo. A commercial for Kraft Cheddar Cheese comes on. Two kidlets are dashing round the kitchen, thrilled that Mama is cooking with Kraft Cheddar…