It pains me to tell you this. But I’m ending CookieCam early this year. It just didn’t work out as I planned. Why? Late hours at the job leave me exhausted at night. The last two years I was out…
Oh by gosh by golly
It’s been a while, so I wanted to show you what we’ve been doing here at Chez LadyGypsy whilst I’ve been not blogging and not baking. We have a guest room! It’s a spiffy, relaxing blue room, with a few…
O! The Humanity!
I brought my trusty 3-year-old digital camera to Buca Di Beppo last night to document John’s birthday dinner. Which, by the way, was wonderful. Lotsa pasta and bread and … wow. At Christmas, when Doctor Dave is trim and dashing,…
Black Friday
We’re still managing to kick Black Friday’s ass and send it crying to it’s Momma. We took the Patco Hi-Speedline to the 8th and Market Streets in Philadelphia. Shopped…Strawbridge’s (This one had my coat, in my size, still too expensive)Burlington…
Black Friday, 2004
We arrived at Sears at 5:45 for its 6:00am opening…the prize was a cherished $10 gift card given to the first 200 people. The line snaked around the corner of the building. We were hopeful, but alas, we arrived too…
Black Friday inspiration
Black Friday “I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of…
Thanksgiving 2004
Thankful This morning, as I continued to coax my turkey into the land of the defrosted, I took a look back at what I wrote last year on Thanksgiving so darned if I’m going to write it out again. 😉…
Ring a ding ding, baby
Ring a ding ding, babyWhile I was at Target a few nights ago picking up the cat food and other sundries, I came across a Frank Sinatra Christmas CD. I’m a big Frank fan, but as soon as I saw…
Perspective
Is this thing on? After a week of introspection and sadness, our Halloween party happened. If I had my druthers, I would have cancelled it, but the invitations went out a while back and the guests were looking forward to…
Memorial Day
It is Memorial Day, it is rainy, and I am sick. At first I was bummed. Having a cold (which developed into a cough almost immediately) is a real inconvenience. But then I realized that the cough I had from…
Valentine’s Day disappointment
Another VDay come and gone. And it was pretty darn uneventful. We didn’t make any plans, so we ended up staying in. Cards exchanged, some Dark Age of Camelot played. Chinese Takeout for dinner. Thor fell asleep at 9ish, and…
February 14, 2004
Happy Birthday Mom! Actually, her bday is February 13th. The date above says the 14th, but since I haven’t slept yet, I still consider ither birthday. Tonight we went to the Borgata, where we ate a nice dinner and gambled….
