I used to live for Oprah’s favorite things magazine issue until she licensed it to Amazon and everybody was getting the list before my little ol’ issue of O magazine even arrived in the mail. Now it’s back on her…
Friday 5: I want the fairy tale
Happy Friday, which is also You’re Welcomegiving Day (truly the silliest one I’ve seen while compiling this list each week), National Native American Heritage Day, and Buy Nothing Day. Which, sigh. If you want to stay home today, stay home….
Friday 5: Mental health again
Happy Friday! Today is my second summer Friday, and … it was rainy and in the 60s. So no beach. I’m going to end up having to call an audible and popping some PTO days during the week when the…
Old Lady Russell buys glasses the new-fangled way
I bought new glasses last May and although I really do like them, I wanted something a bit more modern and distinctly different than the pair before. This time I was smart at Lenscrafters and took a photo of my…
Thanksgiving wrapup
It’s the holiday season, mofos! More importantly there’s only about 3 weeks until the sunshine starts coming back into my life so cheers to that. This year we had Thanksgiving at my cousin S’s house and I was asked to…
The Macaroni and Cheese button is REAL!
After years of chasing packages that were “lost” by the post office and/or the maintenance office at the Dee-luxe Apartment in the sky, it is a joy and a pleasure to order from the internet and have the boxes on…
The favorite gift I gave this Christmas
Wherever you are, I hope it’s warmer than here. It was 11 degrees when I woke up, and it’s not rising out of the 20s until tomorrow morning. But the wind chill drops the temperature down to the negatives. I…
A grownup Christmas list
Don’t worry, it’s not the sappy song, although we really could use some more common sense and love and a lot less knee-jerky insanity. *ahem* Hello, family! It has come to my attention that I’m difficult to shop for, even…
Whatever happened to predictability?
(searching through Kohl’s sales flyer) Me: Want a pair of Aqua shorts? WM: No. I don’t think I will ever wear a pair of aqua shorts Me: Oh, come on. You can get this outfit, I’ll get the lady’s outfit…
A delightfully wrapped parcel
We purchased something at the Celtic Fling last week and the shop owner took great care in making sure it was protected against breakage. Then she felt the need to decorate it with pretty ribbon. What could this daintily-wrapped package…
These boots are made for … me, 15 years ago.
This weekend I was at DSW looking for a pair of sensible black flats. Which depresses me to no end, because I love me some awesome, kicky, high-heeled shoes. Through my entire life, I’ve only liked two styles of shoes…”slipper”…
Star of wonder…star of light
From my Treo! Star of wonder…star of light We were feeling rich and elitist, so we visited the apple store. 😉 is it wrong of me to actively *want* someone to write a really nasty virus for macs? That said…the…
