Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Hairball Diving
This afternoon, in a rare act of rebellion, I shut the laptop and took a few hours off. Day before yesterday I rented two movies and we still needed to watch “I’ll Never Be Your Woman” with Michele Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd.
We were sitting there laughing at the light-hearted, no-brain-cells-required comedy when Dorey went into [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in The Cats by Rana
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
A Mile in Six-Inch Stilettos
In 1983 Susan Sarandon was in a film with Catherine Deneuve called “The Hunger.” Deneuve played an Egyptian vampire, Lady Miriam, who, naturally, lives on the blood of her lovers. They, in return, gain eternal life. Through a rather convoluted series of events Sarandon’s neck winds up on the . . . er, pillow . [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Slice of Life by Rana
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Thanks for the Memories
Since my readers are privy to most of my most recent obsessions, you know that I’m spending a lot of time on the Bicycle Going Nowhere with the iPod Touch in hand. Exercise for me has a lot to do with the art of distraction. Give me something else to think about and I’ll keep [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Nostalgia by Rana
Monday, February 25th, 2008
We Give Your Life Purpose
When it comes to finding a best buy at a site like Buy.com, I am your girl. Walk me into a garden shop and I have little vocabulary beyond “I need dirt” or “that would be a green thing.” Today my articulate phrasing was, “I need those things you put around tomato plants to make [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
An Exceptionally Nice Saturday
After a challenging Friday, R. woke up in a bright, happy mood yesterday and we had a wonderfully productive and thoroughly enjoyable day. I changed her sheets with WAY too much help from Mike and Andy while she had one of her favorite breakfasts, mixed fruit and cottage cheese. After watching a couple of episodes [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
See You Next Time
This afternoon when I went to PetsMart I had to walk way around to get in the door. There used to be one of those big box furniture stores next door and yellow caution tape was strung almost down to the now locked and chained front entrance.
A massive truck with cherry picker attached was pulled [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Nostalgia by Rana
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Loving a Non-Green, But Really Efficient Cooking Thing
While I am ever one to advocate green products here on the blog and in person, I have to admit I fell in love with a mostly less than green item today when I used one of those Ziplock steam bags for the first time. (Complete with nice handy instructions for cooking times on each [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
A Butt Chewing at the Library
Yesterday I was witness to a good old-fashioned butt chewing. I was standing in line at the library behind a woman and her young son of 8 or so. When their turn came the woman handed over a DVD and said, “We’re returning this, but I know there’s a fine and I’d like to take [...]
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
In Service to “Things”
When I first met R. she was the type to take off to a directbuy showroom with one of her designer friends and come home with a “thing” that to me was nothing but a dust catcher. Since she employed someone to take care of dust catchers, they weren’t a big deal for her. Consequently [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Side Trips with Yoga
A lot of the writing I do as a freelancer is on topics that, while interesting in the abstract, don’t really have much to do with my life. I put together at least one piece each weekday on some automotive topic and recently have been writing about plastic surgery and breast enlargement. Well, let me [...]
