Archive for January, 2009

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Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Edited on 8/14/09: I was tagged for the 25 Things Meme by Carrisa, from and so she blogs, that was running rampant in the blogosphere in early 2009. I’m on Facebook, but as my real life self and, like Costanza, I don’t let my worlds collide. But, I did create a list of 25 Things [...]

About Face

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Last week my face started to break out like a hormonal teenager. It was terrible! All of a sudden I was that kid again whose hand would inadvertently dart up to her face, who couldn’t tell if people were looking at her eyes or the third eye on her chin. (Alternate title: Third Eye Blind.)I [...]

Dirty

Monday, January 26th, 2009

This past Friday I came home to a frightful sight. There was a note from our dog walker that Matty and his doggy friends went to the dog park in the afternoon. After a day of temperatures in the 40s, the snow had melted and the park was a muddy mess. Matty, of course, LOVED [...]

Trigger

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

I have the mid-winter blues. In NYC we have had an unusual amount of snow, which is particularly unfortunate for someone who broke their elbow on post-snowstorm-ice. I’ve become a temporary agoraphobic. I have to go to work and walk the dog, but the VERY MINUTE I look out the window I get nervous. Then [...]

"Our Money: Where Does It Go?" Play Along at Home!

Friday, January 16th, 2009

In our monthly game of “Our Money! Wherever Did It Go?” Sports Fan and I keep coming up with the same conclusion: We spend too much money on dry cleaning and wash & fold. Food used to be the black hole in our checking account, but we’ve significantly cut down on ordering in and have [...]

Incredible, Edible, Potatoes. And Eggs.

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

I got back in the kitchen tonight after a few nights of oatmeal for dinner. I’m totally guilty of not cooking for one. This is especially true now that my go-to bowl of pasta is a verboten and I have a broken elbow. Without Quaker Oats, I don’t know what I would have eaten this [...]

21-Day Challenge! and Passive Aggressive Elbow in the Ribs

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

I have been trying ALL DAY to write a post. It seems that I have a case of the blahs. It’s freezing cold in NYC, making my WHOLE ARM, not just my elbow, ache with a dull, throbbing, radiating pain. I could also come up with a list of other things that irritate me, but [...]

I know, er, HOPE you’re out there!!

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Today is Delurking Day ‘09, according to Amy at Greeblemonkey, who designed this cute-but-creepy flasher man. It means you comment here, and on other blogs you read regularly, even if you have never comment or don’t comment regularly, JUST TO SAY HI. Or whisper sweet nothings in my comments.
I write this blog for me, [...]

In Pursuit of Happiness

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Happiness is the Eagles beating the Giants to go to the NFC Championship. Happiness is also winning a bet with Sports Fan, so Matty gets to wear an Eagles jersey for the rest of the playoffs this year and all of next season.
Happiness is also one something I’m trying to find more of in my [...]

Gluten Song

Monday, January 5th, 2009

To be sung to the tune of “On top of Spaghetti“
A bowl of spaghetti, all covered with cheese.“What’s up with the gluten,” my poor tummy pleads.“I’m sick and I’m tired, of the pain and the gas.The wheat and the barley are a pain in my ass.How about moderation, please give it a try.”If my belly [...]