December 2011
25 posts
The New Year's Eve attire
for our ten-person dinner party/sloppy game night is:
SWEATPANTS AND BLAZERS.
Sequins and fleece-lined leggings…starting 2012 off right.
“I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
It feels good to be home. (via thebaucompair)
Lists of three.
Three kinds of people I do not care for:
Ungratefuls. Like I know you didn’t ask me to make that list/send that email/find that thing. But I did. Because I wanted to be service-y and kind. And if it’s not what you needed/wanted/were looking for, then I’m sorry it wasn’t helpful, but you could still say “thank you.”
Pushers. Something about the holidays makes...
Taking pleasure in the little things.
Him: You know, this is pretty close to a perfect night.
Me: At home. Watching tv. On a Wednesday. Really?
Him: I’m watching hockey fights. You’re reading blogs. We’re wearing sweatpants and eating tacos.
Me: You’re right. I love tonight.
Bridezilla's Revenge
Remember this?
It’s gotten worse.
Like the bride told her she ought to be “writing down every thought I have.” With seriousness. And then she gave her a notebook as a “gift.”
It is appallingly hilarious [because I’m not living it].
However, rather than turn this spot into “funny stuff my friend says when her other friend morphs into bridezilla,”...
Three reasons today is a good day.
I had my annual doctor’s appointment this morning. The gyno’s office isn’t exactly Funville, but you know what? It’s NOT WORK. And this morning, that was good enough for me. (Plus, it’s mostly just me sitting in a room alone while reading a magazine with my pants off, which is a scene I’m quite familiar and comfortable with.)
IT IS JAMBALAYA DAY IN THE...
Drink Drank Drunk.
If you are willing to put your “most embarrassing” drunken story on the internet, then it’s not good enough.
What I Read: Fall 2011 edition
With the travels and downtime of the upcoming holidays, I thought I’d share what’s been on my bookshelf [or Nook] recently. I tried to stick to the two[-ish] sentence review, but I’ve never been known for brevity.
Kitchen House [Kathleen Grissom]: Read this book for a new twist on an old subject. A white orphan is raised with a slave family on a southern plantation. The book...
