January 14, 2008 – 7:00 am
New Year’s Resolutions bring out the over-achiever in me. It’s like a second blast of self-improvement (the first is back-to-school time, by the way). Over the weekend, I turned in our kitchen remodel plans for approval, placed a CSA subscription for this summer, and wrote my first Modern Letter Project letter. That one was hard, […]
January 13, 2008 – 3:29 pm
I go in cycles of accumulation and purge. Right now, I’m fighting off the accumulation itch (new lipstick!) and trying to stick to the New Year’s task of getting rid of the stuff that is taking over. Which is where you, dear reader, come in. Most of my “overstock” items are headed to Goodwill or […]
January 11, 2008 – 7:00 am
Let me start by saying that Juno was great! I love witty banter, and I found myself laughing out loud a lot. Good movies are such a joy, and 90 minute long good movies are even better. Meanwhile, the trailer for the upcoming Kate Hudson/Matthew McConaughey movie was bad, bad, bad. It made Gigli seem […]
January 10, 2008 – 7:00 am
…. like having an idea of how the blog entry is going to go each day. I have a backlog of things I’d like to share accumulated over the two week hiatus, but am unsure how or when to do it. However, today’s plan is to see a matinee of Juno, and I’ll postpone working […]
January 9, 2008 – 7:00 am
January is when I start spring-cleaning the house. Odd, because it’s not spring, but it works because there’s not a whole lot going on in January. Right now, I’m in the midst of wall washing and baseboard cleaning, which gives me a lot of time to think about my favorite cleaning products. Here are those […]