December 6, 2006 – 5:00 am
I have yet to play any Christmas music. There, I’ve said it. My intentions are good – I just don’t get around to finding the cds, and putting them in the player (which is our combo dvd/cd player – ever since the iPod, our jukebox cd player seems to have “dinosaur” written all over it). […]
December 5, 2006 – 5:00 am
Looking for a quick read? This week’s New Yorker has a comparison of the BBC and NBC versions of the Office (currently, my favorite show). You can read Tad Friend’s article at the New Yorker website. Or perhaps you’d like to read about neurotic hosts, and the lengths they go to so that guests don’t […]
December 4, 2006 – 5:00 am
It’s a cold Monday morning here, but thankfully, school is in sesson. I’m still chipping away at the Christmas to-do list. Wrote ten Christmas cards over the weekend, and our tree is in the front hall – thawing, and strung with lights. Decorating the house can bring out the Scrooge in me – I prefer […]
December 1, 2006 – 5:00 am
If you were to open my front door this morning, this is what you would see. (and it’s already been shoveled and snow blown once!) Needless to say, there is a very happy 9-year-old at our house right now. No school! Lots and lots and lots of snow! (I’ll be happier once the roads are […]
November 30, 2006 – 5:00 am
The lovely string of spring weather has left – and today, Chicago is watching the skies for the “big snow” that has been predicted. If you are 9, there is nothing more exciting than the prospect of a snowstorm. If you are 40, and trying to get Christmas shopping done and errands run, you prefer […]
