Bob stood in the kitchen, getting a drink of water. Ozzie stood in the kitchen, staring at him. Me: So you don't mind him staring at you right now? Bob: Nope. You know why? Me: Why? Bob: Because he's a dog and that's what dogs do. Me: You know what doesn't stare at...
Today Chicago is finally having the weather I've been waiting for: cold, gray and rainy. I bought a leather jacket in August and have been waiting impatiently for temperatures to drop into the 40s and 50s F. They finally have! I love October, but only when it's gray....
Thank you for asking. It's been interesting because I'm no animal lover. My husband and his entire family adore dogs, but I see them as clumsy, overenthusiastic creatures that take a lot of work (the dogs, not the family).But there's no turning back now. We brought...
My friends, I give you our new dog, Ozzie. Ozzie is a four-year-old pitbull terrier mix who lived with a family for three years before he went into Orphans of the Storm animal shelter in Deerfield, Illinois USA. The family had two teenagers, another dog and a cat, so...
Because I put on so much weight last spring that I couldn't fit into my professional clothes, I cut out wheat, grains, potatoes, pasta, sweets, processed foods, fruit and all beverages except for water (I'm lactose intolerant, so dairy was already out). Excitingly,...
My reasons to get a dog: Owning a pet has been shown to improve humans' health (physical and mental). My husband and I can definitely use that. Bob loves dogs, was raised with them and has been wanting a dog for a long time. I am finally mature enough, at the age of...
Last weekend I discovered the web series The Booth at the End. Only five episodes were made, shown exclusively on HuluPlus this summer. As I watched episodes one through four, I wished the series went on forever, but when I heard the final line of episode five, I...
Patty Duke and Kay Redfield Jamison have written books about living with bipolar disorder. Famous people who have spoken about their struggles with chronic depression include Sheryl Crowe, Jim Carrey and Owen Wilson. But the mental illness that fascinates me the most...
Okay it isn't, but I'm trying to cheer myself up by focusing on the return of Chicago's cold weather when: 1. People will stop arguing loudly outside in the middle of the night. 2. No one is in danger of dying of heat-related problems. 3. Our upstairs neighbor's air...
This Friday, July 29 is System Administrator Appreciation Day. A system administrator, or sysadmin, is the person who (from the http://www.sysadminday.com/ website): ...plans, worries, hacks, fixes, pushes, advocates, protects and creates good computer networks, to...
That cake was so good (yellow cake with lemon filling). I've decided that all my birthday cakes for the rest of my life have to come from Central Continental Bakery in Mt. Prospect, Illinois USA. I had to make that long drive just hours after a record-breaking...
In 2009 Stephen King wrote a novella called UR that was available only on Kindle. I still don't know why it was called "UR," but it was about a Kindle that could access publications from alternate universes.Last night I received this email on my Kindle. I have the 3G...
I'm back from another vacation (5/28 to 6/5). I didn't feel like blogging while I was on it. Maybe I'm just not a vacation type of person. New York is not where I want to be. No place is, except for Chicago. I've had enough of vacations for a while.
If this is true, I'm spending the next two weeks digging into chocolate sundaes, buttercream layer cakes and a lot of Lactaid.
Bob the Husband: "Honey, you only live once." Me: "If I'm lucky."