I have two jobs now: the full-time job I've had for five years and plan to stay in for 10 or 20 more, and my brand new Arbonne business. This has made me too busy to blog! All I can do right now are bullet points. 1. Hit my first month's goal of $1,000 in sales for...
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Busy Backson
It's been almost two weeks since I last posted. This is what my life has been full of: 1. My regular full-time job. 2. My new part-time job as an Arbonne consultant! (Consultant ID: 19557175) 3. Classic episodes of The Twilight Zone that I watch on Hulu.com. (Mostly...
Touched My Nose to My Knee!
Previous post on weight & health: This was written by a MAN? One of my goals for 2014 was to lose enough fat around the middle to be able to touch my nose to my knee again. I had expected this to take months, but my jewelry has been fitting looser, so I...
Regina the Tourist
I'm spending this week being a tourist in the area where I grew up. Two of my aunts and I are spending a few days visiting my dad who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area (California, USA). We're staying with him in Walnut Creek, but have spent a whirlwind two days...
Merry Christmas Eve!
I recently downloaded the Blogger application (remember that "app" is short for "application") and this is me trying it out. I'm blogging on my tablet from my hotel room in the Hyatt North Houston, where I'm staying for the holiday. Let's see how this goes.I tell you,...
Happy Halloween!
I love black frosting. I haven't posted a cake in a while. This cake is from my favorite bakery Central Continental Bakery in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, USA. They don't have the most sophisticated website, but they have the best buttercream frosting (vanilla and...
What To Do with the Extra Happy?
Let's say I have a little coping mechanism game: on days when I'm feeling down, I cheer myself up by pretending it's my birthday. I tell myself "How bad can things be? It's my birthday!" and immediately the day brightens. Let's say that no matter what's going on,...
Such a Mess and So Damn Proud
Recently someone who called herself "Deb" commented on one of my posts: Wow. You are such a mess and so damn proud of it. I responded, "Thank you," but I actually wish I were proud of it. The truth is that it's not correct to say I'm proud of being a mess, however...
Happy Birthday/Housewarming/Divorce!
2 p.m. on Saturday From Central Continental Bakery in Mt. Prospect, Illinois USA: white cake with lemon filling. This half sheet cake was worth every penny of $70 because it's my favorite cake from my favorite bakery of all time. With this cake, I [and many others]...
Happy Birthday to Me
Today is my big pink 47th birthday! And the Chicago weather is cooperating as well as it can. It's summer, so I can't expect cold, but at least it's not in the 80s or 90s Fahrenheit. (Still don't understand why women don't like to give their age on their birthday. Can...
When You Fall for No Reason
I was walking down from the elevated train platform yesterday after work, on perfectly normal stairs, wearing perfectly flat sandals. I was taking my time and not rushing. Close to the bottom, my left ankle rolled - I don't know why. As I fell, I dropped my book and...
Taking Risks Is Just Fine
In the fall of 2007 I decided I'd had it with my job. I didn't feel like waiting tables anymore and wanted to return to sitting at a desk all day. People (including my husband) tried to dissuade me from trying to make a change just then. They said, "The job market's...
New Home, July 2013
One-bedroom apartment in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL, USA My new apartment has the light I've been craving ever since I moved out of my spinster pad in 2007. The apartment I shared as a wife was perfect in many ways, but it didn't have a lot of natural...
This Feminist Is Keeping Her Married Name
Back when Bob and I were first married, I told him (and he remembers this), "No matter what happens -- if we end up divorced or you die -- I'm keeping the Martin. Okay? Just so you know. I'm not going back to Regina Rodríguez." He said that was fine. Reason: the...
Aurora Rodriguez
Today in the Contra Costa Times of California.