Wednesdays are my favorite. I work from 11:30-8:30 (instead of the normal 8:30-5:30), which puts a cramp in my social life sometimes, but is oh so nice in the morning! Today included some coffee with a friend and lots of not much else. Perfect. I’ve been in a writing funk lately, so this is more…
Category: Things That Make Me Happy
That’s Right, You’re Not From Texas
Okay, there’s a song that I keep thinking about this week. It’s by Lyle Lovett, and it goes something like this: You say you’re not from Texas Man as if I couldn’t tell You think you pull your boots on right And wear your hat so well So pardon me my laughter ‘Cause I sure…
BFFAEAE
I have a few friends who are really more like family than friends. They’re the good type of family, too–the ones you actually want to see on holidays and talk to when you have a few spare minutes. Even if we go for years without seeing each other, it doesn’t make any difference. Everything can…
The Return of the Mop
I’ve owned a mop for years. My mop, however, is like the mop on the Swiffer commercials. It sits in the laundry area, unused and dejected about 364 days out of the year. I’m not a completely terrible homemaker; I do vacuum fairly regularly (when the dog hair tumbleweeds start to roll across the mesa…
Frills, Curlicues, and Such
I was just looking at a website that I’ve neglected for a while, and I was so happy to see the pictures of pretty, embellished things. Sometimes I don’t feel very girly. My current favorite shirt is hand-me-down flannel, my weekends are often consumed by yard work and house projects, and I do occasionally prefer…
Transformer Mittens
This Christmas, I was the lucky recipient of a pair of grey “fingerless pop top gloves.” That’s what they’re officially called in the catalog, so I take no responsibility for the weirdness of the phrase “pop top gloves.” I call them transformer mittens. Much more to my liking. Here’s why they’re so fabulous. I can…
Small, but valuable. 