Happy to see we weren’t the only ones getting our Christmas trees last weekend, even though Thanksgiving came a little early this year. Also tickled to find a dog blogger across the country who has the same tradition as we do: Taking the dogs to the tree farm. Our tradition goes back to 2006, when IsisContinue reading “Is it December yet?”
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Vampires should have fangs
Look, teen vampire romances and me, we go way back. Like all the way back to the original. The Lost Boys. (I’m totally, unapologetically Team Kiefer. Then and now.) I know my horror genres. Hell, I took a class at USC toward my degree about Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy in film. (Best class ever.) I readContinue reading “Vampires should have fangs”
PTSD: When your dog bites someone you know
Isis bit someone once. She broke the outer layer of skin and left a nasty bruise and an ache that I’m told lasted months. Fortunately, her victim didn’t require stitches, or even seek medical attention. Or report her. On the one hand, we were lucky that he was someone I knew. He told me, “NoContinue reading “PTSD: When your dog bites someone you know”
True Confessions, weight loss edition
Almost 10 years ago, I lost a bit of weight on Weight Watchers. Following the plan was fairly easy and it took me a little over six months. I lived alone and didn’t have much of a social life; controlling what I ate was a piece of cake. I didn’t even exercise that vigorously atContinue reading “True Confessions, weight loss edition”
So this is what they mean by Voice Control
I haven’t brought Mia to work in so long I forgot her leash today. Amazingly, I didn’t have a spare in my car or my office. I considered buying a cheap one for our lunchtime stroll, but decided instead to take her someplace we could “get away” with being off leash. Now, I don’t condoneContinue reading “So this is what they mean by Voice Control”
Self-imposed required reading
I’ve signed up for the Wild Mountain Memoir Retreat in March, and have added a bunch of books to my to-read list in anticipation. Cheryl Strayed is the keynote speaker, and I’ve had her memoir, Wild, on my Nook since before my trip to Russia. (I keep wanting to call it “Strayed.”) I haven’t started readingContinue reading “Self-imposed required reading”
If Madonna isn’t too old for this sh*t, how come I am?
The past few years, every time I go to a big concert (which is like, once a year), I think to myself, “Maybe I don’t need to be spending hundreds of dollars to sit really far back in a stadium and watch a performance on a video screen.” I had thought it would be awesomeContinue reading “If Madonna isn’t too old for this sh*t, how come I am?”
Kari Neumeyer 