One Gal's Musings

These are the thoughts and observations of me — a woman of a certain age. (Oh, my, God, I'm 65!) I'm single. I'm successful enough (independent, self supporting). I live just outside Chicago, the best city in the world. I'm an aunt and a friend. I feel that voices like mine are rather underrepresented online or in print. So here I am. If my musings resonate with you, please visit my blog again sometime.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

They make married love sexy

I know a lot of married couples. Some of them genuinely like each other and I like watching them interact. But few of them still seem as rom...

My Grandpa would have loved this speech

Barack Obama spoke of the fair and honorable America my Grandpa left Germany for, and that he loved and believed in with a pure patriotism t...

As the Bush era grinds to a close ...

... amazingly enough the song that keeps running through my head is by (of all people) Barry Manilow. Go figure. I Made It Through The ...

Monday, January 19, 2009

Inaugurals Rock!

Ok, most Inaugural Addresses are forgettable. But all the historians and speech writers I've heard today agreed on 3 that really stood o...

Hey! What about Scooter?

With all the excitement and enthusiasm over the incoming President, it's easy to forget the current President. But as Bush 43's term...

Random 10

10 songs that sum up your weekend...or were on your weekend playlist...and one picture that relates back. I had my 1980s playlist on this we...

The perils of sleeping with the television on

Before I dozed off last night, I heard two things on cable news: (1) that the way Barack Obama brought the previously disenfranchised into t...

Remind me to NEVER go to India

Not since Babel has a movie made life in a foreign land look soooo uninviting! Even though it left me feeling like a lottery winner because...

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Sorry, not possible

This morning a rather poopy pundit appeared on MSNBC and said he thought that Obama was going a little overboard with all the Lincoln homage...

"She's a good kid"

Spent a few hours with my niece and my mom today, and am reminded anew that Becky can be very thoughtful. She remembered that months ago I h...

It seemed like a good idea this morning

Cabin fever has been getting to me. I'm not really an outdoorsy girl in that if I never went camping again, I would still consider mine ...

Saturday, January 17, 2009

This was supposed to help. It didn't.

My art director/partner came by my office yesterday. I asked her to, actually, because I wanted her to get off the dime and finish a proje...

Friday, January 16, 2009

Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead

Which old witch? The Freakazoid Bitch ! She and I clashed nearly all the time, because she wasn't about doing the right thing, she simpl...

Timeless words of wisdom

"Marijuana is the flame, heroin is the fuse, LSD is the bomb. So don't try and equate liquor to marijuana, mister, not with me. You...

Thursday, January 15, 2009

There's a price for keeping secrets ...

… and I don't want my little nephew to pay it. The family is abuzz about a paper my third-grade nephew wrote. The topic was, "Somet...

Look who's here to keep me company!

I always love Lucy, but never more so than when I don't feel good. Here I am, on the sofa with my cat Charlotte at my side, watching Luc...

Yeah, but I'm stubborn

It's after 1:00 AM and I'm up again, unable to sleep. I woke up with a headache and a stuffy nose. It's just a cold, no fever, b...

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Fave meme

Liberated from Kwizgiver 1. Political show: Morning Joe on MSNBC. They always have a variety of opinions represented, and even when the gu...

It helps to remember

I still don't feel good, and I've only been sleeping fitfully, so I'm reminding myself of a Thursday 13 I wrote in May, 2007 . I...

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Love Kara, hate The Bikini Girl

Kara DioGuardi is fun. Paula is her same, sweet sensitive and slightly off center self. Randy is a self-consciously hip parody of himself. S...

Ya got to have friends ...

Over the last 24 hours, I've heard from or been touched by these friends. My oldest friend sent me a lovely bouquet of flowers in a coff...

Monday, January 12, 2009

I feel soooo virtuous

I worked out today! Even though it's cold and I'm still a little congested and weak as a kitten. I did 15 minutes on the treadmill, ...

The Mimi Meme

1. Click on the blogs in your sidebar, follow list or blogroll 2. Find S unday's post. (January 11) 3. Copy the FIRST SENTENCE, whate...

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Umcka Cold Care has a new fan

I woke up this morning with a sore throat, which pissed me off. It's SUNDAY . I wanted to have fun today. After all, yesterday started w...

She cracks me up

This is Stephanie Courtney, who plays Flo, the Progressive salesgirl on the car insurance commercials. She's always much funnier than he...

Sunday Stealing #16

Sunday Stealing: The Hardest Meme Ever 1. What is the bravest thing that you feel you've ever done physically? Four and a half years ag...

Saturday, January 10, 2009

It's just SNOW!

Yesterday, Illinois did something that's never happened here before. Our governor was impeached. I thought this was a major news story. ...

Saturday 9 -- The Phone Is for You

1. Your phone rings. Who is the most likely caller? Lately it's been Mike, the very nice -- but extremely high maintenance -- guy I pay...

Friday, January 09, 2009

Corporate America Is Icky

That's a word we forgot! "ICKY!" My best friend hates his job today. He hated it yesterday, too. Looks like he'll worry ab...

The Friday 5

THE LUCKY ONES 1. Among people you know, who seems to be lucky in love? My friend Mindy. She met her future husband on a blind date, fixed u...

Thursday, January 08, 2009

2008 in Review

I got this idea from Mo , who snagged it over that other Gal's place . Copy, paste, & share the first sentence(s) of the first post ...

Happy Birthday, Your Highness

“It was like he came along and whispered some dream in everybody’s ear, and somehow we all dreamed it.” Bruce Springsteen “When I first ...

I say a little prayer

My best friend lives outside Boulder. He says he can see the wildfires from his home office window. He seems more concerned about his big 20...

The Soul Patrol Meets Rydell High

I saw the Broadway in Chicago production of Grease, with Taylor Hicks, last night at the Auditorium Theater, and I had a wonderful time. Th...

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Stolen from Kwizgiver, again.

If you want to see how she answered, click here . What is on your bed right now? I'm not home so I can't say for sure, but I bet my...

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