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, May 26, 2009

Heads or Tails #22 -- Starts with A

The first thing that came to mind is one of my all-time favorite Barenaked Ladies songs: "A" A is for angry, which is what you ...

I can't ignore it any longer

My Cubs, my Cubs, my Cubs. What's going on within The Friendly Confines is not good. We're in the midst of an 8-game losing streak, ...

Monday, May 25, 2009

The results are in!

My best friend completed his 10k race this morning, and his times were posted online. He came in squarely in the middle of the pack, only 3 ...

Thank you, Adam Lambert

Yes, I was Team Lambert from Day 1. Yes, I loved most of his performances, esp. "Feeling Good." Yes, I realize he's gay and no...

Icky Nightmare

Saturday night I had a memorable, shitty nightmare. I don't want to have it again, so I'm hoping that this blog entry will vaccinate...

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Permission to whine, please

My mother and older sister have a complicated relationship. They always have. I could go into a lot of detail, but I'll spare you. Quick...

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing A to Z A • Are you available? Depends on who is asking. • What is your age? 51. • What annoys you? People who take up too mu...

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Behold my downfall

Each packet is only 90 calories of airy, salty goodness. Thing of it is, there are 6 packets to a box, and today I've eaten all 6. I mus...

Zach is gonna be a babe someday

Zach is a towheaded preschooler who accompanied his mother into the women's locker room, and was promptly ignored by her. He was wanderi...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Hot Fun in the Summertime 1. Is summer your favorite season? Why? No. I enjoy that the days are longer, but I really don't ...

Friday, May 22, 2009

Let's Hear It for Me!

It's only the 22, and I have already met my exercise goal of 13 workouts in May! I'm celebrating, toasting myself with a mimosa, bec...

Who knew?

When I was a kid, Bill Kurtis was Chicago's premier anchorman. He was known for the hard news -- he let channel 7 do The Happy Talk. He ...

Speaking of the President

President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, ...

Thursday, May 21, 2009

What the fu...

Thursday Dick Cheney gave a speech on national security, timed to begin right after President Obama finished an address on the same subject ...

If I were to steal a meme …

… it would be from Kwizgiver ! If I were a direction I’d be… left-to-center If I were furniture I’d be… my green sofa If I were a liquid I’d...

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

THURSDAY THIRTEEN #109 -- The Diet Edition

THIRTEEN FOODS I CAN ENJOY REGULARLY & STILL LOSE WEIGHT I had been going about this whole weight loss thing all wrong. I tried giving ...

Today is a better day

We had a good meeting with the client this morning. Our office building had a fire drill and this time the fire captain didn't yell at m...

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Unsettled

I'm in a strange mood. Work was stressful today, but then again, I'm in advertising, so stressful should be the norm. I was short-te...

New spiky haircut in glorious color

This is how it really looks, after a day at the office and a trip to the health club, where it responded in its own way to your basic locker...

That was weird

So I went to dinner with my mother, my lunatic older sister and her new husband, who looks so eerily like our dad that I wanted to page a Fr...

Monday, May 18, 2009

At least there's no Cub game tonight. No AI, either.

So what the hell. Why shouldn't I stop by my mother's house tonight to visit with my older sister? She's only in from Los Angele...

Sunday, May 17, 2009

What made up my day?

One hour spent with my personal trainer 15 sit ups ended our last session together 30 minutes getting a massage in the club's spa Hot do...

He always makes me smile

Ron Santo just "sang the stretch," as we like to say at Wrigley Field. While his rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame...

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: The 29'er Meme 1. What bill do you hate paying the most? My monthly contribution to my personal IRA. Technically it...

Saturday, May 16, 2009

After 8:00? Really?

Where has today gone? Got my hair cut. Visited with my mother. Let the Cubs take 10 years off my life (up 4-0 going into the 9th, squeaking ...

Saturday 9

1. Who do you think is sexy? Oh, geez! My mind is a motel. I'm always fantasizing about someone! Right now, the the lucky man that come...

Friday, May 15, 2009

You and me, both, Sister!

This little girl expresses my mood perfectly. It's been raining so hard all day that the Cubs-Astros game was postponed. I really was lo...

Why I don't watch ANTM

I realize a lot of people are hooked on this show. I am not among them. For I simply don't have the bandwidth! Not when I'm so devot...

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Thursday Thirteen #108 -- All Good

THIRTEEN POSITIVES ABOUT THE GAL HERSELF The idea for this post came from Kwizgiver , who listed things she was good at. Since so many of us...

Baby, Take a Bow

Look what I received from Mimi, Queen of Bloggingham and author of Mimi Writes . She said that I "write from the heart" and my mus...

Me and more than 20,000 close friends

We were all "Working on a Dream" last night. Yes, we were at that famous traveling rock revival meeting hosted by BROOOOOOCE! For ...

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Countdown Meme

Memeing so I won't get too excited about seeing Broooooooooce tonight ... Name -- Five of your favorite songs: Thunder Road, No Surrend...

Snip, snip

I wore my hair short and dyed it red for decades. I had been cutting and coloring it for so long that I'd actually kinda forgotten what ...

Bad Andy

Back in 1957, a virtual unknown named Andy Griffith played a virtual unknown named Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes. His easy, "aw shu...

Monday, May 11, 2009

Oh, no you don't. Not again.

I was the first one to arrive at a meeting this afternoon. The second was the art director I work with most often. Just making conversation,...

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