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.

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Done!

I stayed late and plowed through and finished developing two different concepts for introducing specific 2010 tax law revisions to the publi...

September Fitness Challenge

Day 3. Planning ahead. I am looking at my day differently now, giving more thought to what I consume and even anticipating my day ahead of t...

This is so sad

My word well has run dry. No matter how hard I pump, no words come forth! I have to write tons of copy about the 2010 IRA tax laws, and make...

Therapy? Did someone say "therapy?"

I found The Therapy Survey over at Kwizgiver's. When was the last time you cried? Months ago, while watching Marley & Me ("Yo...

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

September Fitness Challenge

Day 2. 35 minutes of cardio followed by leg presses and leg curls. It'll be close, I admit, but I just might stay within my calorie inta...

I Saw Her Standing There

OK, she wasn't standing. She was walking toward me up the street, but too involved with her cell phone conversation to recognize me. She...

"I Want" Wednesday

This week's question is: What meal do you want at this very instant? I just had lunch, so I'm not hungry. But I am craving something...

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

September Fitness Challenge

Day 1. I'd like to be able to say that I started this month on the treadmill but alas, I'd be lying. We took our consultant, Maggie ...

I must learn to be more patient

One of my coworkers is, quite possibly, the nicest man in the world. Kind and sincere. He also stutters and is hard of hearing. I hate mysel...

The Queen's Meme

Bloggingham Love Shack (aka The Romance Meme) 1. What is the craziest thing you've ever done in the name of love? I actually almost qu...

Monday, August 31, 2009

09 August Happiness Challenge -- Day 31

Monday. Beautiful sky, perfect weather. The sky is blue and clear, except for a few puffy white clouds. The sun is bright and the mercury ju...

That felt gooooood

Worked out today for the first time in a week! Did my half hour of cardio plus some lat pull downs. My bruises didn't protest too much, ...

Sunday, August 30, 2009

09 August Happiness Challenge -- Day 30

Sunday. Well-timed words of encouragement. Not only did my cyber sibs, Kwiz and Snarky, cheer me up with their comments on the post below, m...

Uh oh

Tomorrow is Weigh Day. I fear the results will not be what I want them to be. I have missed work outs due to work (bad excuse, because my he...

Saturday, August 29, 2009

09 August Happiness Challenge -- Day 29

Saturday. Looking at him. Watching my cat Joey sleep always makes me smile. He does it so completely! He sprawls out, changes his position ...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: The Waiting 1. Have you ever stayed online for a very long time waiting for someone? Not particularly . I will stay online and r...

Faith and Redemption

I'm watching Ted Kennedy's funeral mass and my heart is so full. Not just in celebration of this one life or this one family, but be...

Friday, August 28, 2009

09 August Happiness Challenge -- Day 28

Friday. Peapod. Because I'm still pretty sore (as explained in yesterday's challenge post), I really can't/shouldn't do a lo...

It could be worse

Friends of this blog, the Bumbles , commented recently that, living in Boston, the Kennedy coverage is pretty much wall to wall. Imagine wha...

Friday Fill In

1. He was a gentleman and a scholar . 2. The cool night air, so I can sleep with the window open, is what I look forward to most this time...

Aw ...

Sir Paul and his gal pal, Nancy Shevell, enjoying a Yankee game. This makes me happy.

He can't possibly understand

This is Splash, the oldest of Ted Kennedy's three dogs and rumored to be his favorite. He's shown here in Kennedy's Senate offic...

And then there was one

With the recent passing of Eunice Kennedy Shriver just two weeks ago and now, of course, Ted Kennedy, there is only sibling of their genera...

Thursday, August 27, 2009

09 August Happiness Challenge -- Day 27

Thursday. Nice men. It was a strange day in Loop today, what with the police shooting & killing a man with a knife at noontime on State...

I was eating lunch a few blocks away as this went on

August 27, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A man who was shot by police after allegedly pulling a weapon on another man along busy State Street is...

So far the score is tied.

Gal 1/Reynaldo 1. Regular readers know Reynaldo is my skinny beige cat. He is always sweet but often so hyper that I am completely exaspera...

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

09 August Happiness Challenge -- Day 26

Thursday. Bipartisan grace. I got home and turned on the news, as I do every day. And, knock me over with a feather, I was treated to Nancy ...

Feeling very Dorothy just now

I went to the dermatologist yesterday to discuss removing/minimizing my varicose veins. The procedure isn't very expensive and seems saf...

I'm not sad this morning

… about the passing of Ted Kennedy. For at last we saw a Kennedy brother live a long life and die at home, of natural causes. Today at lunch...

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

09 August Happiness Challenge -- Day 25

Tuesday. Shrimp. After work I stopped at Whole Foods and picked up some cooked and peeled shrimp. Oh ... YUM!

Now I may be Team Kate

At first I admit I was Team Jon. Kate was too bossy, too critical, too much the perfectionist. (Remember when she scolded him for not using ...

This friend of a friend is no friend of mine

I'm upset, and who better to share my disquiet with than my blogbuddies? I have a dear old friend who is very fragile right now. She fee...

The Queen's Meme

Touch the bottle to see the secret message. For more information, see the Queen of Bloggingham .

Monday, August 24, 2009

09 August Happiness Challenge -- Day 24

Monday. Resilience. I'm not losing weight as quickly as I'd like, but that's OK because I have visceral proof that my new attent...

Monday Movie Meme

This week's movie topic is all about Villains... 1) Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) in Die Hard . So smooth, so well spoken, and so bad. Rem...

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