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, September 29, 2009

Well, that's over

Chicago is a great place to live. But in addition to the parks and museums and restaurants and theaters, we also have a very dark criminal p...

The Queen's Meme -- The Crazy Hospital Meme

1 . What is the strangest thing that has ever happened to you in a hospital (besides your illness)? N ot enough towels? No condiments? Can...

Monday, September 28, 2009

Can't stop thinking about her

I saw a dead cat in the gutter yesterday afternoon. She got hit, hard, while almost making it across the busiest street in the village. Smal...

Monday Movie Meme: School

Share movies touching upon the world of education and then link back here at The Bumbles . Splendor in the Grass. (1961) I saw this on TV w...

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Baby, I love you

Meet my new jeans: Relativity Modern Straight Leg, relaxed through the hip and thigh for a comfortable fit, classic 5-pocket styling. Petite...

Words of wisdom from the eternal Golden Boy

Redford's missive from the Fall 2009 Sundance Catalog : We've all heard how as one ages, the time around us moves faster. Aging has ...

Saturday, September 26, 2009

What the hell was that?

Love Happens is one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. It's not the performances -- Jennifer Aniston and Martin Sheen ar...

Friday, September 25, 2009

Today is my uncle's birthday

I mailed his card back on Monday, so he should have it by now. I hope he's having a good day. He suffers from Parkinson's, and doesn...

Friday Fill In

1. One week ago SEEMS LONGER AGO THAN IT ACTUALLY WAS. 2. I HAD A CRUSH ON MICHAEL LANDON when I was young. 3. Mama told me NOT TO COME . ...

I'm the center of the universe!

First, suspended Chicago Cubs dick Milton Bradley apologized to me … and all Cub fans, of course. He came here for me in the first place, a...

Thursday, September 24, 2009

I wonder what I'd do

I'm almost done with Clara's War , Clara Kramer's memoir about hiding from the Nazis in a bunker under a neighbor's home in...

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

She sounds like she lived this

I have been listening to Whitney Houston's new CD, I Look to You . She's back and I'm glad. Her voice is deeper than I remembere...

Feeling kinda creepy

This is one of those posts where I share an unpleasant truth about myself. Yesterday afternoon, while riding the el home, I had a very, very...

Originally viewed over at Kwizgiver's

You Are North Like a Viking, you are assertive, decisive, and dominant. You seek power and destroy those in your way. People admire that you...

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

It just gets worse and worse

Here's the latest in the John Edwards saga, as reported today by CNN : Edwards paid Hunter's production company $114,000 for a seri...

Monday, September 21, 2009

Monday Movie Meme

This week's movie topic is all about Your Childhood Favorite... For me, it's all about her . Julie Andrews. Back in my long-ago chil...

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Don't do it! PLEASE don't do it!

The Saddest Boy in the World and I are doing laundry at the same time this evening. I try every hard to avoid him because I know he has a c...

How to describe Milton Bradley? What's the word I'm looking for?

(Snapping my fingers. Scratching my head.) Oh, yeah. "Dick." Read the comments that got this $30 million, .257 hitter suspended f...

A Quandry

My brother-in-law is a good father and a hard worker. He's also having employment problems these days. His boss, a developer, hired a cr...

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: One Long Meme (Part Two) 27. Do you prefer to sleep or eat? I don't have a preference. When I'm hungry, I eat. Whe...

Friday, September 18, 2009

Happy to be home

... in front of the set, already in my jammies, watching the Cubs play the Cards. This is a great rivalry, and both teams seemed stoked for ...

Where's that beer cart?

You know how annoying it is when little things somehow become big, hairy things? Before he left for the day, my boss let me know that next w...

Do you believe in love at first sight?

Saw this lovely in the window of the Nine West store. I don't need it, but I surely do want it. Sigh.

September Fitness Challenge

Friday. I am a good girl, all the way around. I had a 775-calorie lunch from Subway instead of the 820-calorie one. I did 32 minutes of car...

It's just me and horny teenage boys

I dozed off on the old sofa again. At a little after 2:00 AM I woke up and found myself very, very awake. So I checked out what's on cab...

Thursday, September 17, 2009

September Fitness Challenge

Wednesday and Thursday. A tale of two moods. I dunno. I just didn't get around to working out yesterday because of my work load (which ...

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

"Taking a walk, thinking of you"

So went the message I received from my buddy today. I was so happy to hear from him! He works on the other side of the Loop, he's marrie...

Me in my new glasses

"I Want" Wednesday

This week's question is: What do you want to discover? I have had a fantasy for decades now about walking along and discovering a new co...

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

September Fitness Challenge

Day 15. Stick-to-it-ive-ness. Met my friend John for drinks after work at our favorite burger joint. Only I didn't have a burger, nor d...

Uh-oh

I just heard from my friend Barb. The next theater season begins in early November. I owe her $303 for the tickets. I have $77 put aside. Gu...

The Queen's Meme -- The Tick-Tock Meme

1. Are you a Rolex watch, a Mickey Mouse watch, or a pocket watch? I'm a Timex kinda gal. A former lover used to tease me about wearin...

Monday, September 14, 2009

I'm singing "Go, Cubs, Go!"

What a fun game! Dempster won his 10th. D Lee's bat is on fire. Sam Fuld is our future outfield superstar. Vince Vaughn sang the stretch...

September Fitness Challenge

Day 14. Fitness Failure. All I have done today is take a shower and put on makeup. While I'm very alert brain-wise, I am weary and lack...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

I'm almost done putting together a pair of Christmas packages for a pair of soldiers. I'm doing this on behalf of my uncle, a Viet N...

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