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, November 03, 2009

Tuesday Tunes

What is the oldest album in your collection? (oldest as in you've had it longer than the others) Meet the Beatles. I still have it on...

Monday, November 02, 2009

Break my heart!

There was a cat just sitting on the front porch, as though she was waiting for me to return home from work. She saw me and she dashed into t...

Movie Monday

This week's movie topic is all about Mobsters... I hate to be so damn predictable, but I must go with the Corleones. I saw The Godfather...

Sunday, November 01, 2009

I don't like you, but I love you

I spent my extra, "fall-behind" hour with Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire . The scene with Dorothy on the front porch, when his finger...

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: The Strange Question Meme, Part 1 I recall answering this meme recently. Let's see if my answers are different this ti...

You know it's Halloween when ...

Passed a 6' tall Stewie trying surreptitiously to scratch his (?) ass. Poor thing. I imagine it's hard to be discreet when dressed a...

Friday, October 30, 2009

I'm watching it

I'm welcoming Halloween with Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates (and his mother) in Psycho . It's scary, all right, but it's also s...

Friday night

I'm already in my pjs, farting around on the Internet and eating Town House crackers. My gut has been upset again all day and I'm re...

The scariest thing I could find for Halloween

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Glenn Beck. (Thanks to Daniel Kurtzman of About.com .) People actually watch him. People who vote. For legi...

Friday 5

Friday 5 for October 30: At the Movies What’s your favorite sports movie? The Natural. "Welcome to the majors, Mr. Hobbs." What...

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Little moments

Taking a moment to remember all the little things that lift my spirit: 1. Charlotte the Cat, who for reasons all her own believes it is her ...

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Rusty

I took Friday and Monday off, recovering from stomach flu. Today is Wednesday, my second day back at my desk and I'm still having a hard...

I Want Wednesday

What do I want to accomplish in November? • To work out at least 13 times. • To lose weight, not gain it. (Which may be a challenge because ...

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Let yourself be inspired!

"Everybody's talking about: Revolution, Evolution, Masturbation, Flagellation, Regulation, Integration, Mediations, United Nations,...

Good to Know!

You Are a Zombie Like a zombie, you can't really help who you are today. You're a product of your past. You tend to be needy to the ...

Monday, October 26, 2009

I love them

Maybe I've been locked away from humanity for too long, but during my convalescence it occurs to me that I love these men very much. If ...

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Congratulate me!

I'm my own girl, I march to my own drummer. That's why I have stomach flu and am dehydrated. While everyone else flocked to the Walg...

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: The Halloween Meme 1. What is your favorite written work of horror fiction? It's a tie between two Stephen King stories...

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Tomorrow is another day

As Thursday night turned to Friday morning, I was asleep on the bathroom floor. Most of Friday was spent on the sofa. The only productive th...

Friday, October 23, 2009

Someone's having a birthday

Little Miss Snarkypants was born on this day 49 years. I celebrate her with this wish (liberally borrowed from someecards ): May you live be...

Welcome to the world, Baby Girl!

There's a new addition to the Blogosphere! A precious baby girl was born to Book Mama , bringing joy to Book Mama's mama, Snowbird ....

The world is treating me bad. MISERY!

The Lads won't fail me now. For no matter how I feel, there's a corresponding Beatle song. And, to cover yesterday and early this mo...

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Gotta love it

Puppet Bike always makes me happy. It's often at the corner of Michigan and Randolph when I'm either coming into work or heading hom...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Me, me, all about me!

Had a rough day at work. It's tough to have responsibility but no power. A project that shouldn't be that hard at all was a real bit...

Ten on Tuesday

10 Guilty Pleasures 1. The Nancy Grace Show 2. US Magazine 3. Hot Tamales cinnamon candies 4. America's Next Top Model Obsessed marathon...

Monday, October 19, 2009

"I've got a crush on you, Sweetiepie ..."

My boss -- a balding, gray-bearded, suburban 50-something dad -- has been behaving in a most peculiar and unpredictable way lately. During o...

Movie Monday

This week's movie topic is all about Westerns I don't think of myself as being a big western fan, but now that I think of it there a...

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Don't see any Elle Woods here

I'm watching Reese Witherspoon in her Oscar-winning turn as June Carter in Walk the Line . This is (at least) the third time I've se...

Proton is my favorite

Thanks to Endomental for the link. You Should Call Your Boobs "Proton & Neutron" Sexy! What Should You Nickname Your Boobs? T...

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: The ABC's of Meme A- Advocate for: animals B- Best Feature: my green eyes C- Could do without: my belly fat D- Dreams a...

If only ...

I'm in geek heaven, watching a History Channel documentary called JFK: 3 Shots that Changed America . This show replays the local and ne...

What to do?

I'm 3/4 of the way through this long book and believe I have figured out who the murderer is. I am tempted to abandon it. The story -- a...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Inside Job 1. When you were young, what did you want to be when you grew up? When I was really little,I wanted to be a teacher o...

Friday, October 16, 2009

Funny how life works out

A distant lover (more than a decade ago and 600 miles away) does indeed have the son he always wanted, which is nice and I'm happy for h...

Top 5 on Friday Music Meme

Top 5 artists/bands you'd like to see in concert but never have. (they have to be still around too...) 1) Bob Dylan. Because he's Bo...

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