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, July 27, 2010

Look at me! I'm happy!

I'm off for dinner with my best friend! He's just in town overnight, and he wasn't sure the focus groups he was here to monitor ...

The Queen's Meme -- The Song Lyrics Meme

Find a song that uses this word either in the title or lyrics. Give us the title or part of the lyric that fits and the artist. Then say a ...

Monday, July 26, 2010

He's not evil. He's just ... Reynaldo.

Yes, his bad behavior has been documented more than once on this blog. Yes, I suspect that he is the inspiration for those Allstate Mayhem...

Movie Monday

This week's movie topic is all about Animation... Share movies whose drawn, digitized or old school clay figures rock your world, link...

Clean Me

After I cleaned the mess a certain skinny cat made in my sandals (AARGH!), I went around and touched-up ALL the spots on the living room/ha...

Sunday, July 25, 2010

It never gets old

Not for Rey. He still loves tormenting me as much as he did when we first met back in the fall of 2004. Today he decided he had to eat at 3:...

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Sunday Stealing: Meme Of Many Odd Questions, Part Three Cheers to all of us thieves! 45. Favorite color? Blue. Pantone 294, to be exact. Kno...

Clean Me

Every day I am going to do something -- no matter how small -- to improve my standard of living at home. Even though I didn't feel like...

A force to be reckoned with

"Go, Cubs, Go! Hey, Chicago, what do you say? The Cubs are gonna win today!" OK, so this season isn't what I had hoped. But th...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: The Sun Rising 1. When was the last time that you watched a sunrise? Who were you with? I truly don't recall the last time. ...

Friday, July 23, 2010

Clean Me -- Special Edition

Look how gorgeous my bathroom tiles are now! (I did laundry while he was working in the bathroom, so even the washcloth is clean now.)

Can't stop thinking about it

Peeing, that is. The workman is cleaning and caulking and grouting in my one and only bathroom, and if I want him to be able to finish in a ...

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Could this literally be the last word on Blago?

After all that "I'm innocent of all charges and I can't wait to testify" malarkey, he's not taking the stand. Behold t...

You never stop learning about people

I think I know my best friend well. One of the most endearing things about him is that his daughters are the centerpiece of his life. The ol...

Soon it begins

Kathleen was sweet enough to call me this afternoon and update me on her first consultation with her oncologist. A date has been set for he...

201

That's my total cholesterol. Ideally it should be less than 200, but for me, with my history, this is a reason to rejoice. My HDL is 56,...

Clean Me

Every day I am going to do something -- no matter how small -- to improve my standard of living at home. Peapod's plastic grocery bags ...

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

I Want Wednesday

I Want this to not be happening! One of my neighbors is an angry and odd old bird. He hates the condo association in general and some of u...

I can't stand Bob Hope, but the only thing to say is ...

"Thanks for the memory … You may have been a headache, but you never were a bore. How lovely it was …" Lou Piniella announced his ...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Clean Me

Every day I am going to do something -- no matter how small -- to improve my standard of living at home. Three pairs of jeans remained on t...

Five & Ten ... Again

Retagged by Kwizgiver ... 1. The Long Run -- The Eagles 2. Play with Your Poodle -- Marcia Ball 3. Tears in Heaven -- Eric Clapton 4. Ever...

The Queen's Meme

The What Would You Do? Meme A mixed bag of miscellaneous scenarios 1 . You start out on your road trip. You are 90 miles down the road wi...

Clean Me for Monday

Every day I am going to do something -- no matter how small -- to improve my standard of living at home. It's been in the 90's ever...

Monday, July 19, 2010

It's called FIVE & TEN

… and I INSIST you play with me! FIVE people & TEN Songs INSTRUCTIONS (1) Turn on your MP3 player/iPod. (2) Go to SHUFFLE songs mode. (3...

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Movie Monday -- Antidotes for Boredom

Share which movies you pop into the DVD player if you're feeling bored. Then link back here to The Bumbles. Godfather, Parts 1 and 2. T...

Shall I make this out to myself?

My shrink had to cancel our appointment, scheduled for last Thursday. And that's too bad, because I have been having disturbing dreams. ...

Clean Me -- Keep on keepin' on

It's been a while since I've done anything that I felt was worthy of the coveted broom and dustbin. But this afternoon I revisited t...

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: Meme Of Many Odd Questions, Part Two 23. Do you rent movies often? If ordering from Comcast On Demand counts, then yes. ...

Don't ask

… why I hate the damn support hose and hot, hot weather. I mean it: don't ask . I am soooo not in the mood.

I have lost my will to live

OK, that may be an overstatement. But I have lost my will to move, de-clutter, do laundry, or work out, or vacuum or anything. What with mis...

Friday, July 16, 2010

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Love Hurts 1. Tell us about the last time that you got hurt in the arena of love. I was seeing a younger guy who, I thought, w...

Grrrr!

I hate hot weather. I hate hot weather. I hate hot weather. I hate hot weather. I hate hot weather. I hate hot weather. I hate hot weather. ...

A cool thng to do on a hot day

I just ordered my American Humane Christmas cards. A good reminder that it will be cold enough, soon enough. If you want to do a good deed, ...

Thursday, July 15, 2010

My world is righting itself

The Cubs are back from the All-Star break and beating the Phils decisively. The bats are finally awake, making this is a game that's be...

It's OK. You can tell me.

I can't believe it's really over, so I keep checking back to the live feed of the BP oil spill. There's no sound, and little mov...

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