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.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

I Want Wednesday

I want ... a beer. Yeah, that's it. Seeing this makes me want a Coors sooooooooo bad .

This was dumb

This is what I had for lunch ... in addition to a ham sandwich, a banana and a bottle of pop. Now I just want to curl up and take a nap.

I can do this job

I did well presenting to the client today. I was enthusiastic, flexible and engaged. Despite all the problems I face day-to-day at the agenc...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

10 on Tuesday -- I want another cat

Oh, I'm not getting one. I realize that having four cats would move me past Crazy Cat Lady and land me squarely into Hoarder. But that d...

Monday, September 13, 2010

Why do you suppose this is?

I really didn't want to go to health club today. After all, I'd just gone yesterday! But, since I know I won't be able to worko...

On La Liz and l'amour

I have recently read -- and thoroughly enjoyed -- two biographies of Elizabeth Taylor. While her story is so ridiculously garish, glamorous,...

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Movie Monday -- Biopics

Share movies featuring portrayals of real people and their life stories, linking back here at The Bumbles. Here are three well-known ladies...

A prayer for Crazy Old Neighbor

"Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." I thought about him at church today. A lot. I know that...

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Sunday Stealing

The Player's Meme Cheers to all of us thieves! 1. :::sniff, sniff::: Is the dog in the house? I don't have a dog, but maybe it'...

Happy 100th to you ...

Happy 100th to you, Happy 100th dear Ryan Dempster, Happy 100th to you! Yes, this season has sucked. But even a season of bad baseball has i...

In all, it sucked

This past week, I mean. First Mayor Daley announced he was abandoning us. Then we learned that Crazy Old Neighbor committed suicide. The fi...

What else can I say about today?

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Tell Her No 1. When was the last time that you had to tell someone that you loved, that the answer was no? A couple Sundays ago,...

Friday, September 10, 2010

He has a lovely smile

Leroy Jethro Gibbs, my TV boyfriend. I can't wait for the Season 8 NCIS premiere (Tuesday, 9/21).

Oh, I love this movie!

I saw Murphy's Romance at the theater and am always delighted when I can catch it on TV ... like now, since I've found it ON DEMAND...

"We call God different names, but we remain one nation"

"I've got Muslims who are fighting in Afghanistan. In the uniform of the United States armed services. They're out there puttin...

TOO CUTE!

There, sitting on my hand, is a completely perfect .17 oz bottle of Lovely perfume. It's just a shade under 2" tall. I am in love w...

Thursday, September 09, 2010

I'm going to miss him so

Da Mare, of course. There are some who underestimated him, at their own peril, of course, because he appeared so unpolished. They seldom mad...

I'm stylin'

Today I'm wearing my new Old Navy cardigan for the first time, with a white t-shirt and a pair of dark wash jeans (also Old Navy). I lov...

Like iron filings to a magnet

That's an apt description of how strongly crazies seem, at times, to be drawn to this humble little blog. Take yesterday, for example. B...

Where is he today?

Crazy Old Neighbor , that is. A comment on yesterday's post from Vivian has inspired me to actually articulate this tragedy in terms of...

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

RIP

Crazy Old Neighbor committed suicide. Probably over the long weekend. His body was discovered this evening, when one of his neighbors calle...

I Want Wednesday

I want to actually finish this one. I'm playing around with a novel, a creative writing exercise for my own amusement and to cleanse my...

This says it better than I ever could

Daley a father figure for Chicago Daley was the dad. Good dad. Bad dad. The man we've loved to hate and the one we've depended on mo...

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

10 on Tuesday

On my mind right now: 1) According to the new Liz Taylor bio I'm reading, I'm now about the size she was when this photo was taken....

I hate this news

I have always liked Mayor Richard M. Daley. Since 9/11, I have loved him. He keeps us safe. It's not the Federal Government that provid...

Monday, September 06, 2010

I AM pretty neat, aren't I?

The aunt I recently reconnected with through Facebook has been sending me information about relatives on that side of the family. It means ...

Telethon Update

So far I have only watched about an hour since the MDA Telethon began last night, but it seems the noteworthy factor this year is hair . Jer...

Sunday, September 05, 2010

Movie Monday -- Stormy Weather

Share movies featuring storms big and small, linking back here at The Bumbles. To celebrate Hurricane Earl being less vicious than original...

Saturday, September 04, 2010

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: The Majorly Personal Meme, Part The Last Cheers to all of us thieves! 41. What are your plans for this weekend? Sunday I...

"You would have gone ballistic"

So wrote Kathleen , in an email updating me on her condition. She's right, I would have. Last month she had a small lump removed from he...

The Recession hits a little close to home

Like next door. My next door neighbors were medical students (or maybe interns). Very unfriendly. Not hostile, but definitely not interested...

What's wrong with these photos?

Photo on the left -- Why would Mad Men's 1960s-era advertising exec Don Draper be holding a cell phone? Photo on the right -- There isn...

Friday, September 03, 2010

Keeping me company at the laundromat

I am thoroughly enjoying, Furious Love , the biography of the Taylor-Burton scandal/marriage/divorce/remarriage/divorce drama. I especially ...

Thursday, September 02, 2010

I've become a voyeur

That's me. I've morphed into Jimmy Stewart from Rear Window . But instead of watching my neighbors through binoculars, I have been p...

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