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.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Movie Monday -- Heists and Capers

Share your favorite heist & caper movies that create criminal characters we end up rooting for, linking back here at The Bumbles. I c...

"I wish I was a kid again, doing what I did again ..."

I spent Saturday with my oldest friend. She's getting ready to move across country to California, to begin a new job and a new chapter o...

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: The "I've Been Tagged" Meme 1. Where are you from? Brookfield, IL, a village just 15 miles west of Chicago. I...

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Just Like Me 1. Who in your life do you think behaves and thinks the most like you do? When I look at my almost-18-year-old niec...

Friday, September 24, 2010

He's cracking me up

My boss, that is. Usually he's so hands-off it's laughable. Most of the down-and-dirty of financial marketing really doesn't see...

Thursday, September 23, 2010

I feel good, I knew that I would

I worked out at lunchtime -- 32 minutes of cardio, reps on the incline press and the hip ad/abductors. Yea! Then I donated my platelets . I ...

This show ROCKED!

I saw American Idol's Constantine Maroulis in Rock of Ages last night, and it was simply terrific. First of all, he's simply a cha...

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Queen's Meme -- The Change Meme

1 . Name one thing you'd like to change about yourself. The extra weight I'm carrying around. 2 . If you could wave a magic wand ...

I Want Wednesday

I want to work out! For one reason or another, I haven't been to the health club all week and I miss it -- which, I guess, is a good sig...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

10 on Tuesday

Ten Reasons Why I'm in a Better Mood Today 1) I just watched the season premiere of NCIS . My TV boyfriend, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, is back ...

Monday, September 20, 2010

And on the subject of money ...

… my mom is making me nuts. Last year I gave her one of my Citi American Airlines credit cards. I told her she had $25/month to use anyway s...

More about Crazy Old Neighbor

$10,000. That's the princely sum that Crazy Old Neighbor killed himself over. According to the note he left, he believed he was being ...

Movie Monday -- Growing Older

Share on movies about aging or being elderly, linking back here at The Bumbles. Solitary Man. I just saw this movie last month. Michael Do...

Sunday, September 19, 2010

"Looked like he was being stabbed"

This incident is just too awful. I'm grateful that I was dozing and missed seeing it live as just the tape is profoundly upsetting. My t...

Good for what ails me

Got up early, went to breakfast, went to church, went to sleep on the sofa. My throat doesn't hurt anymore, but I am just sooooo exhaust...

My throat hurts

I got a flu shot Saturday, and now I feel like I have the flu. I was told to expect it, and now it's happening. And so I am going to bed...

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying 1. When was the last time you cried? June 24 . I was telling my friend Kathleen about my...

Friday, September 17, 2010

Well, that's done

Two hours at the laundromat. Hopefully, by next week the washers in this building will be repaired and this is the last of Crazy Old Neighb...

Self Portrait

Oh, but don't I wish! The thing of it is, though, twice in two days I have been told I look at least 10 years younger than I am. That so...

Thursday, September 16, 2010

God help me, I laugh

This Will Ferrell-John C. Reilly movie is vulgar and infantile, and it cracks me up every time.

Checking off my "to do" list

Got a lot done at work today, and I think I did it well. My boss came by and asked my advice on the best way to approach an assignment, and ...

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).

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