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, March 30, 2011

Food coma

Just finished the most luscious hunka pork roast I have ever been served, along with some delectable potato concoction and green beans .... ...

Monday, March 28, 2011

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go

Windy City Limos is set to pull up to my front door in less than an hour. I am nervous and happy and excited and scared. I don't fly wel...

Monday Movie Meme

Movie Madness. Share on your blog movies that feature maniacs, lunatics, psychos, crazed behavior or mentally tortured souls. And be sure t...

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing : The 5000 Question Meme, Part Two Cheers to all of us thieves! 26. Who has done something today to show they care about you...

Aw ...

This scene gets to me every time. I realize it's a retro/male rescue fantasy and I should reject it on a psycho-sexual, gender stereotyp...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: A Long December 1. Looking back at it now, how were your holidays and your time on New Year's Eve? I rang in 2011 with a ve...

Friday, March 25, 2011

He was gorgeous

I'm watching a golden oldie, Destry Rides Again , starring James Stewart. I am surprised anew by how sexy he was. For some reason, my fi...

Unsettled

I am now officially on vacation. I have been looking forward to this trip for months. These past few days at work have been productive. I ha...

Now this makes me happy!

Robert Redford to throw out first pitch in Chicag o By Ann Oldenburg , USA TODAY Robert Redford directs James McAvoy on the se...

Thursday, March 24, 2011

If I drove, I'd drive a Subaru

Because of this commercial. I know it's been running for about six months, but it still gets to me every time. "Daddy OK."

In praise of the Peach Bowl ... and restraint

It's peach liqueur, orange juice and a lot of ice and I love it. I snuck away at lunch to a real restaurant, dined leisurely and withou...

Bad choices

Spoke to my oldest friend today. She's weary and overwhelmed. Her daughter is home , and that's good. But the high school called my ...

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

60 Things You Can't Possibly Know About Me

Liberated from Kwizgiver 1. What is in the back seat of your car right now? Nothing. No car. 2. When was the last time you threw up? Mid...

I Want Wednesday

I want the cubs at Firefox Live to stop growing up! They are far more sedentary, far less playful these days, and soon they will be moved o...

Farewell, Old Girl

Elizabeth Taylor died this morning. Her life was certainly well, even extravagantly, lived. Yet I feel kinda bad. Partly because it's th...

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

10 on Tuesday

10 Vacation Facts I am excited about my vacation (one week from today I'll be in the Spa at Colonial Williamsburg , getting a reflexolog...

Oh, I don't know

Should we be involved with Libya? I don't know. I really don't. We're fighting a homicidal madman that the world would be better...

Monday, March 21, 2011

And the beat goes on

I haven't heard from my oldest friend since last week. That's really not like her. I know she had a follow-up doctor's appointm...

He's an old man

Saw my friend, John, briefly at lunch today. He's very thin, very gray, and ambles slowly with a cane. I was shocked. Yes, he's been...

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Movie Monday -- All About Food

Share on your blog movies that are about growing, cooking, serving, eating or any other function of food, linking back here at the Bumbl...

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing : The 5000 Question Meme, Part One Cheers to all of us thieves! 1. Who are you? I woke up in a Soho doorway, a policeman kne...

She's at it again

My oldest friend's Ohio friend is a hostile nut. I would detail some of the sturm und drang, but you wouldn't believe it. I've ...

Saturday, March 19, 2011

$4.81!

That's how much I paid for Dino Safari Play Set at CVS -- after my discount and coupon. I am not going to let my new austerity initiativ...

Friday, March 18, 2011

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: You Were Meant For Me 1. Have you ever felt that you were “made” for someone or some purpose? I am gifted when it comes to critt...

I like apples

Found this over at Endomental . Your Inner Fruit Flavor is Apple You are a late bloomer, and you may be coming into your own right now. You ...

In praise of my cheap polyester sheets

Yes, they're almost shiny. And yes, I feel like I may just slide out of bed. And I realize that in warmer weather I may feel like they...

Ok, so now I've seen it

I have spent part of my sick day watching the Taylor-Burton Cleopatra . I have been reading about this film for as long as I can remember, b...

OW!

Woke up with a bitch of a headache! I swallowed some meds and now I think all I need is some uninterrupted sleep. Hope I can skip the nauseo...

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Grab a hankie

Had lunch today with my friend Ed . He's the one with newly-wed daughter, now 25, who has been battling leukemia for the last six months...

They speak Spanish in Costa Rica

My best friend is off to Costa Rica on Thursday morning. He, his wife and his younger daughter are off to meet up with his older girl, who h...

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

My first Idol post of the season

I like J.Lo as a judge. I didn't expect to, but I do. She's very into it, and her comments are compassionate but relevant. Kind of l...

"I'm wearing glasses, so I'm serious."

Yesterday this agency suffered another dozen layoffs. This morning we had a huge meeting to clear the air about it, which was nice. We have ...

I Want Wednesday

I want to be on vacation. I want the next week and a half to zoom by. There, I said it.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

"Radiation Surge Forces Works to Suspend Nuclear Containment Efforts"

From MSNBC : Workers at a quake-damaged atomic power plant suspended operations and evacuated Wednesday after a surge in radiat...

With friends like these, I shoulda been a nurse

Let's see now ... My friend John had a setback and wound up back in the hospital. After two months off work, battling an infection, he ...

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