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.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing: The Never Ending Meme, Part Two 21. Did you go to your high school prom? I went to a prom, but it wasn't my own seni...

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: I Know I'm Losing You 1. Have you ever still been in a relationship that you knew was ending, but you hung in with it anyw...

Friday, January 13, 2012

I wish John Forsythe was my dad

Andy Taylor used to be my fantasy father, but he's been replaced by Bentley Gregg, the main character of Bachelor Father. Played by J...

I like my doctor

She's so great. She's the one who discovered the problem that had been plaguing me for months last summer, the one that my gynecolo...

Thursday, January 12, 2012

It's just SNOW, people!

I admit I'm grumpy right now. First of all, I'm taking tomorrow off for my annual checkup. I told everyone about this last week. I...

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Thursday Thirteen #154

THIRTEEN VERY BAD BAD GUYS The American Film Institute (AFI) is one of the best-respected not-for-profits devoted to the arts. It was fo...

WWW Wednesday

To play along , just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro. It's...

Can't wait to play with it

I'm $1600 lighter, but immeasurably faster and more modern.

I Want Wednesday

I want my niece to always be this happy. She gets along well with her dorm roommates, has found love with a townie, and breathlessly told me...

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The Sound of Silence

No access to a computer tonight! The contents of my old Mac are being transferred to a spanking new Mac overnight. What will I do with myse...

Monday, January 09, 2012

Let's hear it for the gal!

My job is to advertise financial services. You have no idea how difficult that's been for the last four -- count 'em, four -- years...

Sunday, January 08, 2012

"That poor girl"

I feel so bad for Lisbeth Salandar, the heroine of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Yes, it's a brutal movie and an exceptionally well-...

Happy Birthday, Your Highness

Today is the birthday of America's only king. Hope you observed it accordingly.

Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing : The Never Ending Meme, Part One Cheers to all of us thieves! 1. Song that always makes you sad? "Have I Told You ...

Saturday, January 07, 2012

Saturday 9

Saturday 9: Nobody Told Me 1. When you grew up were you ever told how to deal with problems? I was raised by good, 1950s-vintage WASPs. Th...

Friday, January 06, 2012

Not the reaction I thought I'd have

My mother tells me that our family patriarch is fading fast. He is frail and his memory comes and goes. She doesn't expect him to live m...

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Thursday Thirteen #153

THIRTEEN MARILYNS Last week I saw My Week with Marilyn at the beautiful Tropic Cinema and thought Michelle Williams was very moving as t...

The New Year's Movie Meme

I looooove reading about old movies, and was happy to find this blog, The Girl with the White Parasol . I am also happy to find a good meme ...

I Want Wednesday

I want those Christmas decorations to magically take themselves down. I managed to un-holiday my office last night before I went home, but m...

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

The beacon

I stayed at The Lighthouse Court Hotel , so called because it's right in the backyard of the Key West Lighthouse. Built in the mid-1800...

Welcoming 2012 in Key West

The weather down there was ideal. Simply terrific. Warm but not hot. Sunny but not blinding. I couldn't have been happier with the send...

How I didn't welcome the New Year

New Year's Eve is a very big deal in Key West. Not only is there a giant shell that falls at midnight at Sloppy Joe's, one of Heming...

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Notes from the road

It's pre-dawn in Key West. I'm taking this quiet opportunity to update this here ol' blog. If you're flying down here, I r...

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Thursday Thirteen #152

THIRTEEN JACKIES I'm watching a perfectly dreadful made-for-TV movie about JBKO starring Tim Matheson as "Jack" and Joanne W...

I Want Wednesday

I want packing to be easier than it is. I'm so bad at it. I always bring too much of the wrong stuff, and end up buying stuff when I get...

Here's hoping I'm wrong about old Archie

OK, so maybe he's so politically naive/racially motivated that he believes Barack Obama was afraid to face Herman Cain in November beca...

Loved this!

VisualDNA™ Personality Quiz personality.visualdna.com I'm a Harmonizer. It was fun and, I think, fairly accurate. While I answered al...

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

I feel silly

I have been exercising in front of the TV, during commercials. I feel quite silly doing this. But I am a big fat moo-cow and so it must be d...

Clean, clean, clean

Yesterday I scrubbed my tub, toilet and bathroom floor. Today my kitchen counters, sink and floor got the treatment. Do I hear an Atta, Gal?...

A fragrant way to start the day

For a couple years running, The Body Shop's fragrance of the holiday season was vanilla spice. It was a warm, delicious scent. I stocke...

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Well, that was weird

My older sister was home for Christmas for the first time in, like, 30 years. My mom was nervous as a school girl preparing for a date. (I w...

Merry Christmas

And a big thank you to "my girls," the ones who sent so much support my way this year. If I'm able to keep the candle of Chri...

Friday, December 23, 2011

The wrapping is done

And my cat Joey approves! It took me a little over two hours to wrap all these gifts. I did it in front of the tree while watching The Gat...

Glam

My friend John and I went to see La Cage aux Folles Wednesday night. It wasn't a great production -- the actor who played the bitchy ma...

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Christmas Meme

Liberated from Kwizgiver (again ... of course) 1.The Christmas song I can listen to even in June is... 2.Hot Chocolate, Egg Nog or Mu...

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