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, January 06, 2016

WWW.WEDNESDAY

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WWW.WEDNESDAY is back! To participate, and to see how others responded, click here . 1. What are you currently reading? Cheap Shot...
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Damn near killed me!

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Monday was my first day back to work and I stuck to the bland diet suggested by my doctor. One of the items on it, one of the few hadn...
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Sunday, January 03, 2016

Bleh!

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My tummy still isn't right. I'm headachey. A cold is beginning to kick in. If Downton Abbey wasn't about to come on, I'...
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I did something!

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Of all my messy rooms, my den is the messiest. And unfortunately, I knew that my birth certificate was somewhere in there. I need that docum...
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Saturday, January 02, 2016

Sunday Stealing

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A nice, short little meme to start 2016. This Year:  A bad habit I'm going to break: Hmmm ... Nothing comes to mind. Not that I d...
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Getting ready for goodbye

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 PBS Prime has been running Downton Abbey again from the beginning, and I've been watching, transfixed. It's the run-up to tomor...
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Saturday 9

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Sleigh Ride 1) Have you ever ridden in a sleigh? No. We have a horse drawn carriage here in my neighborhood early every December to inaug...
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Friday, January 01, 2016

Is 2016 "Next Year?"

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Maybe after this year, we'll be able to quit saying, "Maybe next year."

Welcome 2016!

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This morning I'm channeling the spirit of a patriotic Marilyn as she wished Happy New Year to the Marines during the Korean War.

Thank God it went well!

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This year, for the first time, Chicago put on an outdoor, New Year's Eve event. At midnight, a giant star rose 36 stories, up the si...

Eating crackers, drinking soda

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That's how I'm ringing in the New Year. I think my stomach is almost well, but I didn't want to risk it, so I put on my pajam...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

Celebrating at home

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So there were three final Christmas celebrations of 2015 ... La familia. December 27 at my sister's house. A little awkward, as it a...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Christmas Dinner

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We went to The Harbourview Cafe, one of the restaurants at the posh Pier House Resort and Spa . To get to the dining area, we passed a ...
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Beachy Days

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Key West is very proud of being the Southernmost city in the continental United States, closer to Cuba than to Miami. This concrete buoy ...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

My Key West Christmas gift

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The friends I visited gave me a gift certificate for a facial at Nailtini, the salon on the main drag in Key West. And so, at noon on Chr...
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Whew! That's a relief!

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This post is accompanied by an image of saltines, and this gal's consumption of saltines can mean only one thing: TUMMY TROUBLE! My ...
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10 Things about Connie

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I have a lot of posting to do about Key West, about Christmas, about its aftermath. But right now I'm going to post about my little gi...
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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Sunday Stealing

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 The 2015 Year End Meme 1. What did you do in 2015 that you’d never done before? Went to Lollapalooza. The day we saw Sir Paul, we were...
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Monday, December 21, 2015

Merry, merry, merry

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I will likely be away from the keyboard for the rest of the week. But, considering what an important week this is, I wanted to wish every...
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On Day 21, we go up, up and away!

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Day 21: Do you travel on the holidays? ON the holidays? No. A few days before and immediately after. Tomorrow (gulp!) I'll be landing...
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Sunday Stealing

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Christmas Questions 1. Have you been naughty or nice this year? I always think I'm nice, though I'm not sure everyone agrees. ...
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