http://blog.stuffiscool.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:17:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Main want: Gift Certificate for a onetime visit fro a recommended trustworthy maid or maid service. Obviously it will be a bigger job the first time, but then it would totally help me keep up with physically tough stuff like hauling, dragging, scrubbing behind the toilet, the bathtub, etc. ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2009/11/10/christmas-2009-the-easy-way/ Gigi turned 6 this past November. She's not technically old, but she's had trouble learning tricks for as long as we've had her, since she was 2 months old. Her most impressive trick in her repertoire is "speak" but we didn't teach her that; she already knew it ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2009/01/30/gigi-is-mastering-a-new-skill/ Images from the last 4 holiday seasons . . . all in random order. No captions, because my wrist friggin' hurts. But enjoy the spirit of the seasons! http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/12/23/christmas-past/ Bill, one of my bestest friends in the word, recently married the beautiful, wonderful Viviana in a gorgeous wedding, which was followed by one heckuvah par-tay! I had the honor of giving a reading in the ceremony, along with Jill. You may remember Jill as the tall blonde ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/12/23/scenes-from-a-lovely-wedding/ Although I am very much looking forward to having kids one day, I am very much dreading having to watch movies with them. I am not sure which will be worse: watching things over and over again, when the kids are 2-7 or so, or having to see movies like ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/12/01/space-chimps-iv-moon-over-mihami-really/ Thanksgiving is suddenly almost upon us! I hate how autumn and winter fly by but spring and summer (mostly summer) drag on forever. I am not sure how I can still feel like the holidays fly by when the rest of the word starts the season a full ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/11/22/happy-holidaze/ Heyyyyyy bet you guys thought we had given up on our blog forever. Yeah, well, we sorta had I guess. I am not sure why I haven't been keeping it up. It's just that I am soooooo busy (haha.) In fact I haven't read *anyone's* blog in months. ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/11/05/return-of-the-blahg/ In August of 2007, I opened a Money Market Account with Chase bank, my bank for over a decade. In fact, it has been my only bank since I was old enough to hold an account. I sat down that mid-August day with a Chase banker whom I ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/06/18/why-chase-is-a-horrible-horrible-bank-sadly-only-one-reason-among-many/ Hallelujah, I have rediscovered the style and comfort of jeans that fit just below my waist, not just above my lady parts. Low-rise jeans have been so popular for so long that it's the only style I have been able to buy for many years. The only other ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/06/10/rise-up-the-joy-of-jeans/ I do. I like sushi and I like Sushi (my friend Sushi Suzuki, how I miss him!) But this post is about the sushi most people know: the Japanese fishy food. I like sushi. Actually, I like Maki (the rolls.) Not a huge fan of just fish-on-rice. My favorite is ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/05/31/do-you-like-sushi/ Wow, it's been months. I haven't had much to say, not that that stopped me before. Brief news: - I have a new baby cousin, Calvin Merle Whitmore, son of my dad's older brother Dan and second wife, Jean - Calvin's half-brother, my cousin Harry, was married two weeks ago. ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/05/30/breaking-blog-silence/ Pete's comment made me think abut my grandmother's childhood, and my father's, which I daydream about often. My great-grandparents house in Elgin, Texas still stands, and it's been beautifully well-kept. It has a cheerful and inviting bright red door, a big front porch, lots of trees around it, ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/03/06/the-good-old-days/ Apparently the novel I am currently reading, Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor, was quite scandalous when it was published in 1947. According to Wikipedia, 14 states banned it as pornography. It is, of course, about The Restoration, because that's all I read about these days. And granted, ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/03/04/im-reading-a-dirty-book/ So, with the wedding behind us, life seems a little strange. Certainly not empty, but lacking that certain excitement. Then again, I do not miss the stress and pressure of planning a wedding, and I hope my family finds me more pleasant company than I have been. ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/02/27/update-on-life/ Exactly 9 days ago, I was prescribed Zyrtec to relieve the itching of my mystery rash (probably psoriasis). The prescription cost me a whopping 71 dollars for 30 pills. Today I drag my pained, leprosy-looking body to explore the CVS across the street, as I do almost every ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/01/25/i-hate-zyrtec/ My recent obsession has been collecting Yankee Candles. I recently discovered a treasure trove of rare and discontinued scents on Ebay, but cannot afford to indulge as I would like. Some are selling for upwards of 80 dollars! My current rotation goes between store-bought Mediterranean Cypress, Vanilla Cupcake, and ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/01/24/new-hobby-in-keeping-with-my-history-geekiness/ Well, lots has gone on since my last post, and some of you have begged for an update. Now that the holidays are over and the drudgery of work resumes, I know we all need distractions from work more than ever! 1) Remicade My back pain is still a major problem. ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2008/01/02/catching-up/ I changed my mind about the Chanel serum I asked for. It's just too expensive for what it is. I have done all our Christmas shopping and I see how it can add up so quickly. I still love Chanel stuff, though. But I LOVE Christmas ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2007/12/11/chanel-hold-up/ Yesterday was a looong day at the doctor's office as I received my first IV of Remicade, which took 3 hours, and then an hour's worth of steroids on top of that. I was miserable all weekend, but Sunday was the worst. When I woke up on Sunday, I warned ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2007/12/05/first-dose-in/ In addition to the Purete Ideale Serum, another item I can't put on Amazon is a room at Hotel Zaza on Feb 15. I'd really like an extra night at Hotel ZaZa on our wedding weekend. Friday night, the night before the wedding, the night of the rehearsal ... http://blog.stuffiscool.com/2007/12/02/oh-another-wish-list-item/