2 degrees of separation from Scotty McCreery, trash penance, Bossypants brilliance, and MBD work…

~Thursday~  I forgot to mention this yesterday: My weekly visitor (sounds like I’m on the rag, only a little too often, doesn’t it) was in the office yesterday, through whom I found out there are only two degrees of separation between me and Scotty McCreery! My part-time officemate fishes with Scotty’s dad! When I stepped … Read more

No good secrets, completing The Color Purple, electricity at the gym, a little work, & scraeyoke…

~Sunday~ I was up at 7:00 this morning, making this—unequivocally—the earliest I’ve been up without having to be somewhere both days of a weekend ever. I had a honey walnut cream cheese bagel for breakfast, along with a cup of coffee, while listening to my country gospel CD and reading this week’s PostSecrets. There wasn’t … Read more

Worked from home, Friday the 13th ruminations, the legendary Bill Padgett’s place, & staying in…

~Friday~ I gloriously worked from home today, so no buscapades. It was so nice to be able to do a load of laundry “in the background,” while I worked, and to be able to finish up my deviled egg dish during lunch for this afternoon’s party. It was nice to have the accoutrement to do … Read more

A forgotten thermos, a fully-covered talker, and expository writing in an epistolary novel…

~Thursday~  I was tired this morning. If I could’ve stayed in the bed, I most certainly would have. When I went to make my coffee, breakfast, and lunch to take to work, I realized I’d left my thermos at work yesterday, so that sucked. Since I’d bought some King’s Hawaiian rolls, I made two “sausage … Read more

Was it good for you, where in the WORLD, an Easter bonnet mash-up, a reunion dinner, & dancing…

~Wednesday~  I parked at the Avent Ferry Park & Ride this morning, and walking across the parking lot, I ran into my friend Jackie, student team leader of our 2010 ASB Gulf Coast trip. From our short conversation to the bus, I learned about what the Food Lion management considers to be “perimeter” parking there … Read more

A blessing not heard, making your brown eye blue, hated in NC, underdressed, and an epistolary novel

~Tuesday~  I parked at the Avent Ferry Park & Ride in anticipation of heading downtown after work for the End-of-the-Semester SIGDOC gathering at Flying Saucer. There was only a handful of folks on the bus, and several of the kids on it were studying en route. It is exam week after all. In an unusual … Read more

Routine weather, black butt mounds, Regis on his rear, Tweetle twee and non-muppet emo…

~Monday~  The weather was beautiful again this morning, and it’s the type of weather that if I had to pick weather that I wouldn’t mind living in for the rest of my life, this would be it. I’m sure some of you would argue that I’d get tired of it—miss the seasons, perhaps—but I’m an … Read more

Working from home, 2 beneficiaries assigned, a Charlotte flight, $64 Bloody Marys, & Key West bound

~Wednesday~  I worked at home today from 6AM until 3PM. I took an hour lunch break, during which I rode out to my financial advisor’s to sign beneficiaries for a couple of my investment accounts. If my plane goes down traveling to or from Key West, I know three people who will be glad I … Read more

A short history in a fat book, an amazingly affirming gift, and an update on our Habitat house…

~Thursday~  I got a late start this morning, and after making my breakfast and lunch sandwiches while waiting for my four cups of coffee to brew, I drove over to Gorman and Avent Ferry to catch the Wolfline #9 Greek Village bus. A cute guy sat across from me reading Why GM Matters, presumably for … Read more