Screw the Gingerbread Man

Did everyone have a lovely weekend? Did your weekend include anything fantastic or earth-moving, like getting a brand new front-load washer and dryer that makes little musical sounds (rather than deafening buzzes) when a cycle is complete? How about rockin’ out for two nights straight to the Beatles Rock Band with your hubs? Hmmmm…. did [...]

Do you Crave a Juicy, Fat Butt?

Let’s be honest here, pals. We’re all gonna get a little thicker over the holidays, if we haven’t already. Speaking for myself, I already forced a lean cuisine week after the weekend o’ pie, which some would otherwise call Thanksgiving. It’s just the facts of life, how the cookie crumbles, the way the ball bounces, [...]

Of the ‘Lucky Country’, Mate!

 I’m not Australian. If I were, I’d make a concerted effort to grill on a regular basis just so I could say “bah-bie”. I’d also call everyone a “mate” – which Americans might not take well to, nor my hubs. I’d understand all the craze behind this product they call ‘vegemite’ which, from what I can tell, [...]

Fashionably Late Party Tricks

One. More. Day. I’m slowly trudging through one nightmare of a week. Things would be much better around these parts if the threat of impending snow wasn’t littered through the morning news, if the construction crew across Michigan Ave could take a few days off (just for me – why is that so impossible to arrange?), [...]