I may have to break this cleanse after we win tonight, as I love seeing Facebook when 90% of the statuses bleed black and gold all at once.

Starting today until Jan. 8th, I’m doing the John Mayer recommended Digital Cleanse: http://jhnmyr.tumblr.com/post/308807536/the-one-week-digital-cleanse It’s a short post from John, just read it, but to sum up: Guidelines: *email only from laptop or desktop computers *cell phones can only be used to make calls, and no text messages or e-mails are allowed – if you [...]

I should just change my blog design on a regular basis. I might be more consistent with that…

I haven’t been out of town for more than a day (that I can recall) since I went to New Orleans for Mardi Gras back in February. And I was sick. So very sick with a bad sinus infection. I haven’t been sick since then. So of course, with a couple days before I’m going [...]

Quick: source that post title… I’ve decided to give my actual website another spin. I enjoy Twittering my life away because it constrains me and I can’t ramble on for 14,000 words, but I would like to keep my photos more updated and put out there for people (independent of the crappy compressed photos that [...]

I figured it was time to move on from the Christmas theme. (Though JoAnn’s Fabrics still has Christmas items on sale for 90% off if you still need to stock up for next year.) Tweaks to come, as per usual. Getting ready to head out the door into the balmy 4 degree (a heatwave from [...]

Commencing brain dump in 3… 2… 1… We’re squarely into fall. What have I been doing since August? I seem to be busy. I don’t have kids, but things get busy when the kids and college students go back to school. As always there is Iowa Hawkeye football with Saturday-consuming fun that includes tailgating, painful [...]

I never write, I never call, I never visit. My brain has been on vacation this summer more than it should be leaving me with a backlog of photos and inconsequential posts that I need to make. But hey, give me some credit, I did manage to get up and go to the gym with [...]

Mac snoozing a few moments ago Over the past two weeks Mac’s appetite has really fallen off. She had a check-up at the vet eight days ago where the vet checked her for thyroid issues and other things. At that time the vet explained to me that studies have shown in very elderly cats that [...]

Its raining quite heavily here today (my umbrella suffered an unfortunate injury on the way in from the parking lot). But I wasn’t prepared for how hard it was raining until I went to walk out the door of my apartment building. There was a duck huddled next to the door looking in through the [...]