The phrase of the day is "spoke too soon."This morning, we woke to hear about snow in various parts of the Chicago area. O'Hare got a trace, so it's the first measurable snowfall of the season. About 8 AM, when I got in the shower, I let mom know that we didn't get any. Then, 40 minutes later, as I'm back in my room and getting dressed, mom ( Read more... )

I've long had a thing for stuff that glows in the dark. I was one of those people who had glow-in-the-dark stars on my ceiling for ages--into my 30s, truthfully. I took them down when I painted back in 2009, but I didn't dispose of them; I still have them, crammed into a little box, in case I found another use for them. Along those lines, I ( Read more... )

Sorry, it's another camp-related story. See, back in my day, making friendship bracelets was one of the fun activities to do when we weren't rehearsing. My cousin taught me how to make a sort of weaved one using embroidery floss, and later I learned how to make the knotted kind. I have so many of them I've thought about somehow combining them ( Read more... )

For the longest time, my mother had no idea what Silly Bandz were, never mind that there were multiple news stories about them in the spring. Heck, all she had to do was go to camp with me; about half the population (including counselors) had them, it seemed. Even last week, at the block party, some kid walked past us with an armload of them; I ( Read more... )

Today, despite the cold and clouds, wasn't so bad. In fact, overall it was pretty good ( Read more... )