Checking out with my favorite cashier at my local Target--she never fails to have a smile on her face, and to put a smile on mine ( Read more... )

My equally lovely friend caffyolay has assigned me 5 topics on which to wax eloquent and explain my love for, so without further ado, here we go ( Read more... )

Yes, I am, so nertz to you ( Read more... )

After trimming the tree, and making a dash to the store for a few things, I went to a couple of events tonight: first, the annual Memphis-area Human Resources "holiday" social, held at the U of M Holiday Inn. I went at the beginning of the evening, hooked up with an old friend in the buffet line, and we spent the better part of an hour chatting ( Read more... )

Remember I made cupcakes yesterday? (yes, entire worldwide audience nods heads in unison ( Read more... )

Good Lord, it's cold here! Bet you didn't guess this was a weather post, did you ( Read more... )

There's nothing like going to my favorite bookstore, finding the perfect Christmas gift for a friend, and then finding out that, because I'm a member of their "Gives Back" program (a percentage of everything I buy goes to benefit the Memphis Literacy Council), I save an additional 20% on that book ( Read more... )

Icarved one jack-o-lantern yesterday before our neighborhood party, and I have 2 uncarved pumpkins--enough to make a nice display in the middle and each end of my front porch ( Read more... )

So I've mailed my international Halloween cards, and this afternoon I addressed my out-of-town ones ( Read more... )

Ah, now that was a moment for the ages--8 gold medals in one Olympic Games, and the clear affection and camaraderie the team has for each other ( Read more... )