Gomez came by looking for N to walk the dogs and I put my shoe on and attempted to walk with him to the Magnolia Bridge. I was hobbling behind him and it felt like he was walking so fast I was thinking about my mother’s slowing down so much lately – and what R had said the other night that when she had come by to visit and I was on the porch with…
Mom called and left several messages while I was in the bathtub – now mind you this was my first time in the tub in a while as my feet have been bandaged, but finally given the green light to soak, I dove in and didn’t want to get out. I was headed to meet G at Swirl for the Tuesday night tasting, and I called mom on my way and here’s the exchange: Mom…
The stainless steel panels finally arrived from Lowes and I was able to get them on the fridge. This has been a four part process – ordering a stainless fridge, having a custom panelled one delivered, ordering the stainless panels, having only one show up, and now finally all three are in. Pulling out the fridge though punched a hole in the floor. If this is the way it is – one foot forward, and…
I went to get my stitches out this morning after my houseguest left and I told my doctor that I liked him a whole lot better before this whole surgery thing. He smiled thinly in response. Then he began to contort my toe like it had not just had surgery, been stitched back together, and been stuffed in a corsetted bandage that had basically caused my flesh to dissolve. He said do this exercise three…
A friend forwarded me an email exchange amongst girls in California preparing for a bridal shower – okay, let’s just say I live in the South and last night one of the most embarrassing stories was one of mine and had to do with my first marriage. K took me to get a daquiri one Sunday afternoon before we got married and the daquiri was so large it needed a handle (let’s not mention we…
I’m thinking I would love to go to Turkey this year and have been speaking to Fatma about going with her on a boat and spending time at one of her two houses there. Meanwhile, spent a day on the phone with sources – always a good day at work when that is happening – and then when M finally got her hotline sent in from the conference – we drove over to the Parkway…
When my colleague returned from the conference, G came over and we all three went to La Vita to sit outside and have a salad, but it’s more than a salad, after we sat down, Y pulled up with M and they both came over, and then F came and sat with us, and then M showed up too and came and sat with us and then a new Turkish guy appeared and he sat…
My neighbor came by yesterday to visit – we were talking about stuff – she’s been single for five years after coming out of a very bad breakup. I said yikes, I’m 17 months into being single and everyone keeps saying I need to get back out there and I keep running for the bathtub instead. She said you have to visualize who you want and I said, I don’t see any visualization of what…
March 25, 2007 Slow Down, Multitaskers; Don’t Read in Traffic By STEVE LOHR Confident multitaskers of the world, could I have your attention? Think you can juggle phone calls, e-mail, instant messages and computer work to get more done in a time-starved world? Read on, preferably shutting out the cacophony of digital devices for a while. Several research reports, both recently published and not yet published, provide evidence of the limits of multitasking. The findings,…
Seems like I can’t walk out the door with someone not speaking to be about The Secret. And what is the secret? That positive thoughts attract positive action. This is a secret? My neighbor brought over the DVD because the universe now understands that I am not going to buy and read the book, and the Secret wants an in to my life. So foot up, shackled to my couch, I am watching The Secret…