Sunday Afternoon

Posted by mimi on Apr 3, 2005 in dish | 0 comments Benjamin Franklin said that you could count on two things in life: death and taxes. I say you can count on three: death, taxes, and my husband taking a nap on Sunday afternoon.What is it with men, anyway? They get the nap gene hard-wired into the DNA, we girls tiptoe around them multi-tasking until our brains are tapioca, and they wake after a couple of hours semi-refreshed and ready to watch...
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I Suck.

Posted by mimi on Mar 31, 2005 in dish | 2 comments Ever have one of those weeks where nothing you do satisfies you? I’m having one. I look around and can’t find anything to be happy about. I suck at work (don’t have my lesson plans done). I suck at home (place is a wreck, and we’re still finishing up the trim work in the bedroom). I suck in the closet (nothing to wear, and I’m overweight anyhow). I suck health-wise...
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Two Minute Pity Party

Posted by mimi on Mar 25, 2005 in dish | 1 comment I didn’t final in the Golden Heart.Again.While installing our new bedroom floor, I had one ear tuned to the phone, just in case someone from Houston was calling to tell me that Crash Test had finaled in the Novel with Strong Romantic Elements category. The phone rang several times, but none of the calls came from Houston.**sigh**I’ll live. It’s not the first time I’ve...
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Paige Davis, Eat Your Heart Out!

Posted by mimi on Mar 22, 2005 in dish | 0 comments It’s Spring Break in sunny Central Florida, so lots of moving and shaking at Chez mimi. Instead of lying around on the beach with the rest of the tourists, we’re in full-bore home improvement mode.The men who are recovering my counter with granite came to make a balsa-wood template of my kitchen today. That was cool. I’ve never seen a butane glue gun before. About two weeks...
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