Snip, Snip

Posted by on Nov 8, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Today, a haircut. This isn’t earth-shattering news, but it’s been a while. A bra-strap length while, actually. Hair with my kind of curl doesn’t need to go that long, especially since my favorite shoes are a variety of Birkenstock–Tatamis, the cute ones, but Birkenstock nonetheless. Add the streaky going-back-to-natural hair, and you have a recipe for granola girl, which...
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NaNo Update, Week #1

Posted by on Nov 7, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Week One of NaNoWriMo is ending, and I am already seriously behind. My first two days I was ahead of the curve, mostly thanks to a complete synopsis that I’d typed out and divided up amongst the twenty planned chapters of the book. So the word count is including the synopsis words, which will be replaced by text words as the weeks go on. Fair enough.As usual, my problem is that damned...
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Tuesday Ten: TV Shows on DVD

Posted by on Nov 6, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Drat that wench Macy O’Neal. She knows what a procrastinator I am and tags me anyway for a Tuesday Ten. She’s probably figured out that once I get started, I must continue–pretty much my OCD limit, but there you have it. *sigh* So now I have to come up with Ten TV shows I’d like to have or already have on DVD. Kind of a problem, since I’m a big cheapskate and...
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Here We Go Again

Posted by on Nov 1, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Not satisfied with one round of crazy, we embark yet again on the month-long insanity which is NaNoWriMo.Stepping into the batter’s box, Life After Little League–a little romance, a little women’s fiction, a little like me. Sort of. At least, the mom and the baseball part. Divorced, not so much (thank God). Forward into the breach…
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Books and Cooks: Eat, Pray, Love

Posted by on Oct 23, 2007 in dish | 0 comments WE’RE READING: I’M SERVING: FEIJOADA (BRAZILIAN BLACK BEAN STEW)An old friend of mine (Macy O’Neal, holla!) recommended this to me, so I included it in my choice list when I hosted Bs&Cs last month. It won, so there you have it. Briefly, Elizabeth Gilbert goes through an horrific divorce, then spends a year finding out who she really is through the pursuit of pleasure in...
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