A Toast to Me!

In 2001, my dad had a mild heart attack.  It happened 3 days after I placed him on a plane back to California from Texas – he and my older brother came out to help me move into my new house that weekend.  I’ll never forget the phone call my brother made to me.  It [...]

One of my mom’s favorite songs is Bing Crosby’s “Mister In-Between”.  Every now and again you hear her singing: ” You’ve got to accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmative Don’t mess with Mister In-Between” I find myself thinking of this song a lot lately.   Let’s face it, shy of living [...]

Sometimes life is about compromise, other times it’s just about letting things sort out on their own.  Wow, ok, that’s a little deep — but today I find myself being reminded that I can’t control everything – or even anything for that matter.  The past couple of weeks I’ve had the pleasure, and the challenge, [...]

A couple of weeks ago I made a reservation to attend  I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change! at The Repertory East Playhouse (or as we call it “The REP”) with a few friends.  It is a musical comedy about “everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws… [...]

I’m a Virgo. If you haven’t heard, Virgo’s can exhibit certain characteristics — like being a perfectionist. I admit, I’m not a perfectionist in most areas, but when it comes to books I am. Crack the spine of a book — WHY? Why would someone want to deliberately create a crack in a perfectly bound [...]

Ok, so I don’t miss the actual beverage itself per say.  What I miss is The Loose Goose.  I miss waking up and going to work with my friends and with my wines.  I enjoyed my job. I didn’t even mind working on Saturdays!  I have, on many occasions, been accused of “bleeding Loose Goose”, [...]

It’s a cliche’, I know, but most people can’t help but glance at the magazines displayed at the check-out stands while in line at a grocery store. Where some go for the tabloid magazines, I am consistently drawn to the one magazine – Woman’s World. And at $1.79 an issue, it often makes it onto [...]

I know that I’ve done this before — the weightloss thing.  But it’s just difficult to stay motivated towards my health with so much going on around me.  I used to be at a place in my life where money was no object, where I was able to do the things I wanted to do, [...]

I read an article today that challenged the reader to take stock of this past year and identify things that could have gone differently and work on those items rather than setting resolutions that won’t last the week.  So this is what I’ve decided to do.  I’ve decided to identify those items that I did [...]

I just finished reading an article in Oprah’s magazine about how she feels now that she’s gained weight.   It so interesting because I really never felt like I could relate to her before.  I mean she’s a billionaire, with enough money to hire staff to tend to her and chefs to cook healthy meals for [...]