Ramblings of a girl getting older

Tomorrow is the big day and I will officially have entered my late twenties. I know. I’m still young. There are many people older than me, including the Husband (who’s almost dead forty), who would scoff at me calling myself old, but let me clarify.
It’s just… I’m getting older. And so are the people around [...]

See’s Awesome Peanut Brittle Bar

I wouldn’t technically consider this “trying something new,” but after I took my first bite, I decided I couldn’t keep them to myself. The world needs to know about these delicious treats!
These peanut brittle bars are described as “crunchy peanut brittle drenched in milk chocolate.”
Isn’t “drenched” such a great word? Everything should be drenched in [...]

It’s one of the reasons I’ve stopped answering my phone

One of the pitfalls of working in a hotel are the inevitable requests for discounts from relatives you haven’t heard from since the last time they needed a hotel room.
These usually end up being the worst kind of guest. It’s like they suddenly forgot how to make their own reservations or even travel, period. It’s [...]

Terrible TV you should be watching

If you haven’t been watching Date My Ex: Jo & Slade, you are missing some truly wonderful awful television. I just got around to watching the most recent episode last night (I watch everything late thanks to the love of my life: Tivo) and I swear… BEST ENDING TO AN EPISODE OF REALITY TELEVISION EVER! [...]

You, too, can photograph fireworks!

We normally don’t stay for the fireworks display after Friday night games due to the heavy traffic after and, well, The Husband gets embarrassed when I start “mooo”ing as we, and thousands of strangers, try to maneuver our way down ramps and through gates.
This time, I’m glad we stayed. Don’t let anyone tell you that [...]

I find baseball extremely boring. Please don’t tell my husband.

I was dragged along to not one, but two Angel’s games on Thursday and Friday night. The Twins are in town. The Husband was not going to miss it.
So, I did what I always do when I’m forced to do something I have absolutely no interest in. I brought my good friend, Nikon, along for [...]

Lindt Excellence Chili Dark

(More blue glare. And some blur. Again… my bad.)
While The Husband and I were at Target, I decided to take a stroll through the candy aisle and see if anything caught my eye. I grabbed this the instant I saw it. I’ve wanted to experience this combination of flavors ever since I watched Chocolat. (And [...]

Don’t come between me and my ice cream

I’m sorry, but last night The Husband made me mad.
It was all over ice cream and how he had agreed to get some with me, but once we arrived at Golden Spoon he decided he wanted Starbucks which was right next to the ATM we had just left and I didn’t understand why he [...]

Not to be confused with Skywalker

I’d like to introduce you to someone. This is Luke.

And he was not named after the Star Wars character, thank you very much. (Fact: I only just watched the Star Wars series a year ago. And… they weren’t bad.)
Luke and I were meant to be together. He was the last of a litter (the runt, [...]

Everyone should have a kite that means this much

I saw this on the news as I was having lunch. I just have one question. Why didn’t he let go while he was being dragged through the sand?
Post Script: Twenty-four hours after I threw this up, I was having lunch when I noticed CNN was still showing this clip. I immediately muttered “idiot” under [...]