The birthday list really does what I want it to do (= distract me). I wasn't even brooding about my birthday until I started receiving birthday greetings in the mail last week from stores that I shop at. Oprah magazine came through with a perfectly timed issue called "Age Brilliantly." I read this article... Continue Reading →
This is my 500th post! Thanks to everyone who reads this random blog. Starting a blog was on my birthday list for 35 and here we are four years later. In a few days, it will be the final 30-day countdown for this year's list. I have 10 items left! It's always a race... Continue Reading →
Italy is in my blood—between 10 and 25 percent of my blood, according to ancestry.com's DNA test. My mother's maternal grandparents were Italian. They are my daunting "brick wall" as genealogists like to call situations that are a mystery. I have their birth and death dates but are not sure where they grew up.... Continue Reading →
This girl was on fire the other day. I banged out three birthday list items: Framing Every year I like to try a new crafty thing or two. When I saw a Living Social deal for DIY picture framing a couple of months ago, I thought BINGO. And the place happens to be a... Continue Reading →
I'm still getting over the news about Philip Seymour Hoffman's death. I did a triple-take when I saw it on the news on Sunday. He was such a brilliant actor, one of my favorites. He was so talented and seemed to be a humble and unpretentious person. Also, whenever I read or heard something... Continue Reading →
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