Luxury
The weekend was a lot of fun, and today was productive. I had a haircut, which may not be productive, but it was luxurious. The hairdresser washed my hair and conditioned it with hot towels and massaged my scalp. After […]
A Different Week
#2 son came home. #1 son came over with his home made guacamole and the three of us played Discworld: Ankh-Morpork in the evenings. Then the boys left for a tournament and a rock band battle respectively, and #2 daughter […]
Housewives and Cake
I made this cake yesterday, for the blog of one of my clients. It’s very loosely based on the classic Gateau Miroir, and is quite yummy for a cake made entirely from convenience products. It was supposed to have been […]
Vacation Makeover
The Weekend Makeover project may have gotten a little bit derailed by the fact that I’m working through my weekends these days, but I think I’m on track. Last weekend I noticed that I have a nice collection of hobbies […]
All Work Weekend
It’s been an all-work weekend… but is that really true? I went to early service to change the paraments this morning, and saw some people I don’t usually see. I had lunch with a nice young designer yesterday and then […]
Midsummer Makeover Weekend 2
This is not a free weekend. Last weekend didn’t change my life, but I’m doing my makeup with slightly more skill, working out every day, and I lost another pound and a half this week, so I am forging ahead […]
Midsummer Makeover, Continued Again
I worked all day yesterday and much of today, but I’ve still had a workout every day and my husband and I went to the farmers market today and stocked up on vegetables. The smell when you cut a carrot […]
Midsummer Makeover, Cont.
Continuing with my plan to lump the first three Weekend Makeovers into one holiday weekend, I saw to all the sorting and tossing and deciding parts of the three. I tossed out a couple of jars of special mustards that […]
The Glorious Fourth
This is the song we’re singing on Sunday in church. I am one of the trio — the doo-wop girls, I said, the Maryettes, said Mary, who is the soloist. “Marionettes?” asked the tenor in the group. In any case, […]