charm school dropout

i heart you

andrea — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:47:30 +0000

I always enjoy finding heart shapes in unexpected places. Once my son gave me a heart-shaped stone that he found. I still have it today and I love it.

So imagine my joy when my dog, Coco, left me a heart shape…

In urine. On my living room floor.

Thanks, Coco. That was . . . → Read More: i heart you

hot date

andrea — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 03:57:46 +0000

This afternoon I had a super hot date with Vlad the Plumber*. That is if by “hot date” you mean “appointment with the plumber to get the kitchen faucet replaced”.

Yeah.

Kitchen faucet looks great.

I, on the other hand, am heartsick with infatuation. Vlad’s the bomb.

Sigh.

*No, Vlad is not a plumber . . . → Read More: hot date

i’m making god sad

andrea — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 04:55:28 +0000

There’s a little church that I see every day on my way to and from work. Like many churches, they have a marquee on which they usually have clever religious quips and quotes, along the lines of “Eternity is a long time to be wrong” or “No it is not hot as hell.” Although . . . → Read More: i’m making god sad

fun facts – man parts edition

andrea — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:25:40 +0000

This afternoon it was unbearably hot in my office, due to the combination of the heat being on in the building and the sun blasting in doing its greenhouse effect thing. It had to be at least 80 degrees in there. Downright sweaty. Which lead to the unpleasant result of the . . . → Read More: fun facts – man parts edition

a gift of love

andrea — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:59:50 +0000

In my neighborhood we have an email list that comes in handy for getting the news out about a lost dog, when you have something for sale, the neighborhood teenage car break-in ring, and other various odds and ends. Or if you want to pontificate.

Yes, there’s always one who ruins it for . . . → Read More: a gift of love

november

andrea — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:32:58 +0000

November horoscopes are here and here.

I’m an Aquarius and I especially liked my blacked out version. “Stare at a painting for an hour”. OK. Will do.

Preferably while I’m at work.

kicking it up again

andrea — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:22:52 +0000

I’ve decided to fire up the old blog again.

I’ve been blogging over at Homage Style about interior design, but this is more about the ridiculous stuff that happens on the average day. Every day.

For a while, actually a couple of years, I did exactly that. But no link to that blog here, . . . → Read More: kicking it up again