October 2011
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Halloween Past
Halloween was duly celebrated in my house, but I was never a huge fan. I liked it, don’t get me wrong, but I didn’t live for Halloween. After about sixth grade, it got dull, and I stopped after 8th grade.
But I did have some fun costumes. The few that I remember:
A witch (avec mask)
Little Red Riding Hood—my mom made the cape. I had a red dress w/ a fluffy underskirt (a...
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Lilo, why are you all wet? →
the-absolute-best-gifs:
LOVE this part of the movie. :) Love this whole movie, actually.
Halloween movies
What’s your favorite movie to watch on Halloween?
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Reformation Sunday →
Over at CPG.
(Yes, you can imagine I’m not all about this “holiday.”)
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New CGP goodness →
The Governor's Palace →
Williamsburg: Tour of the Governor’s Palace
Williamsburg Day 1/ beginning of Day 2 →
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Black Swan costumes: sketches to final cuts →
How I LOVE this work! The pictures are great.
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Places to go...
On my “see before I die” list:
England/Scotland/Ireland, esp. the Jane Austen tour of England
Hawaii
Italy—several trips. :)
I’d like to go skiing, somewhere. But the Rockies sound nice. :)
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Simple Woman's Daybook--October 24, 2011
Outside my window…well, can’t really tell because my blinds are drawn. But it looks sort of cloudy from what I can tell. :)
I am thinking…glad my stomach is cooperating now! Also, that Once Upon A Time last night was really good. I now have something to enjoy about Sunday nights. If you didn’t see it, the general gist can be found here. (I think you can even watch the...
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A mess of their own making →
Brent Larkin nails it.
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A Tumblr Meme :)
Well, OK, not really,b ut I like some of these Qs:
A: What is your life ambition? To get to heaven. Other than that—to get the memoir on paper. :)
B: Have you ever been beat up? Have you beat anyone else up? Nope. I did hit a girl with a paperback book one day in elementary school, though.
C: Last time you cried? Last week
D: Are you afraid of death?No. “To die would be an...
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Rachel Barton Pine, violinist →
How one moment can make a difference in someone’s life.
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Concert Review: CSO and Rachel Barton Pine,...
Tonight was the first CSO Masterworks concert at the Southern Theater—yes, that’s a change for you long-time CSO fans. This year, Maestro Zeitouni is having four concerts at the smaller theater, in order to take advantage of its great acoustics and share its music in a more intimate setting. Having never been to the Southern, I was very happy with the classical decor and design...
Hakuna Matata! →
What a wonderful phrase!
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The reason I still have my teddy :) →
I KNEW this was what was happening when I was asleep. I KNEW IT!!!!!
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10 years...
10 years ago today, I was 19 years old.
I was engaged.
I was a sophomore in college.
9/11 had happened a little more than a month ago.
We were fighting the war in Afghanistan.
And I was in the PICU—and doctors had given up on me.
Well apparently, the “giving up” part was yesterday, according to my mom (who has a strange brain ability to remember all these things).
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Brilliance
OK, yes, I have an iPhone. (No, it’s not the 4i, it’s the 4—I got it about a week before the new one came out. I wanted it cheaply. :) )
And yes, I’m sort of an Apple freak (for example, I’m writing this on my MacBook).
But if you have a CI, you owe it to yourself to check out the iPhone. I can, for the first time since my surgery, actually make phone calls and...
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Little Seal
If you haven’t read—or heard of—the blog Our Little Seal, you need to pop over and read it. Emily Rapp writes about her son, Ronan, who has Tay-Sachs, which, in the genetic disease suckiness lottery, is REALLY high on the charts.
Not that CF was a picnic, but at least my mind wasn’t affected. I could walk, talk, see, eat, understand. I could, after a certain point, assume...
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Hey, people?
If you haven’t already (or, like my sister, are allergic to it)….
GET YOUR FLU SHOT.
OK, now I know, a lot of you “never get the flu.”
You don’t want it. Trust me. I’ve had it once, and it was less severe because I had the vaccine, and it was STILL very unfun.
The 1918 flu epidemic killed healthy people. Lots of them. Lots of young, healthy people.
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Seven Quick Takes Friday
Even though it’s not Friday anymore…still gonna quick take. :)
A beautiful and blustery day here. Making chicken for lunch and then going for a walk. When it’s sunny, you gotta take advantage of it before Ohio winter sets in.
Sort of have a cold…but it could just be my sinuses being dumb, as they are prone to do. Feeling better post-shower, which is always happy. I keep...
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“You say grace before meals.
All right.
But I say grace before the play and...”
– GK Chesterton
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A new blog is born.... →
Me and two friends and a book club.
What more do you want?!
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Catholic iPhone apps →
I review three of ‘em over at CPG.
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Say whaaaa?
OK, this is an Emily Rant.
If you are a smoker, and your lungs suck, then I DO NOT want to see you on a transplant list. Full stop. I know you can quit smoking and then they’ll evaluate you, or whatever. But I don’t think that smokers should get new lungs. They screwed up their first set, so why give them a second?
Yes, I know, they can quit smoking. I know that alcoholics have to...
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Weekend Rewind
Yes, I know, I did the Daybook first and this second…out of order. :)
FRIDAY: Friday was spent in the ‘Burgh as the last day of vacation. It was my cousin Brendan’s 8th birthday, so his mom had a party for him and his younger brother, Justin, whose birthday is really in August, but he’s three, so he wasn’t really aware. :)
Justin’s wearing the crown Brendan...
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“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at...”
– Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
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The Simple Woman's Daybook--October 9, 2011
Outside my window…getting dark—the porch lights are on (I do love my porch light!)
I am thinking…iPHONE!!! (I just got one.) Huzzah!
I am thankful for…improvements that make it easier for me to communicate w/ the CI. (Although I still have to figure out mic placement…)
From the kitchen…lots of options! Probably a carbonara this week, but also Williamsburg...
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Recipes from Williamsburg--Sally Lunn Bread and... →
First recipe from the Williamsburg trip.
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I'm back!
At Chowing’s Tavern, sporting my mob cap. :)
It was a great trip. I learned a lot and had an awesome time living in the 18th century for a few days.
I’ll be having several posts here and also on the Felicity blog about the trip, with photos, food, recipes, and more.
But I just wanted to start with—I’m back!
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Saturday Evening Blog Post!
I love this, and it is, as always, hosted by the lovely Elizabeth E.
My favorite post from the last month? This one.
