I get a lot of e-mail from a childcare site where I worked in the past. It pops up periodically with messages from parents, searching for babysitters or to fill nanny positions. I usually open them without thought, curious what the request is and why after so many years, the cookies on this site still have me listed as a sticky candidate. So I open … Continue reading Hey Dan, Call me.
Don’t worry, it’s a short test, but it’s graded on a pass/fail. Did you know this test has a scientific origin from the 14th century? Back then, I doubt people had the time to use it for the purpose we typically wield it with today. It all started from a compound called lichen which is like a fungus that grows on rocks or trees. A … Continue reading My Litmus Test. Can we be Friends?
Exhibit A—the title of my blog. Annabelle Blogs. Is blogs a verb? I suppose it has to be here, right? A sentence must contain at least one noun – pronoun in this case, (Ha!) and a verb. Is that right? Could blogs it be a noun? Blogs—like newspapers, magazines—those are nouns. How am I going to get past this so I can write the actual … Continue reading Punctuation
Beyond jazzed that this happened! I’m looking forward to the learning experience, the people watching, the conversations with unsuspecting strangers, and the thrilling possibility that I may be seated on a jury. I’ve been called for jury duty only once before. It did not go well. Back then I was bopping around in high heels, the classic Louis Vuitton bag dangling from my arm, any … Continue reading Yay! They Called me for Jury Duty!
I just spent an hour and fifteen minutes of my life trying to get the right vertical scroll on a folder in my computer to re-appear. I will never get that time back. What else could I have done in that amount of time? Made a kick-ass lasagna and side salad for dinner. Worked out. Taken the dog for a walk. Cleaned the bathrooms. Watched … Continue reading Down the Rabbit Hole
Are dryer sheets a thing of the past? Am I getting old? I heard about this dryer sheet thing on the radio. I’m going to run fast and loose with some stats—so don’t quote me. Apparently millennials—that’s those folks who were born anywhere from 1980 through 2005, don’t understand the concept of fabric softener. This generation—or Generation Y, or Gen Y, are slippery. You need … Continue reading You’re not as Cool as you Think
It sits in my drawer. Someone won. I just completed my morning toilette – that’s French, folks, for washing and dressing, look it up. Marie Antoinette had lots of help with this, but I have no time for frilleries. (If that’s not a word, I don’t care). The point is, I used my toilette time not to focus necessarily on my appearance, but to fantasize … Continue reading I Want to Check My Lotto Numbers but Am Afraid to Lose the Dream
Which is not the problem. Dogs bark, good doggie, you are soo brave. No, the problem, as I reward my puppy for protecting us with her vicious golden retriever looks and bark, is that I have new neighbor’s moving in. Again. Sigh. Now why is this a problem? Let me tell you. Because I don’t have cookie dough in the house and I don’t want … Continue reading My Dog is Barking at the Neighbors
Writing Prompt from 642 Things to Write About by the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto Hmmm. Two dollars isn’t a lot of money, unless….we go to the Google machine and go back in time. Let’s figure out what it would have been worth in the past! (Just for fun) Turns out, it wasn’t that fun. Various sites claim that in 1913 a dollar would be the … Continue reading Two Dollars Isn’t a Lot of Money, Unless…
Writing Prompt. Let’s go. The first thing that comes to mind would be my body, but that may be cheating. Even though I adore cheating, I’ll try to think of an actual item. Something solid. We have a few antiques, passed down to me from previous generations. But then, that seems obvious – a bit off the mark for the task, too. Hmm. Something that … Continue reading The Oldest Item in Your Possession
