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Thanksgiving Thursday started off with a mammoth trek, a journey that I can

Lauren has asked for help compiling a list of things that women can use as a general resource, a how-to to help ourselves. There are several topics that I have no idea how to help on, but a few that I do-2 of them I’ll address here.
Home remedies, I have a few of-
For stomach [...]

I’m off to a business meeting for two days in what I consider the remote wilderness of England.
I’ll be thinking of Macy’s Day parades, football, and the buzzing hum of Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
-H.

I am not a very good friend.
It came to me a little while ago, when I realized that I had failed-I suck at being good. I’m terrible at being kind and supportive. I’m quite simply not what I should be.
What brought me to this?
I have a friend named Billie. Billie is a [...]

Once the depression eased off, it left a massive wake behind it. Angus and I have suddenly had bottles of Red Bull strapped to our backs as we go into Super-Hyper DIY mode. Finally, our university-style living room disappeared (a shame, as we’ve had guests who had to witness the utter styling horror [...]

As time has progressed, my tastes have changed.
My food tastes, that is.
As a kid I was a picky eater-in a flagrant act of rebellion against my father I would avoid his Asian food like the plague. The family would have sukiyaki, I’d have clam chowder. That, and considering the fact that every fucking [...]

A bit disjointed, but then I got very little sleep last night (just couldn’t sleep. And you know when you take a sleeping tablet to reach that sleeping goal, but it occasionally backfires and you overshoot the sleeping mark so badly that you spin around in bed and your legs twitch? Yeah. [...]

Being in the States is often hard for me, not simply because I travel to areas that I once lived in or near, that I once knew, but because I

I’m sure you haven’t noticed, but I’ve been in a bit of a funk.
No really.
Seeing as I’m a Monday-Friday girl (and have been since I kicked this blog off), September had me display a grand total of 10 posts for the entire month. Half the time I sat down and couldn’t think of something [...]

On Saturday I had to run some errands-that gold dress had to go to the dry cleaners, some groceries needed buying, and I needed a few picture frames. It was a typical blustery Fall day, and as I drove, leaves rained down on the car and bounced off, splintered, to the piles by the [...]

So what to tell you about Atlanta?
The flight, she was not good. The shopping? She was good. Too good. I knew I was in trouble when I walked into Crate and Barrel and had an orgasm. I was in bigger trouble when I walked into shoe shops and had multiple [...]

OK, so…I don’t like flying.
Amazing, isn’t it?
I have a hatbox that I keep my airline ticket stubs in-they’ll all in there since I started collecting them, late 2000. I’ve been on many, many flights the past 7 years. Hundreds, definitely. I might have even reached the thousand mark. I don’t say [...]

*Beep*
Hi! You’ve reached the home of Angus and Helen. We’re not available, as we’re jet-lagged, exhausted, fucked off, and substantially lighter in the credit department right now. But if you leave your name and number at the tone, once we’ve slept for 12 consecutive hours, done three loads of laundry, and figured [...]

Going to the States is always a strange experience for me. I get to see the things I love (Target!, Boston Market, Mexican restaurants by the fistful, Sephora, and in case I hadn’t mentioned it, Target!) I also see things I’m not crazy about. I always feel homesick. Then I don’t. [...]

28 November 2006
My Five Things
So Jamie tagged me (and she’s having a hard time, so go say hi to her) and really-I got nothing but acupuncture and “we’re starting soon” stories, so I’ll play along.
Five things you probably didn’t know about me:
1) I used to be in a Passion Play in Glen Rose, Texas, called [...]

Unfortunately, today is also lining up to be a hectic day. The kids are still here (they leave tomorrow, as do we) and there are one hundred thousand things to do. Yesterday I accumulated several hundred emails, but instead of actually being productive work-wise, Jeff and I spent the afternoon working on a [...]