Archives for January, 2011
And so do you. I think that, no matter how honest and straight-forward you are, we are many-faceted beings. That not everyone sees all our facets, the whole enchilada, at one look. That, to put it simply, your mom knows one version of you, your best friend another side of you, your next door neighbor [...]
You guys know I run a high-brow, classy FROS program here. Every week, I bring you the best of the best of the best. Quality – that’s what I strive for. And good abs. In keeping with that concept, and in honor of the new list of Academy Award nominees, I thought I’d do a [...]
I live in the suburbs. I guess you would call it a semi-rural suburb. That means there aren’t enough sidewalks and there are patches of woods around the neighborhood. For an area that has been built up for decades, we have a lot of wildlife here. Deer don’t need much wilderness to thrive and those [...]
On Monday I had to call AT&T because my external internet modem has been having seizures and is likely to expire at any moment. During the course of the call I discovered that a) my modem, being 7 years old, is of the dinosaur era and is now being replaced by a much more efficient [...]
The other night, my TV service went out. It was out for about thirty minutes, and I panicked. I don’t really watch that much TV compared to all the hours in the day, but from about nine to eleven or so every night, I watch TV. That is my unwind. Every night! It is very [...]
I’ll let you in on a little secret. I have no garden. I have landscaping, but that’s not the same thing. Landscaping is what builders put in to entice you to buy their houses. Gardens are what you nurture so you can continue to ENJOY the house you bought. I don’t do gardens. They require [...]
This week fellow goddess Julia London sent me a picture of a sexy beast named Rafael Nadal. This is the picture she sent: Yeah. I know. I had the same reaction. Naturally, one picture does not a FROS make, so I did a little “research.” Our man Rafael is a tennis player. A very, very [...]
Most of us are going around grumbling about how cold it is outside and how tired we are of winter. It’s dark, it’s glooming and we’re all ready for some warm, bright sunshine. Right? Well, Fun Contest Saturday is going to give you something bright and fun at least! We’ve got lots to celebrate this [...]
As I’ve mentioned in my last post, my son broke his collarbone last week and I had to fly to TN to help him out. By the way, my son is doing much better. Here’s a picture of his new collarbone and the phenomenal four inch metal plate that holds it all together: For a [...]
I know it’s only January. Far too early in the year to be thinking of where I’d like to spend my summer vacation, but it’s been raining here for about five days straight and I’m going a bit stir crazy. Also, I have to fly to the east coast three time this year for business. [...]
Jane has shown herself to be, gasp, a Chain-Yanker. I’m sure you know what that is–someone who will say something they don’t necessarily mean just to shock or play around with their audience. I am not myself a Chain-Yanker (well, maybe once in a while), but my family is, which is why I know exactly [...]
When I was younger, I didn’t believe in ideas such as the position of stars at the moment of your birth could influence your personality, or that there were other dimensions and different spiritual possibilities to life. But as I got older, and presumably wiser, and opened my mind to all the many possibilities of [...]
Once again, I’m stealing FROS from Karen, so I can tout my OWN hunky guy. In this case, it’s the inspiration for Giles Masters, hero of How to Woo a Reluctant Lady (coming out Tuesday!!). Since he’s a barrister (that’s what they call lawyers in England), I couldn’t help choosing an actor who played a [...]
My son fell and broke his collarbone last week . . . actually, he fell while jumping a five foot fence in an effort to impress a certain unworthy chica. Yes, I know. Epic Fail. I flew down the same day to be with him and while I’m always glad to be with my children [...]
This blog is dedicated to Julia London because when I send her recipes and cookbooks she just laughs and makes a reservation. Love you! Last week I watched the premiere of Food Network’s Worst Cooks In America with Chefs Anne Burrell and Robert Irvine. At the start of the show I was thinking “How bad [...]
Suzie’s post yesterday got me thinking about collections. For someone who doesn’t collect, collecting has been a big part of my life. I have been doing research into collecting for years, especially art collecting, and I have lived around collectors for decades. My husband’s family had several major collectors in it. His grandmother collected, among [...]
A few days ago I invited my weekly lunch group (we all used to work together) to my house for pizza. One of them had never seen my house, and I figured she wanted to take a look at my infamous “display room”, with all the Star Wars, X-Men, and Lord of the Rings figures. [...]
There are some good looking princes out there, and I’m not talking Disney. I’m talking Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, also known as the Duke of Värmland: He’s a real, live, bonafide prince and has had a princely life. As a youth, he served in the military for a short time, attended various colleges, and [...]
There’s a famous little interview/questionnaire out there with list of questions for the famous and/or interesting person to answer. They are short questions and require only a very short answer, sometimes one word. Of course, the whole thing is supposed to be very revealing, those short, simple questions leading you down a very intimate trail [...]
Quite often, readers email me and ask if my books are going to be made into movies. The answer is always no. Not any time in the near future, anyway. The fact is, my books have never even been optioned for movies. Not even by Lifetime. The channel that is more open to making women’s [...]
Please welcome guest Goddess, Gayle Callen back to Mt. Oly! A USA Today Bestselling author, Gayle Callen writes historical romances for Avon Books. Named the “Notable New Author of 1999,” Gayle has also won the Holt Medallion and the Laurel Wreath Award, and finaled in the National Readers Choice Awards. Year Round Holiday Decorations Hello! [...]
We’ve had two snows this winter already, very rare for central North Carolina. It’s making me eager for spring. When we moved here from New Orleans (where it snows about every ten years), our first snow was magical. Hubby stood out in the yard marveling at the flakes while my son danced in it. Two years [...]
