A million years ago when I started this blog, or actually "A Bead a Day" it was called then, I did it to advertise the jewelry I w...

NOT ME A million years ago when the Internet was young, I put a Google alert on my name. My first name, only, then promptly forgot about it....

.. weighs 10 lbs!!  At the vet tonight the vet tech said - at 20 years old, to be gaining weight like this - just doesn't happen!  Whate...

Riley is 20 now.  He's bony and cranky and sleeps a lot which is probably quite normal for a cat his age. But recently he started losin...

. Buying something online tonight sent me into the kitchen to my purse to get my wallet.  While in the kitchen I remembered it was time to ...

                      .. it's the other. Aren't they handsome kitties?  Riley and Jake when they were kids. Now, both have thyr...

..I mean really, wouldn't it be great to be able to stretch out and nap wherever you wanted to - regardless of anything going on around...

. Jakie with her feeding tube Usually I write about Riley, my crabby ol' man cat.  He's old, he's crabby, and he has a thyroid c...

. This is a picture taken when I was – I dunno 15 or 16 maybe.  It was the day I was cutting off my hair to just above shoulder length and g...

. He's called the crabby old man cat for a reason.  According to the vet Riley is around 17 years old.  Pretty old for a kitty.  He is t...

How many nights do I go to sleep picturing myself getting on the treadmill (never outside, I'm not THAT crazy) and running like I...

I don’t remember ever actively thinking about what kind of old lady my mom would be. But I think I always liked the idea of a Maxine. A...

Do you ever wonder what people think of you? I don't mean obsessively. I don't mean like you seriously worry about it or even care...

I don’t have one of those electric or gas powered hedge trimmers and to be honest, I’m a little afraid of them. When I was in high school ...

There are many indignities associated with going to the doctor, especially the gynecologist. I hadn’t been for a while – okay 2 years – an...

I didn’t read a single blog today. I feel like I should look around furtively and whisper that. Sh-h-h-h… I’m really not sure what I was doi...

Today is my one year blogiversary and I almost missed it. I am amazed that it has been a year already and I have "met" so many ...

* When I was a kid messing around in school, there was always fun to be had with glue. We would lay a thin puddle of it on the inside of our...

* So last night my car wouldn’t start. I got the whine over and over but it would not turn over. Luckily my daughter is home from school...