If there’s one thing Southern gals know how to do, it’s gab. Silly or serious, all it takes is a glass of iced tea and time. Pull up a chair, kick off your shoes, and make yourself comfy…get ready to dish!
Mii, Fit?
Rushed out to my favorite French store, Targét, this morning and managed to pick up a Wii Fit board, the Holy Grail purchase of the new year. Anything to get me moving, since I do very little of that!Buttercup has a Wii Fit and has been using it to do yoga, so I started with that. Turns out the board is much slower than I usually go when I’m doing yoga at home. Slow’s supposed to help tone the muscles better than zipping through poses (although ashtanga can really kick your butt if you’re not ready for it).The interesting...
read moreSo Sexy!!
Found a link to the “Sexy Name Decoder” on Katherine Garbera’s website…too funny! Here’s what I found out mimi really means:Get Your Sexy Name
read moreJoining the Tribe
New year, new goals. Best buds and general partners in crime Nancy and Kathy and I are forming our very own DietTribe. If you haven’t seen the show on Lifetime, check it out here. Much more helpful and inspiring than The Biggest Loser, methinks.Nancy has done a fabulous job explaining what we’re up to in her post “I Get Fly With a Little Help from My Friends” at The Sisterhood of the Jaunty Quills. Nip on over and give girlfriend some love, won’t you?
read moreLater, Sooners!
Pretty, ain’t it? That’s the BCS Championship trophy, and the Florida Gators just won another one, putting away the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14. So, Big 12, how does it feel to get your butts chomped?A little advice for next time, teams from the midwest (are you listening, Ohio State?)–when a gator clamps down on its prey, it DOESN’T. LET. GO. There’s a reason they call it a “death roll,” folks! Remember that next time you talk smack about Florida football!
read moreOut the Door!
For pickup today: two boxes of assorted kitchen tools (including a ginormous clay roaster that has never emerged from the cabinet in which it was originally shoved) and six bags of outgrown, outmoded, outdated clothing (children keep growing, and I have decided that super-high heels are no longer my thing, thanks). Yay! Now if only weight loss were this easy. I have about 20 lbs. I’d be glad to leave on the porch for someone to pick up…
read moreYou Say You Want a Resolution…
…well you know/we all want to change ourselves.Day one of a fresh new year, and I never made it out of my pajamas. That’s a successful day, methinks! I did work, though, cleaning out kitchen cabinets and making hoppin’ john and collards. How many times do I have to tell you people, Florida IS in the South!Today’s the day for New Year’s resolutions, but I’m not going to get all weird about those. Instead, some goals for the year:Finish 2009 healthier than I started.Continue decluttering my house.Read every...
read moreWrap It Up
mimi will not be changing her middle name to “Nostradamus” anytime soon. On January 1, I made the following predictions:Florida will not get hit by a major hurricane despite Apocalyptic reporting from The Weather Channel and nearly every Florida newscaster drawing breath. – Right on the money. Go me! Second career in meteorology!Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination for President. – Um, nope.Mitt Romney will win the Republican nomination for President. – Um, nope again!Get used to saying “Madam...
read moreFlorida, For Real
Pretty, aren’t they? These are two of the Spanish horses from the wild herd roaming Paynes Prairie. Nice day spent with the rents, all the grandkids, and lots of walking and nature. Not a bad way to see out the year.
read moreFirsts by Francis
This year, I decided that one of my more attainable goals would be to read the entire Dick Francis backlist. One, although I couldn’t plot one to save my life, I enjoy reading mysteries. Keeps the brain cells busy. Two, I have never wholly recovered from my girlhood horse obsession. Therefore, Dick Francis books, written by a British ex-steeplechase jockey and usually set either in or tangential to racing, have been a perfect match for years. But I’ve never read all of them. This year, I decided to rectify that fact.Francis, who...
read moreMerry Christmas!!
For those of us who never experience a white Christmas, a little snow, courtesy of Currier and Ives:Enjoy a restful and blessed holiday!
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