Slackerville

Posted by on Oct 20, 2009 in dish | 0 comments mimi has been a very naughty monkey about keeping up with her blog lately. At least twice a week, she has a brilliant idea for a blog topic, and then whammo! Craziness at home or school and it flies out the ol’ ear nary to return. Now that the pile of grading is no longer casting a shadow so long she believes she lives in permanent shade, mimi should be better about updates. But you know...
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Divided by Five

Posted by on Oct 6, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Big doin’s today. Tonight at exactly 9:08 pm (CST), mimi hits the 4-5. I am officially in my mid-forties. Amazingly, it feels not unlike mid-thirties, except I spend a lot more time in the car driving Frick and Frack to music lessons and baseball and softball and what have you. I could stand to lose a few and have ridiculous snow on the roof for a Florida gal, but the wrinkles on my face...
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Blowout, Schmowout

Posted by on Aug 13, 2009 in dish | 2 comments Got my fresh back to school haircut today (yay!) and decided to let Ms. M, my hilarious Sicilian/Greek (how’s that for a nice, quiet house to grow up in?) give me a blowout. mimi is usually all about the curls, but today, why not something different?Know what? Me no likey. It feels fun, but MAN, is straight hair annoying. It’s In. My. Face. In my eyelashes. In my mouth. Hanging over...
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Ten Favorite Things to Do During "Me" Time

Posted by on Jun 9, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Browse a bookstore.Read.Infosnack.Write.Stay in my pajamas all day.Watch girly movies and cry.Listen to college music and reminisce.Daydream.Talk to friends I haven’t seen in a while.Fix something yummy that’s on the naughty side.
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My Spicy Sweet Chili Self

Posted by on Jun 4, 2009 in dish | 0 comments Dream Agent, bless her heart. After a few rounds of email tag (how did I manage this before BlackBerry?), we finally manage a business call. And it’s a doozy.She looooooooooves the high concept hook of my proposal she has in house. The execution, not so much. As in, not crazy about the inciting incident, not completely wowed by some other story elements, not really feeling the...
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