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I am an East Coast expatriate hiding out in the Midwest...

I am an urban gal living in the suburbs and occasionally hiding in the country

I am a yoga practitioner, fitness enthusiast, believer in the mind-body-spirit connection...

I am a mid-life "revert" to the Roman Catholic faith in which I was raised and which has become an enormous source of support, encouragement, inspiration, and joy in my life...

I am a mom, sister, daughter, and wife...

I am an explorer; adventurous and curious about the world and people around me...

I am educated in the formal sense but I gain insight through everyday living...

I created this blog at a time of great fear and apprehension in my life. I chose to sustain it because of the discoveries about myself and the world around me that it has revealed.



What you can expect to find here:
  • the documentation of a love-hate relationship with the greater Philadelphia area
  • reminiscing about the good-ole-days (the 80's!)
  • complaints about my various ailments and injuries, both real and imagined
  • pictures and stories of gardening, decorating, shopping, sewing
  • my love of irony
  • links to kooky news stories
  • way too much scatological musing for sane people


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    Pictures, I've got Pictures:

    My dogs

    My Rockin' Van


    "El Cabino"

    Me

    Some of my faves from the archives:

    Hustle 'n Flow

    Orange Crush

    The Sounds of Silence and Smell of Bum Wine

    The War of the Shmatte

    Pseudo

    Channel

    The Summer of '86


    East Coast Stylin' in Photos and Words:

    More Fun on Passyunk Avenue

    Me and the Girls

    Back In Town

    Pygmalion



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    Saturday, February 12, 2005
    Anti-valentine

    I spent some time this week loitering around the card aisle of a neighborhood drugstore searching for an appropriate Valentine for my husband. I am hardly one to be un-sentimental, but even I was audibly wretching after reading verse after verse of syrupy nonesense. Some of these cards literally embarassed me. My embarassment erupted into to annoyance as I realized that a flipping CARD was causing me to blush and sputter as I shoved each schmaltzy paper greeting back into its holder.

    I have found the solution to this saccharin dilemma.

    Although significantly less than in the spirit of the "holiday" (I give wide berth to that classification), some of these e-cards are pretty stinkin' amusing.

    Hubby already sent me the one about dying in a room smelling of cat pee...how ROMANTIC! *sigh*



    Posted at 09:49 pm by brandy101

    Posted by Miss Ginger @ 02/17/2005 09:24 AM PST
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    Posted by blueskelton @ 02/14/2005 09:36 PM PST
    man i blew chances for two girlfriends today talk about the anti valentine I am the antivalentine today. I should have gone to work lol at least i could have made some cash
    Posted by Nic @ 02/13/2005 09:50 AM PST
    Try finding one for an Ex that neither is too mushy or gives the wrong Message. Kansas City is the home of Hallmark Cards and each day I ride by it wondering what kind of people write that crappy sentimental "schmaltz". It scares me to think they may be in the checkout line beind and infront of Me at the market and what can dinner conversation be like?

    I wanted to approach Hallmark about creating a card division dedicated to Nasty Greeting cards for people you hate and for ex's. I too send cards on-line and prefer www.kinkycards.com (go figure)
     

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