I am an impulse shopper, big time. It’s part of why I have to impose Online Shopping Bans on myself from time to time. But when it comes to something I am nostalgic about, nothing stops the money from flying out of my hand. “They” got me good this morning, but I don’t even regret …
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Gotcha!
5 years and approximately 5 days ago I went with my sister-in-law to a local rescue shelter. We were going to “just look” at some doggies. They had recently lost one of their dogs to a sudden illness, Rudy. The remaining dog, Chopper, needed a buddy and Heidi was ready to start thinking about a …
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It’s not my favorite day. I have mentioned how brutal August has been in the past, and today is the date that all started. Late in the night of August 30, 1990 we got a phone call that changed my life. We needed to get back to the hospital, it wasn’t looking good for our …
What Happens on Tuesdays?
I am not so old and set in my ways that I can’t adapt to change, am I? I am an agreeable and fairly easygoing person. I don’t have a heavy social agenda too often. I have for the past few years had Thursdays off. I kind of like that because it gives me a …
I’ve Done Everything For You
It’s August 23rd. A magical day on my calendar. It’s my boyfriend’s birthday. You say, I thought you were terminally single, Carol? Well, it’s my Forever Pretend Boyfriend’s birthday, Rick Springfield. On this beautiful day, 70 years ago (wow!) my hero was born in Australia. He had to travel a long way to get to …
The Gifts of Music
Now that I started this, I spend a lot of time thinking about what to write. The best ideas come when I am nowhere near a place to jot it down or save it. Like a grocery list, I would likely misplace it anyway. So I got to thinking about what is the best gift …
How to Spot a D-Bag
My years of working in the restaurant world has cultivated a great knowledge of the D-Bag. I can go on for hours about how to spot one, the clues, their habits and mannerisms. If I thought I could make money doing it I would be teaching a seminar on it now. And sometimes people surprise …
Saturday? Makes cents…
I have been a bartender for almost exactly 29 years. I got my first bar gig about a week before my Dad passed away, so it’s easy for me to remember. Tack on about 7 years of random restaurant and Dairy Queen work and I have been in this business 36 years, give or take. …
The Friday Morning Beat Down
A year and a half ago, I started up again at a gym. This happens fairly regularly, and I have failed at it fairly regularly. I just don’t do so well with the self-motivating stuff. I want to improve my health and appearance, but the getting there is tough. The last time I had done …
August 14th: Cheeseburger, No Lettuce.
August is a tough month in my family. I do not know how one month can gang up on a particular group of people, but it does, and I hold a big grudge about it. Mostly it started back in 1990, when at the end of August my dad, Ed, died unexpectedly. That’s a big …
Coco's Veiw of the World 