So Narda and I went to visit the "Gates" - the Jean Claude and Christo "saffron" concoction that is taking over Central park. My cable to upload photos is at work, and today is Presidents Day, a day to reflect on the greatness of past presidents, so lets go shopping, but that's another entry for … Continue reading the orange shower curtains

OK, I stole this from cat's blog (see below - House of Miao) - but this dude CRACKS ME UP! ok, I must be having link problems, so go here: Numa Numa dudeEdited to add he was recently on the Today show!

This first one is in front of my office entrance, at the bus stop. And this is that same East Harlem Morning - but a bit slushier (this is a street that is equadistant from our apartment and the subway station...

So today I learned that I need to "round my edges" - a valuable lesson, DAMN hard to hear, but I appreciate it. I'm a big, bold, brassy gal, and that can scare people sometimes. It's like I can see it all so clearly now, the previous events in my life where I felt that … Continue reading the performance review

this is totaly STOLEN from a mass e-mail, but it made me laugh my ass off, and I don't usually read stupid forwarded e-mails, but this one was worth it! Dear Abby! My husband has a long record of money problems. He runs up huge credit card bills and at the end of the month, … Continue reading Dear Abby

Winter wonderland in East Harlem this morning… and on my walk home last night from the subway… Here’s looking out of our apartment window towards the park…. and here’s looking out my window at work, looking down, towards the street… The pictures cannot give the entire picture of the enormity of the situation. it’s beautiful, … Continue reading I *heart* snow!

I belong to an on-line supprt group, called Fertility Friend, and even though we are now adopting, I have bonded with some amazing women there. I HAVE however, experienced censorship and it is frustrating beyond belief! I had a political cartoon in my signature, and it apparantly had a website in its code. Their "charter" … Continue reading Censorship

It is FINALLY snowing in NYC - My heart is SOOOOO happy! We've been waiting for so long, and now it's here. The only bummer part is my SHOES are SO Not Snow weather shoes. The weather folks kept lying through their teeth, saying we'd have snow. I stopped believing them. Now I'm wearing 2 … Continue reading SNOW!

this show drives me nuts, but like a train wreck, we watch every Sunday....

OK - JUST got off the phone with our Social Worker), and our home visit is scheduled for Friday the 4th at 10am - She meets the cats! ACK - Now if only I can get our cleaning lady to come on the Thursday before.... hmmmmm Now after the home visit, she's just waiting on … Continue reading can the claneing lady come early?