Post #137 – Revenge is a dish best served without Coca-Cola cake…
Five or six years ago when my father was still living, he and Nana Maude came to visit every fall for my son Rory and my husband Charlie’s birthdays- which are only 3 days apart. I wrote about Nana in...
View ArticlePost #140 – No, I don’t drink wine – I drink Merlot, and what’s that in your...
While visiting Nana Maude down South last week, I took her to Olive Garden, one of her favorite restaurants. I’m not a huge fan of the Garden, but their spaghetti and meatballs are okay. However, every...
View ArticlePost #142 – Jim was just hanging out of what?
The night I met Jim (Thompson – see my previous post -http://tenaciousbitch.com/2014/08/04/about-james-thompson-author-of-snow-angels-my-ex-husband-who-died-last-weekend/, I was waiting tables at the...
View ArticlePost #143 -Alive and well despite my suffocation…
No, I was not nor have I ever been in danger of suffocating. T’was a joke, you know. However, the corporate prison I’ve been living in for the last five weeks does make me feel somewhat claustrophobic....
View ArticlePost #144 – You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! There is no crying uncle here…
This year, my sister, Fiona, received the Merry Christmas, “your job has been eliminated” speech as her box of wonder from her employer in mid-December after 17 years of faithful service. Awesome, is...
View ArticlePost # 145 – Good news…bad news…and you can’t be f’ing serious?
So, I’d forgotten how exhausting job hunting can be! And I cannot believe the fuck-ton of cyber paperwork that is required for a job paying $10 fucking dollars/hour. Yes, folks, I said $10 – a scant...
View ArticlePost #146 – Perhaps, I shall execute it in blood…
LUCKY ME, a recruiter named Lisa with Reliance Consulting spied my resume on Monster.com and called me about a job at one of the largest banks in the U.S. – doing something in their mortgage...
View ArticlePost #158 -The Oddest, Coolest Mother’s Day Gift Ever
Those of you who know me IRL (in real life), you’re aware that I’m weird. And that such is an adjective I wear proudly. So, it won’t surprise you to know that my husband gave me a very strange gift for...
View ArticleHis Name is Jar-Jar the Terrible
Had trouble sleeping last night. Nothing new to read, and I couldn’t turn on the TV for fear that my horrible recurring nightmare had come true. Jar-Jar Binks, aka Jar-Jar the Terrible, just bought...
View ArticlePost #160 – About The Expiration Date and the End of the Beehive Hairdo
Knowing that each of us has an expiration date does not make it any easier when we’re told that the end is near for a family member or a friend – even if that person is 99 years old. I got that phone...
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