I promised to post "after" pics of the bathrooms of the house we just finished rehabbing. But, since I had some free time on my hands this weekend - thank God! - I took the opportunity to put together a slideshow of the total transformation. Pretty… Read full post »

It's that time again. Time to flex those writing muscles and submit your best fiction stories for FICTION FRIDAY. Don't make me hunt for your stories - shoot me a PM with the link to your work, so I can post it here. Your help will be greatly appreciated… Read full post »

After two-and-a-half long and extremely trying months, we are finally nearing the end of our second house re-hab. This one was a special challenge - think: Tom Hanks' character laughing hysterically after the bathtub falls through the floor in The Money Pit. Oh yeah, it's been that kind of insane.… Read full post »

Also available in the extended version YOU SAY I'M A SARCASTIC BITCH LIKE IT'S A BAD THING. Coming soon in paperback.

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 A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WROTE FICTION, SENT LINKS AND POSTED A WORK OF FICTION TODAY

I apologize if I am missing anyone, I've tried not to, but if you did a Fiction Friday post and don't find a link to your work below,… Read full post »

"I've got a crush on you!" His voice was an urgent whisper as Jim and I stood, shoulders touching, at the coffee table in the back of the room. Nearly everyone else had taken their seats and the two of us had lingered, as we… Read full post »

Okay, people. Show's over. Nothing to see here. Move along.

David, this one's for you. 

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Having read some astoundingly good contributions to Fiction Friday, I am compelled to (hopefully) direct some of you to those fine pieces of writing. You won't be disappointed by a single one of them - they are all THAT GOOD, truly worthy of your time. I read these/… Read full post »

Is there a more romantic language than Spanish? Or a man more suited to sing Spanish love ballads than Luis Miguel? I'll let you make up your own minds.....

So, I'm sitting in Starbucks waiting for a call from the contractor who went to get the materials to install the countertops and sinks in the two bathrooms in the house we're rehabbing. This particular location is not my choice of Starbucks cafes, but it's close to the house where I… Read full post »

 Now that I have your attention (well, some of you, anyway,) can we talk? I've been thinking about this a lot. For a long time. I want a man. Not just any man, mind you. A very specific man.

Let's be very clear here. I already… Read full post »

Still in the spirit of Halloween this morning..... and this video is just too damn funny. It's one of my all-time favorites - makes me laugh no matter how many times I see it. It's a perfect representation of the kind of sick, twisted humor I love. Happy day… Read full post »

In honor of this most auspicious of days, I'm taking off my bitch costume and putting on my bumble-bee costume. Check it out:

BUMBLE BEE TUNA....BUMBLE BEE TUNA.....BUMBLE BEE TUNA

Now, for the really good photos:

Right after this picture was taken, Wolverine accidentally poked hims… Read full post »

Gird your loins, people, I've held my tongue as long as possible and I came loaded for bear today. Normally, I am a forgiving soul, someone who will give you the benefit of the doubt and I usually try to think the best of most people. For whatever reason (and no,… Read full post »

I remember only bits and pieces of the weekend when I first met my sister. Looking back at photos taken that weekend, the shock we all felt is apparent on every face, except for my mom, who seemed happily oblivious to the bizarre tableau being staged in her cozy family… Read full post »

“Mom, what do you mean your “other daughter?”  I ask, speaking in a calm, soft voice, as if to someone who is maniacally waving a bomb around, threatening to drop it at the slightest provocation. In reality, she had already dropped the bomb, but my brain was struggling to catch/… Read full post »

 Kathy, Me and Mike

I'm nothing if not resilient. Rolling with the punches is one of my foremost strengths. To prove that point, (as if you need convincing of it by now) let's jump in the time-machine and fast-forward from 1970 to 1983. By then, my brother and… Read full post »

I'm at an interesting place. Following the frenzy of several gut-spilling posts in the Little Girl Lost series, culminating with the first-time-ever-in-the-history-of-the-world public confession of being molested by my step-father, I seem to have no more words. I still log on to OS several times a da… Read full post »

It happened when she was thirteen-years-old. Just out of the blue, with no warning or building of tension or anything like that. She had just come home from school and was in her bedroom sorting through her homework, trying to decide where to start.… Read full post »

The years passed, time went forward and life in Kimberly’s family became a mixture of hope deferred and turmoil. Some days were better than others; some days were filled with simply survival. Kimberly and Michael learned to be as invisible as possible. It wasn’t a foolproof plan. Sometime… Read full post »

The little girl named Kimberly was very smart so she quickly learned all the rules of her new family. She also learned to keep all of the secrets, even from Gommy and Bert, although this made her sad. She didn’t remember very much about being happy, now. But she was so… Read full post »

I'm happy to report that I've had an extremely enjoyable and relaxing weekend, due in large part to lots of time spent with my adorable grandchildren. Just because I can, I'm posting some pics of my two youngest grandsons. Why? Because they make me smile and because I'm a grandmother and… Read full post »

I realized today that I'm tired. I watch the news - and turn it off, because it drains me. I browse the OS cover (yeah, yeah, I know - so shoot me) and it is conpletely exhausting. Browsing the main pages of AOL or Yahoo or MSN have the same effect.… Read full post »