The Cheesecake is Rich

So I’m writing this from the luxurious TownePlace Suites on 71st St in Indianapolis. I should probably be packing, but Gene’s still asleep so I can’t turn the lights on. Next stop, another Marriott property and the in-laws and a wedding on Saturday (yay!). Indianapolis has been wonderful. Mom and I spent a ton of [...]

So, back in the day I had a Speak and Spell and a Speak and Math (or whatever the math version of the Speak and Spell was called*). I credit the Speak and Math with my ability to do simple math in my head. (I also credit my mother’s handy memory tricks such as “Refrigerator [...]

So I guess I have to give Mom back to Indiana. Yesterday, my actual 29th birthday, was awesome. I wish I could say we did all sorts of fabulous things, but it went like this: donuts, grilled cheese, home improvement TV, walked the dogs, more TV, dinner, watched the Candidate, sent Gene to bed, more [...]

So, I’m going to Indianapolis for my birthday. Yea!!! Now “all” I have to do is book a flight. Somehow, doing this is harder than I imagined. My travel dates are air tight and can’t budge, plus Gene may be out of town when I go so I have to figure out how to get [...]

So Gene’s devotedly playing Fallout 3 on his XBox. I have no idea what game is about except that Gene is very proud not to have eaten any corpses (???), but I do know that the soundtrack is very limited and VERY maddening. It’s a fairly endless loop of “Anything Goes” and other old songs [...]

(Sorry, gentle readers! There is simply no other way to title this) Ball State University, alma mater to both David Letterman and your friend LaineyD, is the #24th ranked college football team. And NO, not in Delaware County, Indiana, but in the entire country. And by country, I mean the United States, not some sort [...]

Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday dear Daddy! Happy Birthday to You!

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Birthday Macauley/Bill, and Gene and I are on vacation in Indiana after a fabulous run in Ohio. I think we’re leaving tomorrow. We had a marvelous late Xmas with our families. I gave Gene a Mr. T in your Pocket toy and my family gave me not one but [...]

Today is my mother’s 29th birthday. And yes, she DOES look amazing for 29. I hate that I have to miss her birthday this year, but I’ll be in Indianapolis for Macauley/Bill’s birthday (January 2) so that’ll be different.

Thanksgiving 2007 is coming up way too quickly. For once, my in-laws aren’t coming down here to celebrate with us. At one point we had plans to go up there instead but I really don’t want to. Ideally, I’d love for Thanksgiving to just be Gene and I this year (super ideally, the boy would [...]