Quotes found in my office

I am an obsessive quote collector. Really and truly, there’s something addictive about it. So, in the interest of memorializing what I see every day, here are a few from the post-its around my desk.
“Just don’t give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I [...]

My addition to the feast

Now that I’m the official chef of Thanksgiving for the in-laws, I wanted to add my own recipe to the mix- some new tradition I could call my own. The solution? Pie. Chocolate cream pie to be precise. Delicious Godiva chocolate cream pie that is so rich people asked for small pieces and then came [...]

Coming soon to Eleanor’s

An update to my therapist break-up saga.
A big change at work.
A list of my favorite parts of Christmas.
Bitter haiku for cynical people.
My recent makeover… with photos.
Why I love Pittsburgh… an outsider’s view from inside.

And for now…. a good night’s sleep. A girl needs her beauty rest.
Fondly, Eleanor

Swamp Football

Tonight’s entertainment, if you can call it that, was Monday Night Football on the 75″ projection screen at the local bar. Steelers (7-3) v. Dolphins (0-10). Piece of cake, right? Here’s the guy version of what happened.
Now here’s the girly take on the game: The kick-off was delayed due to rain and they sent out gangs [...]

A reminder to read

The annual New York Times 100 Notable Books list is up and despite considering myself quite the reader, I have only read three of them (ok, and one of them was Harry Potter). I can highly recommend On Chesil Beach. However, I could barely make it through the first few pages of The Yiddish Policemen’s [...]

How to spend a Sunday

It was officially the end of my four day hiatus from work. The dishes from Thanksgiving finally got wrapped up yesterday, and the house was still relatively clean from the holiday prep. The Fiance’ had redeemed himself on Saturday night for his Friday turkey-dom and sent me out for a few hours with B and [...]

Something to be thankful for

OK. In the interest of figuring out my bad attitude, it’s time for an overly cheerful list of things for which I am thankful.
I am thankful (in no particular order) for:

My $20 electric heating fan that makes my room toasty without raising the gas bill.
Enough money to feed myself, my fiance’, and his whole family [...]

Turkey and turkeys

 
So what do you do when you realize you’ve been a turkey? And because you are a turkey others react to you like one?
 The Thanksgiving feast preparation went off without a hitch for five hours. Until 30 minutes before dinner went on the table. The kitchen was crowded. For those of you with normal size [...]

“Where she and her dreams can grow”

 
I assume everyone’s seen the commercials running in every t.v. break for Playskool’s Rose Petal Cottage? This playhouse for girls is supposed to be every little girl’s dream house and comes with a stove and optional sink, washing machine, nursery set, muffin baking set, and lounge chair (which she should need after cooking, baking, doing [...]

Good for a Monday

Mondays are the curse of the week. Sunday nights lead to despair knowing I’ll be back up at 6 am the next day in uncomfortable clothes in my office taking calls and answering email all day. But for some unknowable reason, I could bear it today. Maybe it’s the promise of a 3 day workweek [...]