Category Archives: Blah Blah Blah

This is my default category and consists mainly of my mundane ramblings.

Pavlina divorce

Remember when I wrote about one of my favorite bloggers deciding to enter into a polyamory relationship with his wife? I was pretty shocked. Well, last week they announced they are divorcing. Which is odd because a couple days before the announcement I had a dream I went to one of his Conscious Growth Workshops and he kept hitting on me and all the other women in attendance and I felt HORRIBLE for his wife. And then a couple days later it comes out they are divorcing. Could I have psychically tapped into his consciousness? At any rate, the one thing I can say about Pavlina is: he is always interesting. Polyamory, juice diets, graphic descriptions of his bowel movements… I just keep reading.

One of my other favorite bloggers has gone through something similar. The Sartorialist suddenly has a French girlfriend! I totally missed the post where he mentioned what happened to his wife and children. ‘Cause he had them and then suddenly they are GONE and girlfriend Garance is here! I get an icky feeling each time I read his posts in which he gushes about Garance because I can’t help but feel bad for his wife and kids. Maybe it’s not so bad. I really don’t know the situation.

That’s the problem with these crazy digital relationships…. you think you know people because you read them every day. But it turns out you know jack sh*t. Who can blame them for leaving out the most important parts of their life? It’s not our business. And we are left guessing.

Change happens. Lord knows I’ve gone through different boyfriends on this blog, old friends disappear, new friends appear… things change and you just keep writing.

Good grief

There have been times in my life when I think I am having a bad spell. Think, being the operative word because something invariably pops up to remind me how lucky I am. And of late I had been dwelling on some not so positive aspects of my life — but I got one hell of a reminder yesterday that my life is peachy keen. A friend of mine lost her only son in a car accident. I heard about it last night. I spoke to her today. She is understandably beside herself in grief and I want to help but everything I could even imagine saying rings perfectly silly. But I will continue to try… even if it’s just to listen and pray. She is such a good person and I hate that this had to happen to her.

stuff

1. Chock Full O’ Nuts is great coffee! And it’s cheap! A few weeks ago, I had my parents over for dinner. They are snobs when it comes to coffee. My father actually mixes his own coffee beans and grinds them himself. So I served them Chock Full O’ Nuts and they asked, “This is good coffee! What is it?” CHOCK FULL O’ NUTS!!!!

2. I really want to go to the shore today

Things I hate…

I hate writing proposals.

I hate cleaning.

I hate going through mail.

And I gotta do all these things. I have two proposals to write today and I have been putting them off for a whole WEEK! Once it’s done, it translates to possible work and possible MONEY! Why do I have such a hard time sitting down and writing them? The end result is almost always good. Yet I always have had this issue. Back at my previous job, I hated proposal writing. I don’t know. There must be a psychological explanation.
Maybe I am scared of the possibility of rejection? Scared that I will make a mistake. Scared I will have totally missed the boat? Maybe all the above.

Okay, here I go. No more ands, ifs, or buts. I’m gonna do it! And I am gonna have it done before NOON! Let’s go!

really.

now.

Start it!

Donna’s Pearls of Wisdom

I am not one to give advice. I love those self-help gurus but I could never imagine telling people how to live a perfect life.

But with that said, I do have a couple pearls of wisdom I try to share with the young people.

1. Save your money. Have a nest egg. Live within your means. Spend wisely.
2. If you have the means and ability, do not put off things that you could do today.

You see, I only came upon #2 recently. It was formed because I keep kicking myself that I didn’t get new flooring in my house and do a couple other home repairs last year when I was raking in the dough. And even though I didn’t spend that money for other things, I just put it in my bank account, I do not feel like I can spend it now. Coulda, woulda, shoulda.

Live and learn.

Anyone have any pearls of wisdom they’d like to share in the comments?

Dealing with plumbing issues

I had a trying couple of days. Remember how I said my shower was finished? Well I was wrong. It wasn’t finished. The shower knob no longer controlled the temperature of the water. Yeah, you read that right: I couldn’t adjust the water temperature. And I kept asking my contractor to come back and fix it but he was busy and it took awhile to get him back out here.

On Sunday he stopped by with a plumber and as they turned off the water so they could fix the shower, the water valve or whatever the thing is snapped. My water was off. They fixed the shower and then told me they would be back on Monday and I should have the Water Authority out to turn the water off from outside. Monday morning I called the Water Authority and the guy tried to extort 180.00 out of me. Yeah. He said it would cost me because it was a holiday. I held my own and he ended up coming out free of charge.

My contractor and his plumber swapped out the broken valves or whatever the heck they are and my water is back on. HOORAY! I was surprised at how well I did without water. Minus the whole inability to flush, it wasn’t too bad. I got through it. And I am hoping this is the end of house fixes for at least a year.

Is Roy Wood still alive?

One of my Facebook friends is Kevin Walsh of Forgotten NY blog and book.  He posted a video of one of my newer loves, Alvin Stardust on his Facebook wall.  In the comments someone mentioned Roy Wood.   The name was familiar but I couldn’t place him.  So I looked him up on Youtube:

I ask you, is it even humanly possible to forget THAT?!!?!

Apparently it is.  But I remember him now.

And somehow I thought of Russell Brand and I wondered if Roy Wood was a hero of his when he was growing up. Â