A room of my own…

Lately I’ve been having some grand dreams and visions of redecorating my ‘guest room.’  Over here at chez CWG, we play house in a center-hall colonial with four bedrooms.  Two people.  Four bedrooms.  How does that work out?
Bedroom one is our bedroom bedroom.  Our sanctuary.  The denizen of delight.  The love nest.  Ha.
Bedroom two is [...]

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Out To Lunch…

 

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Dining out of my comfort zone

Earlier in the week, Husbandito and I celebrated our anniversary at one of the swankier local restaurants.  Owing to my “palate of a seven-year-old”, this presented a challenge on several levels.  
Husban-dito and I thumbed through the ’seasonal menu’ and the evening went downhill from there.  As my eyes skimmed the pages, words like “infused”, “chutney”,  and “confit” jumped off [...]

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Your smile’s so bright…I gotta wear shades!

With the advent of television shows that promote “makeovers”, I’ve noticed an interesting trend: Teeth whitening is getting out of hand.
Teeth whitening used to be available only through dentists, but today the general population can pick up whitening products at every corner store.  And apparently they are.  Recently, one of my students smiled at me from [...]

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The Red Light (School) District

Each day on my morning commute, I drive by a local elementary school and without fail am stopped by the crossing guard so she can escort the “children” to the other side of the road safely.  Why is it that most of these ”kids” appear to need pimps, not crossing guards???
Let’s take yesterday, for example: A scrawny [...]

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