Queen Mediocretia of Suburbia

Putting the TMI in absentminded

Month: April 2007

  • Let Me FINISH!

    Okay, so here’s the thing: five HUNDRED people have come by for a visit from Erin (Out of Character)’s blog. Everybody, turn and wave! Hi! I learned my lesson the last time this happened. One day, loads of people visited from the message board for the BNL cruise I went on in January. I chose…

  • In Which Gary Pushes My Buttons

    From: EllenTo: GarySubject: Squee.June 15, 16 or 17, or 18BNLChicagoA nice anniversary present ——————————————————————– From: GaryTo: EllenSubject RE: SqueeI don’t mean to complain but email is a sophisticated communications protocol. You can send me a whole paragraph. I have no idea what your last email is saying. ——————————————————————– From: EllenTo: GarySubject: RE:Squee.Seriously.What word confused you?Let’s…

  • Sharp as a Tack!

    Mom proved her brilliance and superior memory today. She remembered a game/parlor trick we used to play in my youth. It was called Black Magic, and evidently I was adept at it. I can not remember a thing about it. Mom remembered the rules and sloooowly explained them to me. I kept thinking, “This must…

  • Gary the Hunter

    I am cooking up a storm for the tea. Since it’s a masquerade tea, all the foods are foods in disguise. One of the entrees is mock turtle soup. This calls for a variety of things my sister-in-law Karen will not eat, including hard-boiled eggs and sherry vinegar. I sent Gary out to the grocery…

  • Speed Fighting

    Gary and I fought a lot in our formative years. We fight just as much now. We just fight faster. For example, last night we had a fight. I went out to dinner with a friend, I came back, and I started doing some work from home because we have a big deadline. Plus, I…

  • DAR

    DAR

    During our conversation about Masons this weekend, Mom reminded me we were also in the Daughters of the American Revolution. At least, we were invited, a relative had done all the footwork and traced us all back to some civil servant who worked with George Washington when he was a surveyor. I don’t know if…

  • Ellen Gets a Haircut

    So I followed Marcia’s lead and got my hair cut at a West County Spa and Salon. Bear in mind, I’ve been seeing Sue for over a quarter of a century. No more Sue, though. Now for something completely different. “Steve will be right with you. Would you like some wine?”“No.” (Word count: 1) Steve…

  • Gary Gets a Haircut

    Gary came in after his first non-Sue haircut in 26 years. “Looks nice,” I said, “Who’d you have cut it?”“Linda. She cut my hair once before Sue started cutting it.”“Huh. And you were able to find her again?”“Well, she followed Sue to that one place in Hazelwood. Oh, and she said she remembered my hair.”“She…

  • I Have a Secret! Whoops, Now I Don’t!

    So, there’s this new guy at work. Let’s call him Non-creepy New Guy. He was explaining his college career, and in the course of his college history said, “And then, when I became a Mason -“ “A Mason?” I squealed in delight. “Yeah.” “Like a Secret-society-special-handshake-also-known-as-the-Illuminati MASON?” “No. The Illuminati? Are you serious?” And then…

  • Silent Music Lesions

    I came home Friday to a voice mail message from my doctor. “Ellen, I wanted to give you the results of your MRI -“ He went on to say that in a side-by-side comparison with the last MRI I had three years ago, I only have one additional lesion. (A brain scab, to the rest…