Marla's MindSay Blog

blast to the past

aubree — 2008-06-24T09:06:17-05:00

While tidying up around the apartment I turned on the TV and came across Oprah doing a show on past-life regression. Eric makes fun of me whenever I confess to watching Oprah because I'm always complaining about how...

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peak

aubree — 2008-06-21T01:06:33-05:00

Happy Solstice! There is always something very exciting about the longest day of the year, tinged as it is with the knowledge that it's all downhill from here. ;)

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great expectations

aubree — 2008-06-19T05:06:55-05:00

I just channel-surfed my way onto the opening credits for "Whose Wedding Is it Anyway?" and was confronted with the following voice-overed declaration:

"This is your one day to express yourself."

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house porn

aubree — 2008-06-12T08:06:46-05:00

These are heady days -- Eric and I are on the hunt for our first home. Can it be that our life in the shadow of Wal-Mart will soon be coming to an end? Yes, it can. And while there are advantages to a 400-step commute...

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a place to lay my herbs

aubree — 2008-05-14T04:05:33-05:00

For several months I have been on a casual but frustrating hunt for a cute garlic keeper, and can't for the life of me figure out who mandated that every garlic keeper has to look like this:

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auctioneering

aubree — 2008-05-09T04:05:20-05:00

I'm spending the later part of this evening on the phones for the New Hampshire Public Television auction. Eric's mother volunteers every year and invited...

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where sugar goes to die

aubree — 2008-05-05T08:05:33-05:00

Totally. Old.

But at least I got a pretty necklace and a pilgrimage to...

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spring sprung and a table to prove it

aubree — 2008-05-01T02:05:06-05:00

The sun is shining in southern NH and I've just returned from moving the car back to the apartment parking lot after the street sweepers made their yearly pass. Freshly buffed pavement -- can there be a surer sign of...

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choices people make

aubree — 2007-08-17T01:08:51-05:00

Was reading a news story about a woman who committed suicide following a cancer diagnosis by setting herself on fire in a parking lot. It definitely makes you wonder about the workings of the human mind -- assuming she...

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swf with cake seeking unattached room.

aubree — 2007-08-08T10:08:11-05:00

Here's a challenge for the un-faint of heart -- find a wedding reception location on two months' notice!

To give some context as to how I find myself thus pickled, here's the long-story-somewhat-short...

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