~ Henry Moore So I realize this post is a little late in coming all things considered as here we are in mid January and I'm just getting around to writing a post regarding resolutions (or as I'm calling them this year: declarations!). But there's been quite a bit of noise in my head as […]
“Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.”
~ Liz Smith My thoughts have been rather scattered lately so I decided to embrace it and write a post based on the more interesting tidbits running rampant in my mind. I was getting my hair cut and colored on Friday when a young girl in high school came into the salon. She had white-blonde […]
an·noy/əˈnoi/Verb 1. Irritate (someone); make (someone) a little angry: “your cheerfulness annoyed me”; “rock music loud enough to annoy”.
I've been a bit crabby this week. Mostly because I'm sunburned and can't sleep because I can't get comfy because I'm sunburned. It's a vicious cycle, I know. So rather than trying to come up with the mental clarity to write stuff, it's going to be a randomized post. My family has a cabin on […]
“Summer is the time when one sheds one’s tensions with one’s clothes,…
… and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world." - Ada Louise Huxtable So here we are, July 1st. Exactly six months left of 2011. Which makes it a great time […]
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”
Thank you, Jim Davis. Hello. My name is Monique, and I'm an emotional eater. I also eat out of boredom, because I like the taste of food, and, in a sense, it's an addiction. And then of course, I eat because it's a necessity. Given the amount of diet programs, self help books, pills, supplements, DVDs, […]
It’s Oh So Quiet
So I've been really quiet lately, I know. There's been a few reasons for that but the two most outstanding reasons are that 1) I'm too afraid to step on a scale, and b) work has been keeping me super busy. Why am I so afraid to step on a scale? Well, I admit. My […]
I’m Shrinking!
Last week was a tough week, not going to lie. Between having the stomach flu and a few things going incredibly wrong at work, it was "just one of those weeks." Which is why my blogging has been nil, zero, nada. The bad news: this week seems to be picking up where last week left […]
Happy New Me! (or Year of the Mo as I like to say!)
Being the daughter of a teacher and a student myself for 17 years, my new year always seemed to start in September rather than January. With my dad retiring after 40 years, and myself being done with school for the better party of 15 years now, January has once again rightfully established itself as New […]