Author Archives: Alice
Suzie’s House 143: A Walk in the Park
It was only a few months between the day I watched two red haired men run out of Cindy’s apartment during a party and the next time I ran into Suzie’s son, Ben, but it seemed like a couple of years had gone by. In that time, Ben had nearly been abducted by those red haired men, seen them arrested, been accused of insanity by a crazy teacher, sent his own father to jail for attempted murder, rescued his best […]
145/365 Christmas Tree
This is just a regular old out-door tree wrapped up in lights. Has a kind of surreal quality, doesn’t it?
Recipe for Disaster
I blame this one on Clean and Crazy, who didn’t know she was giving me ideas. Take one reindeer with frayed electrical cord to the roof. Add Christmas Music played at 20 decibels to one irate neighbor. Mix in a dozen screaming kids in the yard, a broken shingle, an open bottle of burgundy empty stomach and fresh snow. Finish with a spouse holding a light bulb. “You forgot his nose!”
144/365 Mom’s New Kittens
She brought them with her when she came to visit over Thanksgiving. Aren’t they cute. When they aren’t moving, that is.
13 Random Sentences
Yep. Totally random, straight out of my brain. 1. I really should do something with the Christmas ornaments. 2. Put them up? 3. Later. 4. Too many things are “later” lately. 5. I don’t have National Novel Writing Month to blame anymore. 6. I should do more research on underwear. 7. I wonder if the kids will eat the rest of the leftover turkey if I bake it in a casserole. 8. Maybe I should have left it in the […]
Next Week
Sorry, the underwear thing is taking longer than I expected. Too many distractions I’m afraid (stupid Holiday story challenge). And so far, no sign of anything from Mr. Al. I’ll try to get back to history next Wednesday.
143/365 Why I hate my camera
It’s a love/hate thing, really. This is why you mostly get still-life stuff from me.
What are you reading?
I’m in one of those slumps. After spending most of a month on Heart of the Dragon by Gena Showalter, I’ve thrown in the towel. I’m close to the end, but haven’t enough interest to actually finish it. Heart of the Wolf by Terry Spear turned out to simply not be my thing, and I’m even a little flinchy about Rescue Me by Christy Reece. I may very well skip over it for the Rita Mae Brown that’s waiting for […]
Cream Cheese Rolled Cookies
2 c flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 c butter 4 oz cream cheese 1 c sugar 1 egg 1/2 tsp vanilla Beat butter and cream cheese for 30 seconds. Add sugar, and beat till fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Combine baking powder with flour then dry ingredients with cream cheese mixture. Chill. (half an hour in the freezer will do it, but 2 hours in the refrigerator is recommended.) Working with half the dough at a time […]
Working Out
Jill: I’ve been working out. What do you think, Jack? Like my new curves? Jack: They’re great, darling, but I like the old curves just as much. Today’s theme is curves Previously in Jack and Jill The Solution Saturday photo scavenger hunt The rules for Photohunt can be found here. Be sure to visit the home page.
