The Mammogram debate…..should she or shouldn’t she? November 17, 2009

I like many of you, was pretty surprised yesterday when a government panel of doctors and scientists decided that marching into our doctors office to have a mammogram when we turned 40…..really wasn’t necessary after all. We were just wasting our time….oh, except for the thousands of women who had breast cancer, and had it found [...]

Sound-off on dressing/stuffing/filling…or whatever you call it. November 12, 2009

I wrote last week about an “interesting” recipe my Mom sent from the Birmingham News, for  grits dressing/stuffing for the turkey. I know…it sounds decidedly odd…but the writers of the Glorious Grits cookbook say it’s fabb. We’ll see.  Here’s what readers thought….
From Sue….”My husband would eat grits 24 hours a day. I will have to ask him [...]

Guess what I did this weekend?? November 9, 2009

It was one of those uber-exciting weekends where there was just SO…MUCH…WORK…that all you really wanted to do was take a nap, but nooooo. We’ll have none of that.  Raking and bagging leaves is at least good exercise, so that’s something a little inspiring about it…and the gutter looks better, now that the leaves won’t get wet [...]

A Grits Thanksgiving?? October 28, 2009

OK, I told you yesterday about how my Mom had saved two things from the Birmingham News….the first was about my childhood pediatrician having hosted the illustrious Julia Child for a week…and the second was all about grits.
Glorious, glorious grits…I always feel sorry for people who say they don’t like grits…and always feel that if [...]

Missing the opening curtain…. October 21, 2009

I did something I have never done before last night….and not in a good way. I was so excited to see Topol’s farewell tour of  Fiddler on the Roof ,now at the Hippodrome ….it is one of my…no, make that my favorite…musical. I have seen it many times, and the story never grows old. And while [...]

Readers share their jury duty doodie….. October 6, 2009

OK, I know I’m not the first person in the world to have served jury duty and ended up sitting in a room all day..and hey, there are worse fates, I get that. Here’s what some Habitat readers had to say….from Paul…

“Hi Donna, The last time I had jury duty, it was a Monday and [...]

Back to DIY….I miss my housekeeper and cook… September 22, 2009

OK, I’ll admit it….I like being waited on as much as the next person. And one spectacular thing about the house we rented in San Miguel de Allende, was that a wonderful woman named Malena, came with the house. Oh, Malena, I miss you. I miss your tomatilla sauce, your chicken enchilladas, your roja sauce, [...]

Back from Mexico…to cat pee on a sisal rug September 18, 2009

Yes, readers I had a terrific vacation in Mexico…the lovely colonial town of  San Miguel de Allende was a great getaway….very relaxing…perfect weather and yummy food….I’ll tell you about where we stayed and stuff later, but yesterday and today I’m just catching up on about a trillion emails(sigh), and just getting it together.  Honestly, I was [...]

Update on my ticker…and more… September 4, 2009

OK, yesterday I had a day fullof doctor’s appointments….and I had my first echocardiogram…which if you don’t know, and I didn’t…is a sonogram of the heart. I was lying on the table, with the technician scanning my little ticker, and I wanted to get up and get my camera for a picture to show you [...]

Email scam part II: the real Randy stands up… September 2, 2009

Yesterday I told you about a rather humorous email I got from someone named “Randy Gartner”, who was in peril….stranded in London, having lost his wallet and he needed 3500 buckeroos to get home! Yeah, sure fellow.  Today I had two followup emails..
This one is from Matt, an account executive here at WBAL-TV:
“Randy Gartner has informed me that [...]