MissMeliss | February 25, 2010
I have a note to write about “baby jogger city mini bike bars” and I don’t remember what all that means, except for the bike bars. Our friend Ben told us about them earlier this evening. Apparently, they’re a “thing” in northeast Minneapolis during warmer weather – they involve three to sixteen people cloistered around [...]
MissMeliss | February 25, 2010
Once, when I was little, my grandmother let me choose the top wrinkle cream from a shelf full, and bring it home for her. I think it was Oil of Olay, but I don’t remember. I just remember that she dabbed a little on my nose. I was young enough, then, to stand on my [...]
MissMeliss | February 25, 2010
The problem with winter is that it dries out your skin, and even when you moisturize and scrub, the cold and dryness conspire to make you look like a candidate on a reality show to determine who can devise the best home remedy for acne. Looking in the vanity mirror above the antique desk where [...]
MissMeliss | February 25, 2010
I don’t know if anyone has done a formal study on the colon cleansing benefits of stress, but I can tell you there’s definitely a connection. My stomach, and my husband’s, have both been tied up in knots for a week and a half. My sister-in-law is having serious belly pain. Everyone has been guzzling [...]
MissMeliss | February 24, 2010
Today, standing in an Aveda store, replacing a favorite product that I’ve run out of while away, I took the time to have a hand-massage. This winter weather has been wreaking havoc on my skin. I feel dry and scaly, like a cast of snake-skin, except it’s all still attached. As warmed lotion was being [...]
MissMeliss | February 24, 2010
All the weight loss supplement reviews caution us to eat balanced meals, drink lots of water, and get plenty of sleep. I’ve not been sleeping well. Partly this is due to my own bad habits, partly due to being away. The bed in my sister-in-law’s guest room has seven blankets – we needed all of [...]
MissMeliss | February 24, 2010
We’re still away from home, but I’ve been storing up things to say, so this is the first of some brief posts. Grief is, apparently, an excellent sort of weight loss formula, because my sister-in-law has lost over 20 pounds since her husband began his decline in December. We kept trying to get her to [...]
MissMeliss | February 20, 2010
My brother-in-law, well, Fuzzy’s brother-in-law, really, – his sister’s husband – died shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning. He was a vibrant, kind, funny person, who always made me laugh. He was a good partner to my sister-in-law, a wonderful father, and while no one is perfect, he was a truly good man. He and [...]
MissMeliss | February 17, 2010
Click image to embiggen Late last week, Chris and I received some devastating news: his brother-in-law, a man I know to be brilliant, vibrant, kind, and funny, who has been fighting brain cancer for about a year, was given a new prognosis: days to live instead of months. As soon as we heard, we began [...]
MissMeliss | February 15, 2010
Click image to embiggen The snow has mostly melted, but it was fun to have it while it was here. I’m afraid with the way we humans are destroying the environment places like the DFW metroplex are likely to see more snow days all too soon, though. In fact, I’m envisioning a job search board [...]
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