[All secrets sleep in winter clothes] All night I’ve smelled cookies baking, and the whole time I had no idea it was a teeny Yankee Candle (pumpkin spice) my grandmother gave me. That’s a good candle. We got home from the hospital at 2 a.m. or so. Phil tried to make it to work by 6, but called and asked for a couple of extra hours to sleep. He ended up getting the whole day…
[7.2 pounds, 18 inches] Rylee Ann Smith, born Dec. 27 at 9:08 p.m. Click here for more photos.
[You don’t have to go, but you can’t stay here] Christmas was a blitz. All that buildup and suddenly it’s over. Now I have lots of new toys to play with to waste all that free time school used to occupy. I have the day off today, and had so many plans that were dashed by my inability to get out of bed before noon when I don’t have to. The thing that irks me…
[Carjacking is a cry for help] Finally made it to Saltillo. We Christmas eved at Grandmaw’s. Ate too much cheese and crackers and cocktail weenies. Had fun watching the kids be silly and young. Cringed at the obligatory homophobia and racism circulating through the redneck ranks, young and old. Thanks to the icy road conditions (and my sister landing her car in a ditch), women drivers received some good-natured ribbing alongside the gays and the…
[No one looks sexy walking on ice] Does anyone besides my parents watch the Weather Channel’s programming? It’s delightfully insipid. It’s smalltalk about the weather all day, with some fun natural-disaster recaps thrown in every five hours or so. And why does the Weather Channel have the worst weatherpeople of any station? Shouldn’t the Weather Channel be the station for weatherpeople who have truly made it? There’s one guy on there from Jackson, Tenn., who…
[Just fire me already] Arrrgh! I am the worst employee ever! I was supposed to open at work today, but I’m still sitting here in my pajamas, wondering if I can make it in by 2. I’m counting on setting a start date real soon at the Appeal, but I just called and the design coordinator will be out until Monday, so I’ve got to wait for the final word before I can quit Dillard’s.…
[The key is to layer] It’s my parents’ 25th anniversary today. They spent the night in Jackson at a hotel to get some privacy. It’s nice to see the fire still burning for them. It gives me hope for the rest of us. Also, it’s the first day of winter. In case you missed it, winter apparently came early the other day when it was 10 degrees out. Today it’s been a mild 55 degrees…
[Let’s see where this 12-pack takes us] I could sit here all night and play Digby’s Donuts, but I won’t. There are gifts to wrap and canvases to paint. Plus I only have the trial version, so it would be silly to waste my whole 60 minutes tonight. Today was long. 10 hours in a department store, under buzzing lights, handling germy money. People do this for a living and don’t complain a bit. The…
Look at me, Who am I supposed to be? Who am I supposed to be? Look at me, What am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to be? Look at me, Oh my love, oh my love. Here I am, What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do? Here I am, What can I do for you? What can I do for you? Here I am, Oh my love,…
[I believe in an art that cannot be compromised] Yesterday was a good day. I can’t believe it, but I got the job. I don’t know when I start or how much they’re going to pay me; they have to draw up a job offer in conjunction with the publisher first. But they said they were looking for young people with energy and a fresh perspective, and that they saw that in me and really…
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