Laurie: My most expensive-to-date jeans came with a written warning. Do they lift my butt? You bet. Do they tuck in my tummy? Yep. Can I breathe? Yes. Notice my priorities here – butt, tummy, oxygen. So what was the warning? The brand (I’m not advertising free for them after the price I paid)...
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elizabeth: Dear Oprah – How are you? How is camp? I watch all your reruns on TV now and I figure you are off somewhere making ceramic ashtrays or my personal favorite which was the dreaded chapel veil that the dreaded nuns made us make. I think it was for the missionaries. All I...
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elizabeth: I don’t want anyone to think that I harbor any ill will towards the famers in this country or in the world for that matter. It’s just that alfalfa sprouts have never done anything to soothe a bitchy mood. And beets do not lead the pack when your man or woman has...
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Laurie: Someone just slipped a three-page Smoke-Free Household Survey under my door. Seems like my building is going smoke free. No easy endeavor with 1600+ apartments in the complex, but they are going to give it a try anyway. By July 22nd we are all supposed to cough up (yeah,...
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Laurie: Week 34, Oprah. Can you believe that a mere 34 weeks ago Coaches on the Edge started their quest to be on the cover of O magazine? Pretty impressive tenacity if you ask me. Now I don’t want to criticize, but just as impressive as 34 weeks of begging/cajoling/manipulating are, so is the...
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Laurie: Confession: I can be intolerant. I am fully aware that my friends are rolling their eyes and asking “What else is new?” But if you question the power of a blog, I am living proof that sometimes life-altering views can be stimulated by the words of a blogger. I’m a believer that health afflictions...
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elizabeth: The news about Mel Gibson and his allegedly foul and revolting behavior cannot be avoided. If you are living in a cave, the news will make its way to you. And I, for one, find it upsetting that the network and the cheesy “news” programs are all over this like it is V-Day...
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“Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness.” Guess who?
elizabeth: Oprah, that is one great quote. I like looking at myself as a queen – queen of my own destiny. Granted I don’t have any men servants and my castle lacks the room...
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elizabeth: Last week I got a Facebook notice to “like” a page a friend had set up. I clicked on the link to say I “like it” and I saw this face and name in her friends group that transported me back to when I was in my 20s and living in San ...
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