All the kids in the family would fight over the chance to look over the catalog, every year. It was a huge deal from my childhood, along with the annual showing of the Wizard of Oz. It does make a difference if you have to wait, versus being able to watch anything at any time. That thrill of anticipation.

My Nana worked behind the candy counter at a Bawldimer family department store called Hochschild -Kohn. I just took her employee discount 1960 Hochschild -Kohn leopard coat to Mardi Gras and folks bowed to its fabulousness wherever I went. 

Tough Skins! Winnie the Pooh Shoes! The Smell of Popcorn! A Real Candy Counter! Huge Toy Department! School Clothes Shopping in August! 10 Speed Free Spirit Bikes! Santa Pics at Christmas! Giant Christmas Catalog to peruse with a greedy heart!

I don’t think it’ll return. IT SHOULD though :(

Thought this was midweek madness for a quick second.

Omg omg omg. So my husband took a day off work a few months back alleging that he would do some cleaning and laundry. Which he did like one load pshhh, I get home after working all day and he’s playing video games (in a still messy living room) and he looks at me and says, “So what are you thinking for dinner?” I…

Exactly this. There is so much invisible work that goes into making sure a house runs. As someone who lives alone and half the time couldn’t give a shit, I don’t take care of it the way I do when I have a roommate or a boyfriend/live-in.

Everything from making sure the clothes that were washed are folded and put away…

Hey there Nibz! Nice to see you again, almost didn’t recognize you without a cat attached.

This is our foster dog. He was a stray in our neighborhood and a big sweetie pie. He’s a big active goof and was hard to place but had the happiest ending ever, ending up on a horse farm (not the “farm” where some pets go, but a literal farm with tons of fenced in romping room and a buddy dog to snuggle with). I just…

This is my dog Jax watching TV like a bausss

My sister used to rent a summer place on the shore in CT and I think we went there a few times, not a bad way to while away a summer afternoon but I agree not as good as Woodbury. Out of the different US outlets I have been to I think the ones managed by Premium (the same folks that do Woodbury of course) are the…

When I travel to new cities around the world I always check to see where the malls are in advance - because they are almost always a good source of free bathrooms! Within the past few months alone I have peed in malls in St. Maarten, Paris and Prague. Urban malls also typically offer climate-controlled spots where you…

This kind of bums me out because I like malls. Cinnabon is at the mall. Orange Julius is at the mall. Can you buy Cinnabi or Orange Julii online? No, you cannot.

Well, an eightball would ease my suffering...

1) Completely redoing your constitutional model is not easy. Why haven’t we Americans gotten rid of the electoral college? It’s anti-democracy, after all. Having a queen with no formal power is less anti-democratic than having Presidential canidates get over 2 million more votes and still lose. Changing things is…

Talk about giving one’s life in service of the country.

I believe it falls to Archbishop of Canterbury to put down the Corgis within an hour of her passing.

“Doing it?” That’s way too tame.

I feel more guilty for snickering at this casual bombshell:

Coincidentally, this is also the procedure for when the CEO of AutoZone dies.