A Womans Blog

Honestly, I’m not in the mood. My body aches. My brain is mush. I just want to chillax with wine & a good chick flick. But, always the Chatty Kathy, I find myself with something to say, so here I am blogging. Now that Thanksgiving is over - what’s to talk about? Well, At tipnut.com, they are talking leftover turkey recipes. Some are so good, like the Leftover Turkey Nachos, Cuban Style, I had to do a ‘right-click and save as’ for future consumption. Today, I made my own Turkey Chili (delish! and yum-o!) thanks to an idea from @coyotesqrl on twitter. If you’re in the mood for reading ‘Horrible Holiday’ and/or Oprah sketches, head over to his blog. (The holiday is horrible, not the sketch.)  There’s a good group of writers churning out sketches every Friday.  Read more »

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I’m hosting Thanksgiving for the first time ever & am kneck-deep in cooking, baking & cleaning. So - don’t expect much on the site this week. I’m exhausted, my shoulders and neck are screaming in agony and am wanting to focus on my novel. I didn’t even have time for 10 for Tuesday yesterday.

So, I’m starting my holiday by giving myself the week off when it comes to blogging. See you soon & enjoy that Turkey.

So - the other day I had a little fender bender that totalled my Expedition out. Some of you may have heard of it. I have to say it out loud. Progressive, I heart you!  Progressive has been the most amazing insurance company I’ve ever had the pain to deal with and they made the process of losing a vehicle as painless as they possibly could. I filed my claim online. I didn’t have to verbally ‘fess up to anyone. They called me. Fast. They arranged pick up and delivery of the rental car. They set me up with an auto body shop (with a 100% guarantee of service) AND got me an estimate of damage & cash value payout 24 hours after filing the claim. The next day (today), I went to their office, signed some DMV forms and went on my happy way with a nice little check to spend on a new vehicle. They even have a free concierge service to help me search for a vehicle and assist with finding financing if I need it. (By the way, I’m paying cash and won’t be chaining myself to a bank in this economy.) And every step of the way they have been nice to me. They don’t make me feel like I’ve committed the unpardonable sin by actually needing the insurance I’ve purchased. I haven’t always had that experience with an insurance company, so I felt it deserved some mention.  Not to mention they were WAY cheaper than Allstate and State Farm, my past two insurance company nightmares……

Ok, so I’m a bit of a fanatic. But Worst Week has become my absolute favorite show. To avoid double-dipping, I’m just going to say please visit this site here and read why I feel like I do. And if you came here from Twitter please forgive me. It was not my intention to double tweet. This blog send automatic updates to Twitter when I post a new article. Earlier, when I sent my first tweet about Worst Week, I didn’t realize I would be writing this. So apologies, and I will try never ever to double-tweet again.

It’s like this. I was driving somewhere I don’t normally drive at a time I’m not normally driving. And I was commandeering my big a## truck   mothership down the smallest, tightest, most poorly designed street where apparently everyone and their mother parks. Imagine if you will, on this smallest of small streets a huge bucket truck. And me. Let’s just say in order to avoid colliding with another car coming at me, I choose the bucket truck. It just looks like the better option, doesn’t it?Well, sparing all the boring details, I was shaken up a little. Friends & eFriends alike sent messages wishing me well. Progressive is (so far) being the most awesome insurance company I could ever hope for. They reserved a rental car for me, as well as finding an auto body shop with a 100% guarantee.And my  big a## truck   mothership looks like it was attacked with a massive can opener. The side panels are totally exposed. Completely open.I, however, am fine, as are all the vehicle occupants.  And that is the most important part of this story.  

The last 10 for Tuesday wasn’t an astounding failure, so I’m going to continue until I lose interest….In case you missed the first one,  I’ll list 10 things you didn’t know about me and maybe wished you didn’t. Think of it as your invitation to voyeurism.  Read more »