Tag Archives: Gertie

Dutch Oven

By Queen of Quirky | Published: December 9, 2009

Wedding planning is stressful. It especially hurts the pocket book. (That’s North Carolinian for wallet. I like to throw out my old North Carolinian lingo sometimes. It makes me feel well-exposed to a variety of United States sub-cultures.) You can actually hear the tension in the Quirky household as we are trying to figure out [...]

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Turkeylurkey

By Queen of Quirky | Published: November 25, 2009

So many things could go wrong in the next 24 hours. But so many things could also go right.  Last night I made five gallons of chicken broth. Five gallons. Who does that? And today I will make 10 pounds of mashed potatoes and put a turkey outside to brine and just pray, I mean [...]

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Quirkyville: Kickin' it Sunday Style

By Queen of Quirky | Published: November 8, 2009

Have you ever woken up with absolutely no plan and suddenly you have a list a mile long of things you want to get done? That was me today. I woke up at 9 because Gertie was pacing around the bed and putting her snout up on the bed in the most pathetic manner. Suddenly [...]

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Have lasso. Will love again — my personal dating after divorce story Part I

By Queen of Quirky | Published: November 6, 2009

Some days, I look back and it all seems a bit like a dream. <==== Here I am in 2005 — right around Valentine’s Day to be specific. My ex-husband and I were going to enjoy a night on the town and a free room at the Marriott downtown that I had won at a work [...]

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Time Out

By Queen of Quirky | Published: November 3, 2009

I needed a time out. Yesterday, I took a PTO day and didn’t check e-mail. That doesn’t sound like a big deal, but I have a Blackberry and a habit of responding to things at all hours. But yesterday, I said, no to e-mail and yes to: New tags for my car. I am officially a [...]

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