I'm getting ready to get ready for my gig du jour, which happens to be a fundraiser for a wonderful Chicago creative institution: Chicago Dramatists. Their Blue Moon gala will be a smaller event than, say, the one we did last weekend which had close to a thousand guests or the one last month that had a $1250 ticket price! Hiring a big band like mine for their event is a big deal - a change of pace for them and I am honored that they think we will help raise the level of their event. We will …
Been meaning to write but inexplicably unable to do so
The title of this blog is taken from one of my favorite greeting cards. I wrote a different title back in March, shortly after my last post and saved it as a draft. The title was The Ugly Truth. Just a title no content. It's probably better that I didn't post it. I can't really remember what I was going to write about then. I take clues from my tags that I had in place: diet, diet & exercise, personal growth, plus-sized women's issues blah blah blah. I can imagine what the post was to be …
The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: Back at it.
Missing In Action. That's what they'll say about me at the gym. I have fallen off the wagon. Oops! I wish I could blame it on "The Knee Chronicles" but I hopped off the ole' girl awhile before that. However, I am not discouraged. I figure as long as I am still living, I can improve my life. Taking care of myself, eating healthy and being fit is a goal that I am not about to abandon. I have adapted a new attitude. I woke up today and decided that I would pick up where I left off and start …
Bringin’ in a Brand New Year
I finally got tired of feeling tired and low-down. I am singing tonight and right after I said to myself: "I wish I could just stay home on the couch and watch TV tonight," I realized that I am going to be a big part of how a lot of people will be starting off their new year and I need to step up to the responsibility and stop whining. Time to get off my fat ass and get into motion. At first I tried to chalk it up to my grief over Flo's death but I know for a fact that she'd be saying: …
Merry Christmas!!
I woke up this morning so happy to see the daylight! I am happy to be alive and well this morning. I was feeling a little down yesterday - down about money, about my life... but after spending the evening with dear old friends I realized that today I just don't care about that crap. Today is a "get out of jail free" kind of day because it's Christmas morning. Give yourself, myself and the world a break! It's all about love and friends and family and for me today, it's all about lazing around …