Susan's Pendulum

My dad came from a large family.  When the family got together for Christmas at my grandma's house, it would be 40-50 people.  Kids exch...

I have a pair of jeans. I would like another pair of jeans. I am tall.  My legs are so freaky long that it's hard to buy pants.  I ha...

I love pearls.  I often wear my "pearl" necklaces to work.  When my sibs and I went through my mom's stuff, I wanted one of he...

This evening I noticed something beautiful in the sky.  Venus and Jupiter are very close together.  The computer tells me that this is the ...

7 months ... and it is no longer "boy hair"

I hereby publicly apologize to my daughters when I told them emphatically, "NO, it does NOT." When your scalp is not used to bei...

Matthias is crazy about this hat.  Some friends at church saw his joyful face on Sunday: "Oh, look how happy he is to see his grandma...

But it was misdiagnosed. Itching began last Wednesday.  Rash started Thursday and kept getting worse.  Doctor visit on Friday with a diagn...

7 weeks after the surgeons shaved it bare 17 days after surgery It's growing.  Slowly. I was mistaken for a man (by a friend!)...

Melody linked to a you-tube about tying scarves .  I need to learn a few of these because I am inept with scarves.  I think many of my scar...

Unlike me, some of you have, well, y'know, taste .  And some of you enjoy looking at decorating magazines.  So I'd like to ask for i...

Again?  We cut into an avocado, expecting to add deliciousness to a sandwich, and it wasn't ripe enough.  Let's get real -- it wasn...

I admit it up-front: I don't have a sense for decorating.  I would like a prettier house, but I don't want it enough to figure out w...

Same ol' long hair pulled back in a ponytail/bun. I like the back! I think the bangs are too short.   (And boy, it's wei...

Do you scan the bookshelves of people you're getting to know?  When you're visiting a friend , do you check out the front of the ...

Not like I wear make-up very often.  But I did want to look a little special for Gary's Christmas party at work on Saturday.  I might...

Heads-up to guys: This is a girls' topic. About a decade ago, the doctor sent me for tests.  She was quite sure I didn't have can...

There's some standard of what it is to "look professional."  Although I am aware of it, I don't value it.  There is a dres...

"One size fits all."  HA.  Big fat lie.  HA. I have discovered two possibilities for those of the lanky-leg problem. First, th...

After a shoe-shopping ordeal before starting my job, I finally ordered a humongous box of shoes from Zappo's and found a pair that fit, ...