Christa Allan

If a wedding is in your future, read this article about questions couples should ask one another before marriage. And, if you’re already married, ignore the link. Number 7 on the list asks if there will be a television in the bedroom. That’s not the issue. The questions should be: will it be on? how [...]

1. The fascination with unwed mothers in Hollywood.
2. New Orleans’ Road Home Program seems to be detouring. Hope it’s not via the Governor’s Mansion. . .
3. Voters in New Orleans re-electing William Jefferson even though the Feds had videotaped him taking $100,000 in alleged bribe money, and that $90,000 of it had been found inside [...]

My time reading and studying Revelations has been, well, revealing. Not so much in the way of hearing apocalyptic hoof-beats, swatting at hoards of locusts or steeling myself for another trumpet blast. It’s the magician ( this is an analogy; I do not think God is a magician or David Copperfield, [...]

If you’ve not seen A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, and you’re an Owen Wilson fan, think–teeny weeny wedding crashers go to the Museum of Natural History. Quirky, funny, surprisingly and refreshingly void of potty-mouth language and gratuitous sex scenes (considering Mickey Rooney and Dick Van Dyke are in there, that’s a relief.)
One [...]

Gerald Ford has now joined James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, and the heavenly hosts singing “I Feel Good” in the presence of God. Getting funky with the Lord. How good can it get?
The following provided from MSN news: “Actress Angelina Jolie spent Christmas Day with refugees in Costa Rica as part of her [...]

We left Erin’s Christmas morning and headed home with my having been given the gift from Emma that keeps on giving—an intestinal grunge. So, it’s now after 2:30 in the afternoon the day after Christmas, and I am actually in a semi-vertical position, digested three slices of dry bread, and a half glass of flat [...]

We drove to my oldest daughter’s house yesterday afternoon. She lives in Cypress, which she tells everyone is near Houston.  If you consider being on the outskirts of Austin near Houston, then-yes-there we are. The city of Houston is, for us Star Trekkies, a municipal Borg, and/or for us pre-sophisticated game players, Pac-Man City. It [...]

Christmas Eve Eve.
Okay, everyone think of a favorite Christmas memory. Go write it down. Now. Yes, now or you will forget it. Write it on paper, not on your hand or the unpaid bill lurking near the keyboard. Write every detail you can remember, every smell–even it’s the clashing of gumbo on the stove [...]

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cheesecakes 3
Andes Mint Cheesecakes [...]

Camy Tang, whose chick-lit series Single Sushi was just contracted by Zondervan (look for her first book 9/07), returned my edited synopsis this morning. In addition to writing, she also offers a critique service: The Story Sensei. God bless her fiction critiquing soul. So, today is devoted to reading and [...]

Shame on you if you clicked on this blog expecting to find something salacious . (Click on link if you need definition.)
Over a week ago I promised Sam I’d write about bonding with the copy machine, but other issues interrupted the urgency of that topic. So, with some time now before the Christmas frenzy, I [...]

Oprah’s having a “Live Your Best Life Spa Week” contest, and the prize is seven days with Oprah and Gayle at the Miraval Resort, 400 acres outside Tucson, and it’s “the land where stress dares not tread.” Where’d they get THAT land? I lived outside of New Orleans. Guess we talked to the wrong real [...]

If I’d been more serious about writing a book years ago, I’d have a much cleaner house. No, not because I would have sold millions and been able to afford a full-time housekeeper. The good news/bad news is that I could have accomplished the turbo-clean without publication.
It seems that all I have to do is [...]

1. Do you know people whose favorite, and perhaps only, exercise is jumping to conclusions?
2. It’s probably time to adjust the medication when you dissolve into tears watching a commercial for the Nutri-System Weight Loss program.
3. One of my students (I won’t mention his-Ben-name) observed that if I was two inches shorter ( I’m [...]

 
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When you wake up knowing you’ve been dreaming of frequenting butcher shops, you should:
a) hope it’s telling you to watch for a huge sale on prime rib;
b) call a doctor; you must be suffering from a protein depletion that is affecting [...]

I fully intended to blog yesterday afternoon, but had to dash to the grocery. Last day of school before the holidays and wanted to make cheesecakes for the administrators and office. No reason I should be the only member of the staff with sumptuous thighs. Then, it was dash back home, finish cheesecakes, and [...]

As if I don’t have enough to feel guilty about, my mailbox is jammed with pre-Christmas catalogs from companies with exotic names and equally exotic prices.
Okay, I just overheard my daughter Sarah (my 23-year-old with Down’s Syndrome) making a phone call, and I absolutely must share it! She works at the Calcasieu Association for Retarded [...]

While I am busy composing my blog, entertain yourself with this Party Excuse Generator.
Choose from four different types of parties, how you want to sound, and presto–it provides a lovely excuse, ready for mailing or telephoning. Enjoy.

I was almost late for hall duty at school this morning because I needed to take a sinus pill, but had to find a jackhammer, an electric saw, and a two-year-old to open the package. If the people who package those pills could figure out a way to wrap the United States, we’d be safe [...]

Sarah and I went to the grocery yesterday (of course), and just as we’re pulling into the checkout line, this chick asks us if we want hot french bread. Now that’s like asking me if I want a free one hour massage. Duh. I confess there have been days when we discover the bread [...]