darleeneisms

The year began with a blowout

darleene — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:52:20 +0000

I haven’t blogged in 20 days. Sorry! But, for good reason. I’ll get to that in a minute. But, yes, literally, the year began with a blowout. We were on the way to church, when the front passenger-side tire (the … Continue reading →

The joke was on me

darleene — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:17:52 +0000

Check out what I wrote last year: I pray God blesses all who reads this with a wonderful new year pregnant with hope, joy and happy possibilities. God has a heckuva sense of humor. As I was just saying to … Continue reading →

One more week of maternity leave

darleene — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:15:34 +0000

In a way, it seemed like it would never get here, but yes. My last week of maternity leave is upon me. I have mixed feelings, of course, but not in the way you might thing. Maybe I’m just not … Continue reading →

Budget Christmas cards

darleene — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:51:56 +0000

I love Christmas cards. In fact, I love all manner of physical correspondence — letters, postcards, etc. and I love this time of year because I get photos and cards in the mail! (You might remember Michael’s birth gave me … Continue reading →

Wedding Decorator redesigned!

darleene — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:08:40 +0000

It took me most of December, but I finally brought Wedding Decorator into the new decade. I hadn't redesigned Wedding Decorator since 2008. Continue reading →

Christmas cookies, brownies for the coworkers

darleene — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:51:39 +0000

Don’t you wish you worked with me?

City News Service makes good

darleene — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:41:58 +0000

Not too many people know that I worked a few months on the cops desk at City News Service, before I became a reporter at the Glendale News-Press. Continue reading →

A night at the Americana at Brand

darleene — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:22:49 +0000

Six or so years ago, my Glendale News-Press coworkers and I were so sick of hearing about the proposed Americana at Brand. We'd done seemingly millions of stories abut the project -- traffic impact, projected revenues for the city, and most importantly, the conflict with the company that owns the neighboring Glendale Galleria. Continue reading →

Lost in a WordPress redesign

darleene — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:02:15 +0000

I desperately wanted to take my eyes off my laptop screen, but I wanted to write a little bit here. Yes, I’m in the midst of a redesign, but not for this site — this site’s already done! No, I’m … Continue reading →

Geez, I have cute kids

darleene — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:06:52 +0000

There’s really not much to update. I’m still on leave, so I’m doing quite a bit of work on Wedding Decorator and this site. In fact, don’t be surprised if you see a new look here very soon. But I … Continue reading →