Just workshopping a few titles for my hypothetical autobiography.
Eating a cookie while driving to the gym: A memoir
LaRhonda provides lawn care
Last year, on one of my parents' visits to Nashville, my mom helped me plant some landscaping in my front yard. Among the plants we picked out was a pair of pretty little snow bell bushes, with bright green leaves and tiny white flowers. One of the bushes struggled to grow last year, so I was…
Silver
"Here's your ad layout for review," a coworker says as she hands me a sheet of paper. "It looks great! And also, I can see your aura, and it's silver." She flashes me a smile as she walks away. All in a day's work.
April playlist
In honor of the invisible teeth aligners I just got - which give me a distinct lisp and which make me drool at unexpected times - here is an April playlist to sing along to. Also included: A surprise appearance from Dolly Parton, singing the song I secretly snuck into my wedding playlist for Bryan…
An open letter to my eyebrows, which won’t grow
Dear eyebrows, why won't you grow? It's really such a trend, you know Bushy glory 'cross my brow I wish someone would tell me how To go back to that fateful day When my mother said you'd go away If I kept plucking like I did It's not fair - I was just a kid!…
Continue reading ➞ An open letter to my eyebrows, which won’t grow
You can keep the pen
I walked across the floor to my CEO's office, with whom I had a meeting scheduled. Notebook and pen in hand, I was prepared for our conversation. As I entered his office, I was greeted by his assistant, Elizabeth. "He just stepped out of the office," Elizabeth told me of my boss, "but he'll be back in…
Separate laundry?
It's difficult to describe the precise shock and sheer panic one feels after finding a strand of her husband's long, long beard hair stuck to her shirt in the middle of a work day or party. So many questions flood the mind: Has anyone seen it? How many people? Do they know what it is? Do…
LaRhonda wants a burger
It's Saturday. Bryan is in our yard with friends, sweating over a BBQ smoker full of chicken, sausage and ribs. At this point, it's become a weekend tradition. They're lounging on the screened-in porch, drinking beers and watching March Madness, when all of a sudden, a voice calls from over the fence. "What y'all cookin'…
March playlist
We made it to the first day of Spring! In honor of the warming weather, here's a little playlist of songs I've been listening to over and over in the last few weeks. It includes some old standbys, plus the just-released first single off of Fleet Foxes' forthcoming album - a record I'm so excited about I could…
Psssst!
If you follow me here on WordPress - THANK YOU! I live for your engagement on this platform. I've been recording the funny, weird and embarrassing things that have happened to me for nearly 10 years right here on this blog, and your comments and likes mean so much! I also have a lot of…
Jillian Wyatt 