Ellen Living

Happy Easter. What a beautiful day already and it isn’t even 9am. This weather is just a tease though I hope it is a sign of good weather to come for the summer. I live for the summer and being outside and at the pool. Where I live the yard is beautifully landscaped, has a [...]

My dad is a hot ticket. We sit and watch Law & Order repeats on Saturday and Sunday mornings and at the very end a wolf howls. Well, guess what we do? We howl along with it! Picture it, I am a 48 year old woman sitting with my 83 year old, very sane and [...]

photo credit: ArtBrom A little late this morning doing my writing. I didn’t know what to write about. My dentist visit went fine yesterday except that I need to have a root canal done on my back tooth before that crown can be done so I am going Monday for the root canal. More money [...]

Today I have to change my attitude. Today is an adventure! Oh, and what an adventure it is going to be. At 10am I will be at the dentist and that glorious sounding drill will make its way into my mouth and whittle down my teeth, my sensitive teeth, so that I can have 2 [...]

photo credit: Clair Graubner We went and saw Alice in Wonderland last night in 3D IMAX. It was awesome. 3D has come so far and the animation was great. I was impressed. The theme of the movie was believing in the impossible, talking cats, drinks that shrink you, cake that makes you grow, and so [...]

photo credit: carolynconner Yesterday was another wasted day.  I got up, had coffee, made dad breakfast and then went back to bed.  I was completely and utterly exhausted.  I can’t believe I slept through the day and night.  I guess going out and socializing like I did on Saturday is fatiguing.  I forget sometimes because [...]

Last night I went to my friend Laurel’s house to celebrate Persian New Year, Naw Ruz. My dad was invited too and I think he had a nice time. It was nice seeing some of Laurel’s relatives that I haven’t seen in a few years. I was glad to get out for a change. I [...]

I wanted to share with you a coupon you can use on Yankee Candle to get $10 off a $25 purchase to use online or phone orders. The code is CLFPTBR and expires 3/13/10. I love Yankee Candles. They burn evenly and smell wonderful. If you never have bought a Yankee Candle I would suggest [...]

It’s time to revive ellen Living because I am still alive and kicking.  I have started some new blogs, Simple Tech Today and Simply iPhone Now but lately I have had writer’s block because I have so many ideas of what to write going through my head that when I go to write I can’t [...]

I had some fun this morning creating a playlist of all the videos I’ve taken of my cat Jack from a site called Embedr.  You can create any kind of playlist using videos from Atom Films, Build your own custom video playlist at embedr.com