Author Archives: beecrouch

September 11, 2023 Sometimes I think my entire personality is just a series of quotes from Gilmore Girls. For the uninitiated, Gilmore Girls was a show that ran in the early 2000’s about a single mother and her daughter who are incredibly close. It’s set in quintessential New England (a fictional town called Stars HollowContinue reading “Founders’ Day Punch”

September 9, 2023 I’ve had the same bottle of perfume since 2011. It probably cost me $6.99 at Bath and Body Works or maybe even less if I got it on sale at Christmas time. It’s called “Country Chic” and I honestly couldn’t tell you what it actually smells like. It smells like Fall toContinue reading “Country Chic”

September 5, 2023 I saw a new hairdresser today. Or…new to me anyway. I think she’s been doing hair for a few years, but today she touched these locks of mine for the first time. Momentous, I know. Most women (and some men, I’m sure) can relate to the stress of trying out a newContinue reading “Crisis Hair”

December 18, 2022 Warning: Potential spoilers for Love is Blind Season 3 ahead. Ye be warned. One of the things that got me through the first few weeks of the pandemic was Netflix’s entrance into the “trashy reality tv” market. They kept releasing these ridiculous reality shows like The Circle, which was a social mediaContinue reading “Love is Not Blind”

December 13, 2022 I was driving down Loudoun County Parkway after work this afternoon trying to get to Walmart to buy scotch tape and hot sauce, as one does on a Tuesday. Am I the only one who buys scotch tape once a year to wrap three presents, only to store it in a drawerContinue reading “I’m the Asshole”

October 1, 2022 I woke up early this morning and just couldn’t get out of bed. Some combination of the gloomy weather and my mood, and some pain in my head and neck put me in this state I don’t like to be in. I like to wake up and hit the ground running (sometimesContinue reading “Haunted”

October 13, 2022 If you’ve never been a single lady of a certain age, you may not be aware of one of life’s most basic principles. Most men in heterosexual relationships can’t be friends with women who are not their girlfriend. I know you’re all about to argue with me and say “Rebecca! My husbandContinue reading “Second Chances”

October 19, 2022 Once upon a time, in a land far, far, away called NOVA (Northern Virginia) there was a girl (32-year-old-woman) who lived high up in a tall tower (4 floors of a suburban town home). In her tower, she waited patiently for her Prince Charming (any man with cute face, a 401k andContinue reading “A Ghost Story”

September 29, 2022 I took a break from my regular trashy reality tv circuit this week to watch a scary series on Netflix. It’s called The Haunting of Hill House, and it’s based on a book with the same title by my favorite author, Shirley Jackson. ‘Based’ is a strong word – the story in theContinue reading “Monsters”

September 25, 2022 I get migraines a lot. If you’ve ever had one, you know that it’s like a headache, but the kind of headache that can be debilitating and derail an entire day (or three). The pain can sit right on top of one side your forehead, but can also wrap around to theContinue reading “Migraine Hangovers and Country Music”