You Learn Something New Every Day
No matter how smart you are, there is always something new to learn. Sometimes, it’s something trivial – like snails have teeth (I didn’t know that until today) – and sometimes, it’s something that...
View ArticleSome People Are Still Afraid Of Chucky
Funny how sometimes, one thing can lead to something completely different. Yesterday at our house, it went from carving large birds to killer dolls. You see, Thanksgiving is coming, and like so many...
View ArticleCall It An Ounce Of Crazy…Or Two, Or Three, Or Twenty
This morning, I am alive – thank the man in the moon for that. I almost didn’t make it through last night. It was touch and go there for a while. It was a close call, and I mean a really close call....
View ArticleThe Downside Of Being A Celebrity
My oldest son and I were standing in line at the grocery store the other night waiting to buy a few things. It was busy, and some guy two customers ahead of us was taking forever, paying with what...
View ArticleSon Sues Dad After Slipping On Black Ice
This is a made-up news story, and no, my children would never do anything like this, I hope. If they did, my husband might have to remove their procreative organs. And he IS a surgeon. Read on…...
View ArticleNobody Wants Advice
It’s cold outside these days. Damn cold. So cold that walking to the bus or waiting for the train – without gloves or a hat – can be problematic. But there’s my twenty-year-old son, running out the...
View ArticleJudge Not Lest Ye Also Be Judgethed (Or Something Like That)
It happens from time to time – I think to myself, “What is wrong with that person? Why did they do such and such?” It happened to me just the other day, in fact. My husband and I were at the bank –...
View ArticleWhat To Do When Your House Is Semi-Haunted
My daughter thinks our house is haunted – for real. My husband and my two sons think she’s delusional. I think that weird stuff does go on around here sometimes. I’m hoping there are logical reasons to...
View ArticleDon’t Ever Take Life For Granted
Coming home from the mall the other day in the car, I went to stop at an intersection and I hit a patch of black ice, which then caused me to slide right out into oncoming traffic. It was a few seconds...
View ArticleMothers Who Worry Too Much
Currently, we are dog-sitting my younger son’s crazy little pup, Wolfie Junior. OK sorry, he’s not crazy per se; he’s just really busy and needy and he bites feet and faces and eats paper and glass and...
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