Halloween was weird this year. For years my parents would come and see the kids in their costumes and take them trick or treating with me. Help man the candy hand-out. Help assess the inventory after the acquisition phase was complete. Help eat a few Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups if we had too many (as […]
Just about this time last year I had a great idea for a series of blog posts. I had been all single girl, girl power, makingitonmyownjustfinethankyouverymuch for quite a while, and the question on the tip of everyone’s tongue was, annoyingly enough, “So, are you dating?” So I thought to myself, I shall sign up […]
In an attempt to make the most of my extra hour today I did some purging around the house. (To be totally honest I slept through the extra hour…and maybe a couple of other hours…but THEN I wanted to be productive.) I started out innocently putting the Halloween decorations away. Then I saw the extra trick […]
You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile You may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife You may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?” And […]
Remember that saying – When the cat’s away, the mice will play? But what does the cat do when the mice leave?? My kids are away this week. They went to their grandparents’ house last Sunday and I am enthusiastically reclaiming them in two more days. Seven days. That’s the longest I have ever been […]
The vocabulary for work status in the business world isn’t working for me these days. If I was in sports, I would be on the verge of becoming a free agent. That sounds pretty cool. If I was in the entertainment industry, I could say that my option hadn’t been picked up. Or the season […]
My son, Tater, seems to be in a constant growth spurt. It seems that purchasing him new pants really makes those hormones kick into gear and within mere weeks, the pants that fit – or even seemed too long – are suddenly three inches too short. I don’t even see it happening. Every time I […]
Most of my life, I have followed the rules. Been on track with the plan. I went to school. I went to college. I went to work. I hated work…so I really rebelled and went to MBA school. Radical. I went back to work. I got married. We bought a house. We had kids. We […]
I’m in the launch phases of Me 2.0 (a term I am borrowing from the far-more-fabulous-than-I Mikalee). Trouble is that I can’t seem to figure out what the big upgrades in this version are. Not sure what they should be. Does the new me dress only in sequins? Is she blonde? Is she tall? Somehow […]
I am a hardcore suburbanite. I mean, as hardcore as suburbanites get. So sort of a soft fuzzy non-confrontational core. I like lawns, drive-thrus, Target, and readily available parking. Fresh air, clean streets, trees, and wide aisles in the stores. Many days I look very much like that poor woman over there – except with […]
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