Every once in a blue moon I look for a job. Sometimes it’s because I’m shopping or running errands and I’ll be waited on by someone who seems to love her job, she’s wearing nice clothes, and she’s drinking coffee while she works. I want to do that, I’ll say. And then sometimes it’s […]
My Room in the Attic Was Just Peachy
Every time I paint, which isn’t often I’ll admit, I think about the time my college roommate Doria and I painted our attic room peach. Except it wasn’t peach. It was more like a bright orange. And not the hip, Martha Stewart Paint Colors Bright Orange. When Doria and I did it, it wasn’t […]
My Lunch at Lo-Lo’s Chicken and Waffles
Let’s clear this up right now: I did not have to have CPR after eating at Lo-Lo’s. I think a couple of friends had to go lie down and breathe into a paper bag, though, after seeing the picture of my plate. It’s hard to describe how delicious food can be that looks so unhealthy. […]
What If My My My My My Boogie Shoes are White and It’s After Labor Day?
I love the new Tide commercial with the sassy black girl and her timely in-your-face attitude about wearing white pants after Labor Day. “I’ll rock white jeans whenever I want to,” she says. Good for you, I say to her. I wish I had half the self-esteem as that girl. I can’t do it. […]
Where There’s a Will
My husband and I just updated our wills, so now we can die happy in A Plane Crash and know that everyone we love will be well taken care of. Because our kids are all legal adults now, we were able to scrap our old will, which left our surviving children to a guardian […]
My Clean-Upmanship
I spent the first four days home after taking my kids to college cleaning out their rooms, not exactly what was promised in the “Now It’s Time for You!” chapter of the empty nester’s manual. But I was glad to do it. Extremely glad to do it. I had given up on my daughter’s room […]