I was raised to be nice to everyone. It was one of my mom’s basic rules of life. Don’t be mean and don’t get mad about stuff. Being a trained nice person can result in freakishly unassertive behavior, however. I may have set some records in letting people walk all over me and it’s possible […]
School Supply Madness
My husband and I were wandering around Home Depot talking the other day (When you’re married 25 years and living the dream, this can happen more often than you would think) and we were discussing school starting in about two weeks, and he said, “You’re going to have to get school supplies” and I […]
Diane’s Not at Home Right Now
Some people think I’m crazy for blogging about the fact that I’m not home, that I’m a thousand miles away, leaving my home and valuables vulnerable to theft or terrorist attack. Some people don’t realize that I don’t own one single piece of jewelry worth more than $7.99, that I bought all three of my […]
Trip Tales
I’m sorry I was all braggy about the road trip I had planned. I wrote about it about a week ago, when I was still in Stage 3 of Trip Planning: The Romance of Travel. I pictured designer clothes with my smell on them in a suitcase without rips or Disney characters, packed neatly into […]
That’s a Croc
Are we allowed to like crocs again? Haven’t they been disparaged long enough that they’ve gone full circle to cool? Like Michael Jackson can walk out onto a stage in 1986 wearing flood pants with white sox and black loafers/tap shoes and not get the snot beaten out of him for it, when do we […]
Water, Water Everywhere
My oldest son is home for a few weeks before he leaves for China, where he’s going to live for a year or more, teaching English to what could be the cutest little kids on the globe. I’m really excited about his new adventure, but also I’m excited about him being home for a few […]