Thank God Thanksgiving is over. If I eat another carb with gravy on it I’m going to burst. And enough already with the commercials for Turkey Day with the cute cartoon turkeys being all excited about this holiday. We have to stop making the connection between the food that we eat and the cute animal […]
Happy Thanksgiving (* burp * ) !
Tomorrow is the big day, the only holiday where eating food is the main – no, correction, the only – thing to do. Here are the American traditions for the holiday of Thanksgiving: 1. Cook 2. Eat. 3. Start to clean up the kitchen 4. Reheat food 5. Eat again. 6. Finish cleaning up the […]
Piercing Stares
I am so far behind the times on piercings. In the piercing world, I am like the school marmish librarian with a bun, little glasses, a grey cardigan and comfortable shoes. I have one hole in my left earlobe and one hole in my right earlobe. Talk about having no imagination. Even Sister Barbara, […]
New Car Smells and Sights
I got a new car last night! It was so exciting. It was like Christmas, except no one else got anything and I was the only one jumping up and down yelling, “Look what I got!” If it wasn’t for the selfish guilt, it would have been a Hallmark moment. This car is so much […]
Soup Friday Makes Its Debut
I’m on the brink of announcing a new food night. Last Friday I made vegetable soup and a great idea occurred to me: Soup Friday. I could make a different soup every Friday night for dinner. Friday is the perfect day for soup. The kids are usually off doing something and we all eat at […]
Wanted: Track Maxims
I sure could use some track maxims right now. After putting it off for way too long, I started running again. First I had to wait until January. (Who starts running midyear?) And then I had to wait until we moved. I couldn’t start a running regimen while stuff was in boxes all over my […]