Interrupting dinner preparations to run in every minute and a half to rewind, fast forward, or skip scenes in my toddler niece’s videos was wearing on my sister’s nerves—since we always talk around that time, it was beginning to grate on mine as well. So when we reached the end of a conversation recently without anything but giggles and squeals of glee emitting from my niece
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I’m getting fed up with all of the women trying to outdo each other whenever we get together—I swear sometimes I think it’s even worse than it was in high school. I am therefore ashamed to admit that I can’t wait for the next gathering because I’ve got this one in the bag!
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Like every child since the domestication of the dog, my girls swore up and down that they would do everything that needed to be done for it if we would just cave and get them one. Like every mother since, there I was in the yard on my knees with a handful of dog poo in a bag,
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Every time the family gets together, we’re regaled with stories from my brother-in-law, an avid fisherman, about “the one that got away.” Oh, he’s very adept at catching them—they just manage to
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I’m ashamed to admit that when I first received this, I wondered in the back of my mind why she didn’t just send a plant.
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Last time I painted a room was when we were preparing my daughter’s room for her arrival. Exiting and happy as the occasion was, it was punctuated with frustration, wasted time, and mess. Paint sloshed in the floor when I stirred it and dripped down the side of the can when I poured it. I did wipe the glops from the rim before I lidded it for the night, but nevertheless when I went to do the second coat it was glued fast. So when it came time to paint the living room, my enthusiasm over home improvement was significantly dampened by the prospect of reliving my tussles with the paint can. Apparently my husband was even more cowed at the prospect—probably because the frustration I didn’t vent on the paint cans inevitably ended up hurtling his way. Anyway, on the eve of my living room transformation,
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I’m a soccer mom, and that means I stand around outside for a lot of practices and games. I bring along sodas, and when it’s warm out my warm hands render it warm and flat in no time, and during cold weather it’s downright painful to hang on to the thing. Continue Reading »
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We’re fortunate to live in America…capitalism, wealth, land of plenty. The problem is, nobody I know needs a darn thing, and that makes the holiday season a hassle. What do you get the person that has everything?
I’ve decided that the best gifts are things that they will use and things that they would not necessarily buy for themselves, and this year I’ve got the perfect idea. Continue Reading »
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OK, so I don’t use this product myself but that’s because I wig out if I get past the third step on a ladder. My husband, however, seems to find reason to climb one at least once a week and he’s always juggling something when he does it. Recently Continue Reading »
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When you think about it, it’s funny that wine charms predated these things. Most of us use cans, bottles, and cups a heck of a lot more than we use wine glasses (and if you don’t, well, that’s another conversation)! For years my family has provided the trusty Continue Reading »
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