Wayne just took this photo of me and I have bed head and no makeup on. So I decided to have some fun with it. First of all, I decided to post it here on my blog and reveal the real me to all of you, my bloggy friends. Then I’m going to glue it [...]

Who remembers playing with a hula hoop as a kid?  Hooping was one of my favorite things when I was around nine or ten years old. My sister and I would play for hours. We even made up our own routine where we would swap hoops with one another while still twirling, without skipping a [...]

A Few Simple Rules For Dealing With Women Gentlemen I know your lives aren’t easy. I know we women are a pain to live with sometimes. Okay, most of the time. But life can be made a little easier for you if you follow a few simple rules. I’ve heard several of you grumbling about [...]

Fourscore and several years ago Sir Issac Newton sat daydreaming beneath an apple tree. I suppose he was dreaming of his girlfriend Apple Betty. Not because she was beautiful, or because he was smitten with her, but because she made the most delicious apple pie in the world. In fact, the first time Sir Issac [...]

Dear Electric Company, What is wrong with you? We pay our electric bill each month, which by the way, is quite a ridiculous sum of money, and if we don’t pay it on time we have to pay a late fee. So, it looks to me like you could at least be consistent in keeping [...]

On legs that are unsteady, faltering, I shoulder my way across the crowded room. The air is thick with the scent of flowers, perfumed bodies and that unique yet indefinable smell one always associates with this place. I draw a deep breath, feeling as though I will suffocate. My hands shake as I try to [...]

Did you ever happen upon a blog that you loved the moment you read the first post? I’ve done that many times, including the first time I found Nicole’s blog called “How Much Longer Till Friday“. She and I are so much alike in the things we say and the way we think. And her [...]

I ran into the living room one evening and switched on the TV just as the evening news was about to be broadcast. I was terrified that I might be among the headline news of the day. You see, there was this little incident earlier that day involving me, my dog, a pickup truck, Wayne, [...]

A rainbow would not be as beautiful without all the different colors. Isn’t it strange how people can be so hypocritical at times? And the sad thing is, they often don’t even realize that they’re being that way. I get a lot of emails from online acquaintances — people who I’ve met only casually through [...]