...instead of another person. Letterman has a top ten everyday. I figure I can have one, just once. If you've ever been a runner, especially with a dog, this should ring some bells. 10. Being tethered to your companion. 9....
Yeah, it's a line from an En Vouge song, and I do think it's true. If we can all actually have truly open minds, we really would have a "free-er" world. The problem comes in freeing your mind; how do...
A few years ago my mother-in-law had a somewhat hilarious dream in which my father-in-law had a secret room that contained all the "toys" he had wanted but been unable to buy. His prized possession in the secret room was...
I grew up in Houston, Texas. I remember quite well the horribly hot summers. I always know when the "dog days" of summer have arrived here in KC. I don't have to go outside; I don't have to watch the...
Right now, as I type, the mound of stuff in our guest room is growing so large, it no longer fits on the bed. This particular mound is all the stuff we are getting rid of. I'd love to say...
When I post this entry, I will have done 11 out of 13 things on my list. This gives me a "B" for today, and I was always a straight "A" student. This is not a crisis. A "B", I...
We saw the very beginning of a commercial last night that started with these words. That's when it hit me. I've made two batches of jam in the last couple of days: strawberry and strawberry blueberry. What hit me was...
One of the great joys of the English language that I use to spin my tales is the homonym; words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings. Spinning, I have discovered, is a homonym and can have many...
The Royals swept the Dodgers tonight. This is the second clean sweep they've had since their new manager started. My husband and I discussed that managers must be pretty important in baseball. Frankly, they're pretty important in just about anything....
Something very tasty and exciting happened at Chipotle since I was last there. (We eat there about once a week on average, so this must be pretty new!!!) The salad has descended on the burrito giant! If you ask me,...
Who told them that gogurt was a good name for yogurt in a tube? I know that the idea must have been "yogurt on the go", but gogurt? The two humans at our house have been disgusted by this word...
I agreed long before the end of the school year to participate in Relay for Life, a 12 hour, overnight, walk to raise money for the American Cancer Society. No, participants do not walk for 12 hours; instead, the event...
This is the first summer that I have stayed home and not worked on a Master's thesis or looked for a house; every other summer I have had some big purpose or goal. I am finding that I struggle to...
There are a number of cameras at our house. I think we counted seven the other day. In a house with two humans, I am sure that this number might seem small to a professional photographer; I am equally sure...
Maybe all of us have trouble getting rid of things. It may just be part of the human condition. Does it harken back to the days of hunting and gathering when keeping things was a part of survival? Near the...
Why is it so hard to get rid of stuff? Even when I know that we'll have to move out of our SMALL house if we don't get rid of a ton of stuff, I look at the blankets we...
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