Only my Mom could say “I saw something in the neighbor’s trash and thought of you. Would you like it?” And I had to say “Yes”. In fact, for months I had been looking for a new glass vase or bottle to hold my wine cork collection – the bigger the better. A girlfriend over [...]

Miss Impervious has just received a very nice birthday party invitation. It is an invitation to a birthday party at her class’ favorite location, so it is very much expected that everyone will have a raging good time. (And by raging, I do mean raging … the girls go absolutely mad there. Big Daddy Jeff [...]

Why is it that most people want to have intelligence and money, or at least one of the two, yet cannot tolerate the appearance of either of those things in another person? I stopped by the grocery on the way home after picking up the Little Princess at school. She was in her uniform. I [...]

I had an interesting conversation with my best friend recently. She has begun a countdown to the day that she plans to quit her job and while she is looking forward to that targeted day, her emotions are very torn. She wonders if it is responsible to quit working in this economy, but her long [...]

After dropping the little ones off at their school this morning, I stopped by the grocery store on my way home. I only really needed one thing, if any, but wound up buying five or six items as usual. The parking lot was nearly empty when I pulled in. The time was after the usual [...]

When Big Daddy Jeff and I first moved into this house it was mid-summer. We were amused by the wood stove in the basement, when we thought about it at all. If anything, I considered it a nice home accessory; one that fit in with the whole ‘little house in the woods’ thing we had [...]

Two of my sisters and a former co-worker shared the news about the ALDI grocery store in Frederick with me months before I actually caved in and visited the store. After all, I am an expert at finding bargains and unbelievable deals all by myself, thank you. So I almost missed the boat altogether and [...]