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Crumpled up bags of Sugar Week junk food get tossed in mid-July.

Celebrating Summer Vacation

Updated: Jun 07, 2013 11:21am

Exams, awards, field day, Finding Nemo, one last half day, and then it’s over. My teen and I will celebrate by having lunch out. Then we will head to the grocery store to purchase Sugar...

Spring [pollen squiggles] knocking on our door.

Random Friday Thoughts for April 19, 2013

Apr 19, 2013 8:43am

While my cousins in the Midwest are still erecting snowmen, spring has crept up our front walk and is knocking on our door. I truly wish there was a creative way to recycle the little...

Hubby's nearly empty box of chocolate torture.

Random Friday Thoughts for March 15, 2013

Mar 15, 2013 7:55am

On our mantle sits a box. The box was a gift from me to Hubby. I gave it to him about a month ago. It contained chocolates. As a child, I never could understand how my sister was able to make...

My kids' mom with her stage hubby. Photo credit: Alisa McNeill

Random Friday Thoughts for March 8, 2013

Mar 08, 2013 9:36am

College spring break is wrapping up in our household. It was great having all the boys around all week. Mornings have been quiet, because college-age humans are comatose until at least noon. While...

The veggies are not going to dice themselves...S I G H

Random Friday Thoughts for February 22, 2013

Feb 22, 2013 12:09pm

Losing cell service in a tunnel does not bother me. Lack of connection in a grand theatre is not a problem. But when I’m grocery shopping and want to look up a recipe or call Hubby for...

Edna says, "Line?" more than you'd expect.

Random Friday Thoughts for February 8, 2013

Feb 08, 2013 7:57am

In less than a month, the community theater play for which I somehow achieved a lead role will open. At rehearsal last night, I tried to deliver my lines without holding the script. Mostly I...

New bifocals made it clear the news was sad today.

Random Friday Thoughts for February 1, 2013

Updated: Feb 01, 2013 10:12am

Ed Koch was the animated mayor of New York City when I was growing up in New Jersey, just 40 or 50 miles northwest of the George Washington Bridge. I didn’t know much about politics at the time,...

Hangin' with the guys for Friday morning coffee.

Random Friday Thoughts for January 4, 2013

Jan 04, 2013 11:02am

Happy first Friday of 2013. Hopefully, you’ve made some resolutions that you’ll find easy to fit into your lifestyle and keep forever. Since my lifestyle changed dramatically at the end of 2012,...

The odd-pieces of wrapping paper scrap pile grows.

Random Friday Thoughts for December 21, 2012

Dec 21, 2012 8:50am

Today begins the last weekend of—no, not the world—shopping for Christmas 2012. While I do have a few more things to pick up, 99 percent of my holiday purchases have been made. I can get anything...

We have a strong-willed GPS.

GPS and Memory Need Updates

Dec 08, 2012 7:34am

A GPS can be a blessing as well as a curse. My niece’s college graduation had us in the car traveling from North Carolina to Louisiana. But having only been to my sister’s house one other time, I...

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