Oct 17
The sun is setting on another summer season and I just have to say – wow! Where the heck did the summer go? Granted, my daughter didn’t get out of school until late June and then there’s my husband’s pyromania…er, fireworks and that party. Then we were away for the later part of August. But …
Sep 06
Before my daughter was born, I worked in the corporate headquarters of a large chain of travel agencies. The Caribbean was our biggest market, so I knew a lot about the different island and hotels. I was always dying to go, but it just didn’t happen. And years later, I’m still longing to go. The …
Aug 08
We learn a lot at school. Math, science, grammar, literature. All sorts of stuff. But sometimes I don’t think kids are taught manners. And you can know absolutely nothing at all – the order of the planets, PEMDAS, or who Shakespeare is but when you’re polite and have good manners, you appear to know so …
Jul 18
We all have our pet peeves. Some of us (including myself) have more than others. I have a lot of pet peeves. But I think one of the worst is bad, or really more aggressive, driving. Yes, driving sucks. We all have places we have to be but don’t necessarily want to go to, so …
Jul 13
Happy Friday the 13th to all of you! Are you superstitious? Do you worry about bad things happening today? We don’t find black cats to be bad luck at all. We owned Sam for many years and he was and still is my husband’s baby. He was definitely a man’s cat. I’m not really worried …
Jul 12
Anybody who knows me in real life knows I hate sports and exercise. I did everything I could to avoid gym class, as I was a true gym spaz. So much so that if we had played dodge ball, I would have stood still to be taken out right away. I hate exercise. If I …
Jul 11
My luck is generally okay, nothing spectacular but not really terrible either. I win my share of scratch-off lottery tickets and such. While this may not be luck related, I think it is. As in, “I’m lucky I did this…” We’ve been looking at refinancing our mortgage since the rates have gone so low. I …
Jul 10
My legal name is Margaret Lorraine. My first name is my maternal grandmother’s first name that she didn’t use after a certain point in her life. My middle name is my paternal grandmother’s first name. As a kid, I hated being Margaret. Everybody calls me Maggie. My mom says she should have just had it …
Jul 09
There are certain things that I’m really glad have changed with newer technology. Cordless phones, and smaller ones where you don’t have the potentially-bendable antenna. E-books so I don’t have stacks of books around (or not as many). Digital music – less CDs and no scratches! But with the move to digital music, I miss …
Jul 08
To be honest, we don’t get out much, and I’m too into food to not go out to dinner if we get out without the kids. Getting enough time for dinner AND a movie? Well, that’s rare but awesome. We’re hoping to get out later this summer to see The Watch but that doesn’t release …
