Month: January 2001

Yeah, yeah, I know I should have buckled my seat belt before I started the car. But, I was doing the lunch time dash so I was halfway out the drive when I realized I hadn’t clicked the shoulder and lap strap into place. As I reached for it I rationalized, “I haven’t left the…

We didn’t have to “carry” our daughter all the way to college this time. We met her fiancé half way there and he drove them the rest of the way to college. Monday, she enrolled for the semester, bought books and called me in shock. “Mom, I don’t have any money left. My books cost…

I know the old saying is, “Never look a gift horse in the mouth.” But even a glimpse reveals a lot. The day after Christmas our 2-year-old granddaughter in Michigan was bitten by the family’s orneriest cat.. (The cat is no longer there.) Her father wiped away her tears, wrapped a Band-Aid around the ouchy…

Thirty years ago, I began opening my best Christmas present ever. My husband. I found a soul mate for economy. We dated on a shoe string budget. Talk is free, riding bikes is cheap when you own the bikes, cooking over a camp stove is simple. Playing games provides plenty of time to interact. Attending…

As a tall woman, height trivia interests me. Did you know that historically the tallest contender in every presidential election, with one exception, has always been elected to the presidency? I heard that bit of presidential trivia prior to the election of 1992. Obviously Perot was not even in the running. The only height he…