Monthly Archives: November 2004

So many days to celebrate, so many gifts to give – and so little time to shop before Christmas, birthdays and my anniversary converge on me. Cash is an easy, welcome gift for the adult children. However, for my husband, … Continue reading →

My grandparents may have gone “over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house” in a horse-drawn sleigh for their holiday gathering, but you and I – if we go to grandmother’s house at all – will be traveling … Continue reading →

Too bad life doesn’t work like my husband’s favorite video game of Mahjong. If he realizes 20 moves into the game that he should have taken a particular tile 10 moves back, he hits the back button and replays his … Continue reading →

Tom Sawyer convinced his pals to trade their treasures for a few minutes with the white wash brush in front of Aunt Polly’s nine feet high fence. All it took was a bit of acting and an attitude that it … Continue reading →

Far too many Monday mornings, I would prefer to stay in bed rather than roll out of bed and go to work. Sometimes I think I actually would do that – if I hadn’t spent 30 years ignoring my children’s … Continue reading →