Sometimes It Hurts To Blow Out The Candles

Posted on Monday, October 22nd, 2012

Today would have been my sister’s 49th birthday.
I don’t often speak of my sister here.  I can’t, or don’t want to, try to put it into words.  So, I don’t.  Every year on her birthday, […]

Tangerine Tango – Women Share Our Slice Of Life Stories

Posted on Monday, October 1st, 2012

Women sharing our stories.  Isn’t that how we learn, grow, laugh, love, and yes, cry?  Isn’t that what a community is all about?  Yes.
On my blogging adventures, I have met many wonderful women.  We chat […]

Sunday Funnies – Humored? Puzzled? Outraged? Take Your Pick

Posted on Sunday, September 23rd, 2012

My Gram saved the Sunday Funny Papers for me and my daughter Nicole every week – many, many years ago. I think it gave us both an appreciation for the fine art of mixing humor […]

Wine Cork Obsession – Crafty Or Crazy?

Posted on Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

I suspect if we experience a flood, my house would float.
Why?
Because I can NOT throw out a wine cork.
Considering I’ve had decades and decades of enjoying the vino, you can imagine what my stash of […]

5 Things You Would Learn About Me If You Walked Through My House

Posted on Monday, August 6th, 2012

I got an email today from Trisha over at MomDot.com that got me chuckling, and a bit panicked because she was asking her bloggin’ buddies to let readers take a walk through their house.  PLEASE […]

Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged – We Don’t Need Your Seal Of Approval

Posted on Saturday, June 23rd, 2012

She’d be cute if she just…
It doesn’t matter what the end of that sentence is. It hurts. Growing up, we’ve all been judged. We were too thin, too fat, too short, too tall. Our legs […]

Seniors Made It Happen, Jac**ss

Posted on Friday, June 15th, 2012

Okay.  This just made me laugh, and then grimace. See what you think…

ALL the things we enjoy today are made possible only because the generations before us had a vision. Let’s give them our […]

Sunday Funnies – Housewife Humor And Romanticizing The 50s

Posted on Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

My Gram saved the Sunday Funny Papers for me and my daughter Nicole every week – many, many years ago. I think it gave us both an appreciation for the fine art of mixing humor […]

Waxing Nostalgic About Clotheslines – Again

Posted on Thursday, May 31st, 2012

On this very day, a couple years back, I was feeling a bit nostalgic for, of all things, clotheslines. This shouldn’t surprise me. May is a difficult month for me since I lost my Mom […]

Memorial Day – A Return To Reverence

Posted on Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

Today is Memorial Day. This is a day to remember our military men and women who have fallen in defense of our country.
The tradition of honoring our country’s war dead at burial grounds dates back […]