A dreamy page from Cottage Living Magazine… Our lake house came pre-furnished with all kinds of furniture. Nothing I would have bought, but it’s here, and it’s free, and we’re using the stuff. Some of the stuff reeked with fleas, odors and noxious smells; so we burned them. These included a burnt orange fuzzy chair; [...]
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I always knew there was a masked bandit out there creeping around at night. In fact, I did see you one night — you gave me quite a scare. Now, we’re taking you away to a new home. So long. Now, we’re set to find your cousin, Mr. Skunk.
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You can spare me the emails. I know this is not a “politically correct” toy. Still, you must admit, he does look pretty darn cute wearing that vinyl belt, holster and plastic cap gun. Finally, I can take a shower without fear that I’ll reach for the soap, only to find it missing, again, from [...]
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I’ve already done three “first time ever things” for my 46th birthday today — two of them I will only tell you over a very good bottle of wine. .. maybe. Here’s the third: It should come as no surprise that my husband, the Ironman, is into all kinds of adventure sports. One of them is [...]
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The boy says to me, “I saw this soap at the store, It’s white with blue dots!” “Can I have it please?!” So, I buy the boy the soap. And just for giggles, Some Irish Spring Too Just wait till he finds out that soap comes in shapes too!
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It’s odd, I know. but, we’ve been going around everywhere lately like this And people just keep staring.
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It became evident this past weekend that perhaps I might have been too zealous in my attempt to clear the clutter, ditch the junky plastic toys and strive for a more peaceful, Zen life. This light bulb moment came when my son pilfered a box of Irish Spring soap from our gardening supplies, and named [...]
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Once, when I was a freshman in high school, a college band came to perform at our school. This was a big deal; real college musicians in my little town. There were few of us who even expected to make it to college, as most of our parents had never been there. But musicians — [...]
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