If my husband spots the mail truck before I do, everything stops. Whatever he's doing — eating, sleeping, mid-sentence — he drops it and bolts outside like Ed McMahon himself is standing at our mailbox with a Publishers Clearing House check. And now? Now he gets a daily email preview of what's coming in the mail. Because apparently, junk mail needs a spoiler alert.
Recently, I tried to work the ice dispenser on a [...]
Hubby and I just returned from a weeklong camping trip [...]
Country music has a way of packing heartbreak, bad decisions, and at least one missing dog into a single song. I’ve never quite understood it—but after a little “research,” I may have cracked the code… and I’m not sure Nashville is ready.
After several days at a writers’ conference, followed immediately by [...]
I’ve done physical therapy for just about every body part I own—so I figured I was finished. Turns out, I forgot one: my jaw. Now I’m doing daily “jaw exercises” with a gadget that makes me look like I’ve lost a bet… and drooling like a teething Saint Bernard wasn’t even in the instructions.
I never win anything. Not on cruises, not at raffles. But last Friday in Abita Springs, divine justice finally prevailed. I am now the proud owner of a roll of aluminum foil, and I’ve never felt more like a legend. Read about my "triumphant" week of doing absolutely nothing.
In an earlier blog, I wrote about how I had [...]
I recently saw a T-shirt that read, “I thought getting old would take longer,” and honestly… same. Between mysterious aches, reading glasses for the large print, and a social life that now includes doctor’s waiting rooms, getting older has arrived a little faster than expected. But after some very serious research (okay, a few minutes online), I discovered there are actually some surprising perks to aging…
While scrolling through Facebook, the other day, I came across [...]