Category Archive for 'Potpourri'

Just askin’…

Does anyone know where I can find a good clone?

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Tragedy strikes

Friends, a moment of silence, please. We had a great tragedy occur in my household yesterday, and I need all the sympathy you can muster. I have discovered… I can’t say it… give me a minute… a gray hair! My darling husband confirmed, perhaps a little too gleefully, that the offending hair was, indeed, gray. […]

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Just call me ruthless

Car buying is never a pleasant experience, but I’ve discovered the secret formula to making it about as painless at it’s ever going to get. Internet shopping. We’ve bought our last two cars like this, and I’ll never do it any other way again. This round of car buying began last weekend when I lost […]

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The candor of youth

Kids sure do tell it like it is. My favorite comment so far about my weight loss, because it was so refreshingly honest, came recently from one of my daughter’s classmates. I picked my kids up after work the other night and this girl, whom I haven’t seen since probably May, spied us walking down […]

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Note to self

Do not, under ANY circumstances, ever go to the grocery store on the day before Christmas Eve again. Whatever you need, you don’t need it that badly. Next time, your family can just do without that apple pie for Christmas. It was ten times worse than the mall, people, and I know this because I […]

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Ode to a blog vacation

All the shopping is done But I’m still on the run Because the presents have not yet been wrapped, not a one. The holiday yuletide is upon us, at last And I’m looking forward to that scrumptious repast But there’s still so much to do, that I’m simply aghast. And while loved ones would doubtless […]

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Random thoughts for today

I speak Chinese  My poor dad. He actually tried to read my article last week. He gave up, and called to tell me he didn’t know I spoke Chinese! Probably exactly how I’d feel if I tried to read his medical journals. **********  I miss the cleaning lady I learned something new last night. Good […]

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Excuses, excuses (and thanks)

I’m feeling ever so guilty for not having an original post today, especially after being featured by FTS as his spotlighted blog of the week (thanks FTS, I’m flattered and honored!). Here come the excuses. Excuse #1: The post I had all planned for last night had to be postponed until next week for reasons […]

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Unintended workout

I’m sore, and it’s all my adorable husband’s fault. You see, it’s his job to do the yard work. It’s always been that way, despite the fact that at every opportunity, he delights in pointing out the other women in our neighborhood who mow their lawns. I don’t know how to turn on the lawn […]

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Happy Birthday to me!

I’ve already done my reflections on age here, so no mushy sentimentalism about growing older will be found in this location today. Let me just say that 34 was a great year in many, many ways, and I hope 35 turns out to be its equal. It would be greedy of me to ask for […]

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