Save The American Family

At least that's how I felt as Mr. Doctor walked into the exam room while reading my chart and exclaiming, "Well we haven't seen you in a good long while."  As if he caught me with my pants down in another doctor's exam room

That is the question.  Especially at this time of year.  This is also the time you find the best and worst of . . . lists.  And everyone seems to be in that "out with the old, in with the new" kind of mood.For some reason Hon

I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I was a tomboy with two younger brothers. My parents got divorced when I was around twelve-ish. My dad had custody and my elderly old fashioned German grandmother lived with us to co

From Honey's friends in North Carolina:

For the last few years we have been allowed to dress up for Halloween at work.  I like Halloween.  It's fun to dress up as something (or someone) else.  I don't get into it like I used to because Honey is not a "Halloweene

We finally got our new modem in the mail.  Even though we asked for the same model that we had before, the only thing that was really the same was the model number stamped on the front of the modem.  Like everything else now a days the new

I took my 17 year old Chevy Celebrity station wagon in for it's yearly inspection a couple of weeks back.  Honey's mechanic has been keeping her roadworthy since I came here to Johnstown almost 3 years ago.  I suspected we would hav

Over at Confessions of a Libertine, Will asked what are some of our recurring dreams.  Most of the dreams I can remember involve Honey.  Honey in various stages of dress.  Honey and I making out.  Honey and I doing wild and crazy

Day three started out at Aunt Minnie and Uncle Fred's house in Colorado Springs.  We were trying to get on the road by 9am since we had arrived at Aunt Minnie's so late the night before.  We woke up early and had breakfast on the pa

It's actually the third day I've been with my daughter and grandsons but only the second day we have been out on the road.  I am slowly realizing that there is a big difference between adult time and toddler time.  So many things I&

Last night The Teen graduated high school.  In two short months he will be eighteen.  And in two months after that he will be going away to his tech school.  Honey will be childless for the first time.  I will be childless for the

Come walk with me.  I'm feeling much better now.  See, keeping busy really does keep your mind off your problems.  Whoever made up that song/saying about the lazy days of summer is full of it.  I'm looking at weeks worth o

Spring has got to be my all time favorite time of the year. After being stuck inside for the better part of five months looking out the windows at the dead snow covered earth, I could just burst out of my skin. Not unlike the bulbs, leaves, and sprin

I'm having a conversation with a customer while I'm cutting his blinds on Wednesday.  He's not only noticed my hearing aids, but I talk differently from the people in the area.  He's wondering about my hearing loss history s

We were always expected to be contributing members of the household while growing up. We had mastered dusting, vacuuming, dish washing, and a bunch of other household upkeep tasks. The last area to be conquered was the laundry room and it’s mys

I received this in my e-mail today from my mom.  Good one.  The Easter Blonds Joke came from an e-mail from my Aunt Mickie.  Someone once told me be careful what you wish for, you might get it.  I'd say this would fall under

Honey and I are watching the local news on Good Friday and they have a story of a local church recreating the trials of Christ.  The parishioners are dragging a cross a couple of miles up the hill from their church to another church.  Honey

There is nothing like a good April Fools Prank.  That is, as long as no one is being hurt.  It helps if the victim, er, I mean fool has a good sense of humor.Way back around the turn of the century.  That would be the one in 2000. 

That's right, it's French!  To normal people it would be said and sound like "Dew".  To the Pennsylvania French that's "Ducks".  Today we are finishing up Orlando or really Kissimmee, these are the

Yeah. Right. I guess that feeling only applies if your vacation sucked. Mine didn’t. Eh, so the original flight down to Orlando was canceled, but they did get us on a later flight, so we only missed 6 hours of fun in the

There wasn't any smoke or fire like there was when I put my tea kettle on and let it boil dry.  But when you turn it on and a black screen with "cannot start windows because the config file is missing or corrupted" pops up, it's a gone

It's snowing.  No, wait, it's sunny.  No snowing.  No sunny.  I give up.  It's January 9th and we seem to be getting the first snow of the year, really the first snow of the winter.  I guess I shouldn't complain, it could