Save The American Family

The allergies struck with a vengeance on Monday.  You would think I would remember the warning signs from the previous years or at least that every Mother's Day I should have starting my allergy medications, but I don't.  Maybe it&

Not really.  That would be me and Honey's room.  This is "The Man's" former teen cave.  I fixed the cracks and painted everything.  Then I added new blinds (to confuse the cats) and a matching bed ensemble (that&

My favorite part of the local newspaper is the Readers' Forum.  It entertains me for minutes on end.  There are nice letters of thanks and those that sing the praises of recent performances, or school programs, or community events. 

I just paid for another year of blog service then go silent.  One month, three entries.  Sad, very sad.Maybe I'm just depressed because my candidate didn't have the big win here in PA.  It's just too white here in PA. Oh su

I have found a new vacation wonderland.  The desert southwest.  Maybe it's the novelty of something new but this was paradise.  Warm and dry without all that sticky humidity.  If we wanted wet, the hotel had a pool. 

All our bags are packed.  We're ready to go.  He's standing impatiently tapping his toe beside the door.  Feel free to hum along.  He enjoyed waking me up to go bye bye.  Ok, enough of that.  Not to curse myself,

A couple months back Honey was looking at airfares and came across a really good deal to Phoenix, Arizona.  He asked me, "what do you think, or did you have enough desert on your last trip?"

Caution: Mature subject matter

We woke up at seven this morning and after looking over the sixty new channels Honey traded for Showtime, we have come to the conclusion that there still isn't anything to watch on TV.  I convinced Honey to brave the elements and try a new p

I'm retired.  Well, at least from the orange apron.  Now all my former co-workers are lining up to have me come make their houses pretty.  I have already put in 20 hours at Diane's house.  Her hubby likes to do home improv

A new musical group?  Nope, just a couple of things you can make with stuff from your garden.  Yes, I know the garden is dead and under the remnants of a foot of snow.  This is Pesto you would have made in the summer when your basil wa

It's not dusk and the picture isn't fuzzy because I was moving it.  I just finished shoveling the walks.  I ran in to grab my camera and everything was covered when I came out.  This is what snowing one inch every hour looks li

. . . .Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood)So it's getting a bit stressful at work.  I'm down to my last week and a half.  My best friend from work has been transfered into one of the departments.  A former coworker has transfered back

Nothing says I love you best than a string of Shrimp "hearts" for Valentines Day. Use two skewers for each string of hearts.  I used 26/30 sized shrimp, raw and peeled.  Two shrimp per heart.  Each facing one another.  I

On my Saturday trip to the Evil Walmart, they had three crates of perfectly ripened Haas avocados marked down to something ridiculous like 69¢.  How can you pass something like that up?  I grabbed two, a lemon, and a bag of tortilla ch

 I got mad after they handed me the description of the new position.  It was everything we do now but done by two people instead of four.  I went into HR Dude's office and told him I didn't want to interview for the "new&q

My Mom and Aunt sent me this link to Electoral Compass USA.  After a few short questions, it tells you which presidential candidate is closest to you based on the issues.Electoral Compass USA I was in the social liberalism-progressive corner on

What girl doesn't?  But then there's plenty of guys that do too!  And this past Friday night three to four hundred lucky men and women enjoyed Magic Dick for over 3 hours at the Rex Theater in Pittsburgh's South Side.  Ok,

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

You get all cocky and the next thing you know you get bit in the a$$!  Remember just last post how I mentioned that the year was off to a good start.  Well I'm taking that comment back.Last May at work the powers that be decided that th

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

NO SPEAKAH DE ENGLISHA bus stops and 2 men get on. They sit down and engage in an animatedconversation.The lady sitting next to them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one ofthem say the following:Emma come first.De

Day four of migraine week.  Woke up with one this morning.  Called off work today because of it.  I'm trying to redeem myself by cleaning the house and doing laundry.  So far no mishaps in the laundry arena but not everything

In an effort to avoid last years temper tantrum over giblets in stuffing, I rushed home from work on Wednesday to PREpare my contributions to the Thanksgiving dinner that we would be assembling up at Honey's Dad's house.  Honey volunteer