Date Night Carpool

Saturday night I attempted to have a date night with my handsome fiancee and ended up riding around with four teenage boys drinking Slurpees.  Frozen coke runs does not a date night make or so I thought. It started with a 4:30 […]

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No Right To Bare Arms

                                             Friends don’t let friends forearms flap socially! There comes a point in every woman’s life when Mother Nature, gravity and […]

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Coach Mom Calls Perfect Game

All would be right with the world if moms coached all sports.  I know this because whether I am sitting in the basketball bleachers or at the baseball fields we always seem to have all the answers. We know which kids should be […]

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Spend My Money?

I always thought money was money.  Recently I have learned that there is my money that is completely and totally spendable and their money which is completely and totally not. Let me explain.  For example, if we are at the Foot Locker […]

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Memory Loss Foot Injury

Two day ago I tripped and hurt my foot.  This occurred because I have such a bad memory.  Let me explain. I was letting my overindulged dog outside for the umpteenth time, trying to talk on my cell phone and grab the […]

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Up North

View from Atwood’s Cabin Yesterday I took my first trip “Up North”.  When I moved here eight years ago I kept hearing people talk about going up North. I thought when I moved to Commerce that I was about as far north […]

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Communication Conundrum

My son Michael is in France and Spain for his spring break.  I took great pains to set up his phone with a calling plan and a texting plan so he could contact me during his trip. He seemed hesitant at first […]

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Van Full Of Memories

Last week I redeemed a Groupon to have my van detailed.  I was instructed to remove everything from the van including emptying the glove box and the console.   Apparently my idea of shoving everything in the console and under the seat […]

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Reward Cards

Every time I go to a store I get the same question.  “Do you have your rewards card?” After 15 minutes of searching through my purse I concede that I don’t have it with me.  That is when the cashier looks at […]

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When The Kids Are Away….

DISCLAIMER:  I love my kids.  They are wonderful, smart, funny and I love spending time with them.  This blog can not be used against me in an shape, form or fashion. Ashley is away at college and Michael is going to Spain/France […]

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