My dad spent his life as a blue collar worker, working six days a week with overtime to make ends meet.  He liked to listen to the #Reds on the radio and enjoyed drinking #PabstBlueRibbon from a can, with a little salt on top to keep the foam down. His uniform was plain, blue shirt…

TBT – 3/16/88 Waiting for the bath of my life, impatience pushed me in.  Pity…the water had only turned lukewarm. I’ll be fighting the slight chill for the rest of my life…never quite warm enough and yet not cold enough to get out and dry off. M As it turned out, I did get out,…

Today I was on my way out of the school gym after my youngest son’s basketball game.  We were in a hurry, running to pick up the dog from the groomer.  Another parent called out to us just as we were walking out the door.  She said she was actually looking for George, my husband,…

In my last semester of college (4/1997), I was advised I was short 3 college credits to accommodate my minor.  I had to fight hard with the university to graduate on time.  It cost me a trip to Ireland to study literature and three weeks of my summer studying Forensics DNA and the Criminal Law:…

1/11/15 Making friends in social media is something new for me.  Sure, I’ve had a Twitter handle for a long time and have been bragging about my kids on Facebook for years.  But until a few months back, I’d logged an unimpressive number of tweets, and never had a real connection with anyone outside my…

And the answer?  Christmas…2014!  Still love instant cameras!

Recent mentions of Blackberries in the news reminded me of a throw-back Thursday. Since other than replacing “Blackberry” with “Iphone” little has changed, I decided to toss it out there on a Sunday just for fun!  It was the summer of 2010, I was taking our then much younger boys to baseball practice…and considering the…

Ten Commandments for Shopper Reform in New Year 1.              Thou shall not clip coupons for anything unless it involves items that go in kitchen…and are edible. 2.              Thou shall not visit locations in the region of Amazon that reside online. 3.              Thou shall not go window shopping and come home with window treatments. 4.              Thy…

What apathy looks like to me…risk is that it can feel like being content Do you know the true cost of living? I have a few words for an already over crowded world of opinions.  In the middle of life, every once in a while, there is an intersection between the status quo and the…