I am sure that almost everyone who reads this blog has been in the same situation. How many times have you done the laundry, only to find that your socks no longer have a match? I know it can be frustrating, but don’t worry. In this article, I am going to list some ways you

A very dear friend of mine sent me a video this morning.  It has really touched my heart and I want to share it with you.  The one she sent me is longer because this child was featured on television and radio around the country, but because it was over five minutes, I found a

We’ll, we dodged a bullet by leasing rather than buying our Toyota Highlander four years ago. We just turned it in, and even though we got hit with a $1200 disposal cost (including “excessive” wear and tear), at least we don’t have to worry about $4.00+ gasoline costs now that Karen is driving a

Time’s up!! I’ll announce a winner soon!!   Not much is going on in my little corner of Bloggsville.   Well, maybe a couple of things. I do have a few little somethings up my sleeve in the near future.  The first few things I’m going to share with you are just because I like to keep you in the loop. 

Since moving to Germany to begin our life together, ChessMan has been fascinated by a couple of documentaries he’s seen on what the Germans call ‘XXL restaurants’. These are basically restaurants where the portions are astronomical. I mean mind-boggling. Schnitzels so big they flop over the edge of your plate. Single hamburgers made from a

I found this list of 110 (previously) banned books over at My Private Casbah and decided to go through it and see just how many of them I have actually read. At least partially… #1 The Bible #2 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain #3 Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes #4 The Koran #5 Arabian Nights #6 Tom Sawyer

TheBoy had been having a rough go of things for awhile. He’s actually a bit past the point where he should be taking on (almost) full responsibility for his life, but he insists on clinging to the idea that he’s footloose and fancy free - with parents to do the dirty work. That attitude sometimes

  I had the good fortune of growing up in an intact black middle class neighborhood till I was nine years old. We played safely outside on our street. Though we lived in a city, there was plenty of green in our neighborhood, and many a lazy summer afternoon was spent riding our bikes, picking (and

After going into this race feeling invigorated by having both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as viable candidates, I have to admit the ensuing politicking was a major turn off. Sexism versus racism. Michigan and Florida. Rev. Wright. Geraldine Ferraro. Ugh! But I was awake and watching when Obama said those historic words on 3 June. YES, WE CAN!