It’s beginning to feel a lot like…what the hell? It’s early November and it’s already Christmasey everywhere you go. Yeah, I know, I shouldn’t have used ‘hell’ in that sentence given I’m talking about Christmas, but what the hell? I was in the grocery store on the second day of November picking up a few…
Tag: life
Start Knocking
It’s Halloween time. I think I can still use the word ‘Halloween’ without offending too many people. There are so many rules about what you can and can’t say that I have trouble keeping everything straight. The bottom line is this…I have a lot of fond memories about my childhood Halloweens. As I’ve gotten older,…
The Trouble with Tweeners
Downsizing isn’t easy. I’ve been working on it for over 4 years now and I’m not sure I’m making much progress. I keep asking myself, “How did I get so many tweeners?” Let me start by saying that I don’t consider myself to be a hoarder. I can get rid of things that I don’t…
I’m Not Humpty-Dumpty
My last story about almost falling brought back memories of quite a few times when I actually fell. I made out a little better than a certain nursery rhyme character we’ve all read about, but it wasn’t easy to always be the faller. When I was little-in age, not size-I used to fall quite often….
Life Throws You a Willy
I was out for a shuffle and realized that sometimes, you just don’t see it coming. It was early Monday morning when I headed out the door dressed in my shuffle shorts, shoes, and shirt. That’s a lot of S’s at a time when the only ‘S’ I really wanted was sleep. Shortly into my…
Ta-Da! It’s a Circus
I recently shared a few fabulously funny things that I saw while traveling by air a few weeks ago. I wrote a story about jiggling during pre-boarding and another about inflight crinkling by Chris Crinkle. I have one more story to share about that flight and it will close out the trifecta. Three funny stories…
My Fruit of the Womb 