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As humans, we must be inherently masochistic. Every day we set ourselves up for a “sneak attack.” We go to bed and willingly set a trap, which springs on us early the next morning. Yes, I am referring to the dreaded alarm clock. There are all sorts out there now. You can go … [Read more...]
Any mother of an eight-year-old boy can tell you that whenever he runs into the kitchen with a plastic bucket and shouts, “Hey, Mom! Look what I found!”, you are probably not going to want whatever is in the bucket to get loose in the house. After shooing him back outside, I … [Read more...]
You know those types of days. You have a nagging cold that isn’t big enough to keep you in bed, but it’s sure big enough to make you feel like you stuffed your head in a goldfish bowl. The kids all look distorted, their jabbering is muffled and punctuated by ‘clinks’ as they tap … [Read more...]
My sister and I bought a house together. Well, really due to my then-unemployment, she was the one on the mortgage and I was quitclaimed to the title after the fact. We had been reading real estate books, looking at FSBO's and getting all fired up about investing. A five-bed, … [Read more...]
It’s a hole. It’s a hole in the ground,” I shouted through the door to my sister who was patiently waiting her turn. “We talked about this. You can do it,” she said. It had been many years since I’d needed encouragement in the bathroom, but I felt her support through the door. … [Read more...]