ArchivesJanuary, 2009

It's almost time for a Super Bowl Party! I'm not a big fan of pro football, but I am a fan of football-game food!  We're getting all set for Game Day.  Our hoagie order has been placed (one Italian, one American, one turkey--we'll slice them up and make a platter).  I heard on the radio Continue Reading

I first met Irene when my oldest child was 2 or 3, and we were both helping with a summer program at our school. A year or so later she joined the choir I was directing. Her husband bought her a guitar for her birthday one year, and she worked hard, with my help, to Continue Reading

With a rather "open-floor-plan" type of home, we don't have a lot of room for wall art. This is beginning to be a problem, as when we first got married, I made a photo collage for each year.  I'm three years behind right now, and this is only partially because some of the pictures are Continue Reading

My older kids enjoy having their friends sleep over.  I shouldn't really say "sleep" since no one does too much of that.  In cold weather, most of their time is divided between eating and playing video games.  The girls are very single-minded when it comes to playing games.  While we have a big variety here--a Continue Reading

Earlier this month, my husband and I celebrated our eighteenth wedding anniversary. We marked the occasion, as we always do, by sending a bouquet of flowers to someone very special--the woman who introduced us.  We know that if it were not for her influence, we'd never have met. Mrs. J. had known my father since Continue Reading

The summer I turned 22, I spent eight weeks living in a tent at a Girl Scout camp.  I was the business manager for the camp, which meant I ran the camp store, got the mail (a ten-mile round trip), and transported injured children to the hospital for x-rays.  When you live in camp for Continue Reading

I eat store-brand Honeycomb, because ever since the name-brand kind was "new and improved" it just doesn't taste as good.   "Now better tasting" doesn't taste better to me. Did no one learn from that whole "New Coke" thing in the '80s?  If people like something enough to keep on buying it, the manufacturer should Continue Reading

It's snowing as I sit here, but my friends who garden have been reminding me that it's not too early to start planning for spring planting.  Pretty soon my neighbor will be outside adding a few extra feet to his garden enclosure.  It gets a little bigger each year.  I don't mind, because the cucumber Continue Reading

It's time for me to clean off the shelves where we keep our kids' board games.  There are games in there that no one has played in years--time for them to go and make room for the games we play now. One game that I won't miss much is Candyland.  I think it's safe to Continue Reading

Last night I had a really strange dream. In it, we moved to some really old house somewhere. I don't remember too many details about the house itself (other than that it was really big, really old, and I think the roof was a little leaky) but I can remember the kitchen clear as day. Continue Reading