Sometimes a quick trip to the grocery store and self-checking a cart of items turns into your worst nightmare. How quick can you say self-checkout? A lot quicker than it actually takes to argue and wrestle items past the irritating robot voice. I don't know who ... Read More
Things to Remember
A Peek at My Week
My Biggest Blunder this Week (Also My Biggest Laugh) I am talking with two friends when A says, “Okay, I am going to share a story with you. It’s a little,” and she shakes her head, “embarrassing. I hope it doesn’t cause your opinion of me to drop any lower.” “Don’t worry,” I interject, “my ... Read More
Life as it Comes #14 | The Art of Spraying
Most people think spraying is easy. Little do they realize the self-control, the analytical math mind, and the sense of timing that accompany this job. It is a job not everyone should be trusted with. Anyone can spread soap bubbles on a car, but not everyone entrusted with a hose has enough ... Read More
Lego Movie, Control and Releasing
I rented the Lego movie this weekend and watched it for the second time. Little Man has now seen it four times. Most anyone who has children and one million 400 trillion small geometrical shaped interlocking Lego pieces scattered throughout their house and hiding in more nooks and crannies than ... Read More
Life as it Comes #13 | Big Game Hunting at the Campsite
I had visions of relaxing by the campfire, lying in the shade of giant pine trees, and hiking along the meandering river. But this camping trip turns a bit wild when a guy with a squirt bottle decides he is going to eliminate the winged insects from the ... Read More
Finding the Antidote
An unwelcome visitor descended on our house this week. It started with irritated skin, itching, and now bumpy skin, quickly turned to oozing, irritated, and red cracked skin. Yes, poison ivy descended for a lengthy visit on the youngest member of our household and a much milder case for the ... Read More
Life as it Comes #12 | Bunny Foo Foo Here and There
A young bunny, who likes to fill himself up early in the morning and in the cool of the evening, has been sneaking into my yard and gnawing away at the tender young parts of my perennials. Need another smile or another story? ... Read More
Sweet and Sour, Happy and Sad
It’s that time of year again. Sweet and Sour. Black and White. Joy and Sorrow. Good and Bad. Happy and Sad. Excitement and Dread. Two opposites. More of one and less of the other, but still the two mingled together in some measurement. For the last two weeks my son asked that the dreaded ... Read More
