Category Archives: Life in General

TOILET-SQUATTING EXERCISE CLASS My mother was a fanatic about public toilets. As a little girl, she’d bring me in the stall, teach me to wad up toilet paper and wipe the seat. Then, she’d carefully lay strips of toilet paper … Continue reading →

Q: How many women with PMS, or MENOPAUSE, does it take to change a light bulb? A: One! ONLY ONE!!!! And do you know WHY? Because no one else in this house knows HOW to change a light bulb! They … Continue reading →

[begin rant] I fail to understand why “mental illness” is not treated like any other medical problem. It’s typically caused by an imbalance in brain chemicals. To me, this is the same as having a problem with your thyroid or … Continue reading →

We had an interesting time outside today. It’s still WAY hot, for starters. I wanted to clean out the weeds underneath the clematis trellis so that we could get some good photos of this season’s blooms (see my landscape photos … Continue reading →

Okay, truth time. I’ve been running off of a borrowed 19″ LCD monitor for the past couple of months and I just really felt it was time to buy my own. I’ve been scoping out flat panels for a while, … Continue reading →

Once upon a time, there lived a woman who had a maddening passion for baked beans. She loved them but unfortunately, they had always had a very embarrassing and somewhat lively reaction to her. Then one day she met a … Continue reading →

Even if you aren’t a skier, you’ll be able to appreciate the humor of the slopes as written by a New Orleans paper: A friend just got back from a holiday skiing trip to Utah with the kind of story … Continue reading →

Last night and again tonight, I had the pleasure of watching a fat little (?) bunny in our backyard. While I didn’t stop to watch him as much tonight, I enjoyed the show yesterday. He was placidly sitting on the … Continue reading →

Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car … Continue reading →