Humor
Published: 16/12/2007
My grandmother told me I could take her anywhere - except for granted. Microwaves, TiVo's, iphones, Swifters - things I use automatically would have changed my grandmother's life.
On the other hand - the one with the tea cozy in it - things my grandmother had would have changed my life too -...
Published: 16/12/2007
Why should I save for a rainy day? In spite of living in Southern California, I have two umbrellas. I'm more than ready.
The jar of found money on my bureau isn't for a rainy day. It's what my grandmother called mad money. It's for something I don't need - something frivolous. Okay, I...
Published: 16/12/2007
Everyone agrees walking is good for us. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees about how much is good. Some say thirty minutes three or four times a week. Others say every day. Some say you should move at fifty-five percent of your maximum heart rate. Others say you should take ten thousand steps....
Published: 16/12/2007
I think the Secretary of the Treasury should issue a warning that having children is hazardous to the health of parents' finances. In self defense we should teach our children about saving money as soon as they've swallowed their first penny or had their first visit from the tooth fairy.
My...
Published: 16/12/2007
Life is relationships. Senator Clinton said it takes a village to raise a child. I wholeheartedly agree. If it weren't for the village of school, after-school activities, camp, friends and family, this mother would have qualified as the village idiot.
As my children grew up, I discovered it...
Published: 16/12/2007
The weather is changing. Some people blame global warming. My grandmother blamed the astronauts who walked on the moon.
There isn't much weather in Los Angeles - unless you count earthquakes, mudslides, fires and droughts. Because LA is desert, the primary use of windshield wipers is to hold...
Published: 16/12/2007
The difference between friends and acquaintances is whether you'd let them see you without makeup or leave them alone in a room with your mother-in-law. My grandmother told me it was better to have one good pal than a room full of acquaintances. I know she was right; but when I want to know how I...
Published: 16/12/2007
How do you know when you're grown up? Is it when people stop asking you what you want to be? One of the first things I wanted to be was an only child - no hand-me-down's, no sharing, no comparing, no competition.Then I realized if I didn't have siblings, I wouldn't have anyone to share the blame....
Published: 16/12/2007
Who knew that 46.4% of the average American's food dollar is spent in restaurants? Our lives have gotten so hectic we don't have time to defrost dinner or put something in the microwave.
I remember when going out to eat was a treat. Now, in spite of eating out being more expensive and less...
Published: 16/12/2007
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, is skin deep and is 99% attitude - we hear it, but we don't believe it. If we did, we wouldn't spend billions of dollars every year on cosmetics.
But it's not just women. Ten years ago women spent ten times more than men did on beauty products. Now we...
