Humor
Published: 16/12/2007
Two cents here - three cents there - and up goes the cost of U.S. postage. Some of the increased revenue pays for change of address cards, which are free at the post office.
When we moved, I sent these cards to friends and relatives I couldn't notify by e-mail. Yes, Virginia, there are people...
Published: 16/12/2007
My COMPUTER is my friend. My computer IS my friend. My computer is my FRIEND. No matter how I said it, I couldn't convince myself. This past winter it was frozen more than Grand Forks, North Dakota.
When I have a problem with my computer, my husband offers to share his until mine is fixed;...
Published: 16/12/2007
Someone super sized my supermarket. Because we moved, we changed supermarkets. Although it's less than four miles away, it's worlds apart.
In addition to the usual items, it has a Starbucks and a bank. You need a bank if you're a regular Starbuck's customer.
It also has a pharmacy and a...
Published: 16/12/2007
Little things mean a lot - that's inspirational motivation. When I was a little girl, I was afraid of the dark. My grandmother told me sunset was Mother Nature's way to say goodnight. That was inspirational motivation for me to be brave about going to bed. Unfortunately, when Daylight Saving Time...
Published: 16/12/2007
My conscience won't go on vacation. I can slather it with sunscreen and lay it in the sun, I can buy it maps and take it sightseeing, I can dress it up and take it out for a romantic dinner - but it refuses to go on vacation.
While I'm trying to have fun, my conscience continually lectures...
Published: 16/12/2007
Life is constantly trying to teach me patience - waiting for the pot to boil, the traffic light to change, the check to come in the mail and my mother-in-law to refer to me as her daughter-in-law instead of her son's wife.
I started to learn "how to wait without tantrums" when I was a child....
Published: 16/12/2007
When I told my husband I was going to practice yoga, he mistakenly thought the improved flexibility of my body would make my opinions more flexible.
When I told him I was going to have acupuncture, he didn't get the point - literally. John didn't believe inserting a needle between the two...
Published: 16/12/2007
No one man has all the qualities I want my president to have, but maybe I want too much. I want a man of the people - someone who understands the problems of the common man - someone who tells it like it is - someone like a termite inspector.
My candidate should have experience...
Published: 16/12/2007
There's no way to keep sand out of the house when you live by the beach, but the beach is why we moved here. I tell my family a little sand underfoot is homey. In the summer the beach is a magnet. People come for a day in the sun and by the end of the day I can tell which ones came without...
Published: 16/12/2007
I admit it. I need a twelve-step program for people addicted to mail order catalogs. I was clean and shopless for eight months. I was able to put every catalog that came in the mail into the wastebasket without opening a page.
Unfortunately, my resistance crumbled when I was marooned in a...
