A family that has its reunion in Las Vegas obviously believes that a family that gambles together...prays together. On our flight home I realized I don't have the face for poker, the luck for roulette or any idea how to play craps.
Once when playing black jack, I got up the courage to double down on a pair of aces. Unfortunately, the pair belonged to the player to my right.
That...
When I wasn't looking, someone put a "Do Not Disturb" sign on Las Vegas. It's no longer family friendly. The money Mom and Dad were spending on wizard hats and amusement park rides wasn't being spent in casinos, which spin, roll and throw much greater profits.
New luxury hotels appear overnight like mushrooms and service staff are cloned to run them. When the city's slogan became "What...
Take your elbows off the table, don't talk with food in your mouth, don't run in the house - I thought diamond sorters were less picky than my mother. Then I had children and I understood - almost. I still think sending me to a summer camp that taught manners was a bit extreme.
Telling my sons to masticate with their mouths closed got their attention because it sounded risque, but it took...
I'm married to John Doe. Well, not really. It's just that when I write about him, he'd like to be anonymous. Thankfully, he didn't feel that way when I gave birth to our sons.
My girlfriends envy the fact that my husband helps make the bed, do the laundry and wash the dishes. For some reason they don't understand that he also helps wrinkle the sheets, soil the clothes and dirty the dishes....
What's so convenient about kitchen conveniences? I don't have an electric coffee pot, an electric espresso maker, an electric can opener, an electric hot pot or an electric sealer. No, I'm not against progress. I'm against making extra work for myself. The more modern the kitchen convenience, the more parts it has. The more parts it has, the more parts it has for me to clean.
I don't have a...
Confession of a frustrated female: because it's been four weeks since I last saw my stylist, I've been plagued by bad hair days. I couldn't be more hair challenged if I were the Easter Bunny on disability.
My hair is short. As soon as the messy look was in style,I thought I'd found hirsute heaven on earth. I didn't realize the messy look required styling. Obviously, shake and go is a shaggy...
I must have missed the "Mission Impossible " episode about getting a husband to help shop for family gifts. In desperation I blurted out that gifts can be found in any store. Before I could grab a fork to eat my words, John turned a misguided moment into a challenge.
He'd name a half dozen different kinds of stores. If I couldn't come up with an acceptable present from each store, his...
Christmas is 277 days away. Time to kick back and enjoy spring - or is it?
I have quite a few birthday and anniversary gifts to buy between now and then. And there'll be a few engagements and weddings - and showers of one type or another. Oh, I forgot about graduation and baptism gifts.
Darn! There's holiday gifting too, but don't panic. The more imagination you put into holiday gifts,...
Maybe it's because I'm a blond, but why would drivers go to a gas station that charges four cents more for a gallon of gasoline instead of going to the station across the street?
Four cents times twenty gallons times fifty-two weeks is forty-one dollars and sixty cents. That's like being paid for doing nothing. It's like being on the City Council.
I wonder if City Hall has a thirteenth...
If I ever run for political office, I'll pass a law that requires spring cleaning to be postponed until winter. Why waste days of blooming flowers, invigorating air and sweater-wearing temperatures inside the house - especially inside a dirty house. After being elected by a landslide, I'll spend my spring cleaning up politics.
Each year I know it's time to do the seasonal scrubbing and...
