Motherwise Cracks

All quiet on the Home Front as my son is back to college. He left enough to remember him by on the floor of his bedroom. So I wanted to know all about how he was doing so I texted him and asked. His reply? “Good” Filled with that complete and exhaustive description of his [...]

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I just returned from a reunion trip to New York City to see my college roommate and a friend. We had a great time and walked miles even in the 90 something degree heat. That’s one place I wouldn’t want to drive. A taxi ride is like exercise-it made me sweat. I thought teaching my [...]

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Well, the smart folks at BlogHer chose my question for one of their postings right here and you can give your opinion and end up with an extra $100. Take look and give your opinion and reinforce what a good choice they made by choosing my question for discussion. And by the way, I think [...]

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I Made pizza from hell for dinner. I had to because we we so short on groceries that it was that or peanut butter sandwiches on rye crackers. It suffered from one or two ingredient substitutions too many. I am the creative type and have a strong stomach. I found out that if you use [...]

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How sad is it when your goal pants have an elastic waist?  I guess that’s what happens when chocolate is one of your basic food groups. Five pounds down and another 20 to go before I even feel human again, my next goal pants are tucked in the bottom drawer, their elastic inserts waiting to [...]

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The concert I sang in with the community choir was really nice. I ran out after to pick up some of my kids and a friend at the airport at midnight, and bright and early the next AM, we tackled the first of two moving experiences. The first, the move out and into a new [...]

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Free samples. Never met one I didn’t like. As all good advertisers know, the word free sets off an  internal human magnet that is uncontrollable. Free food samples at Sam’s Club are my favorites, especially when the old ladies are working the free sample table. Between their poor eyesight and dementia, it’s about 60 second [...]

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For my birthday today, my girls took me out for a mani-pedi combo, so I am sporting pretty new finger and toe nails. It was very nice. My husband made lasagne, which takes him the whole day. He does the same dinner for us every year. It was delicious. I was happy too that my [...]

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