Motherwise Cracks

Isn’t it funny that people will ask how you accomplished something and then totally blow off the answer? I have decided to try a new tactic. The next time someone poses a parenting advice question to me I will ask them how they think I did it. My theory is that is what they want [...]

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Because we live here, and perhaps too much. And because this is a photo of the dryer. Yep, this is a dryer. My husband loves to hang his laundry in front of the wood burning stove. It does save money but I think it’s more like a vestigial camping organ left in his body. I [...]

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What would you do if your packages were delivered onto a wet soggy porch when your front door with a dry covered porch is ten, count ‘em, ten steps to the right? All year long, the packages get delivered to the covered front porch until Christmas, when they get plopped into a puddle by the [...]

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So why the heck do I bother with a garden if it means I don’t get the fruits of my husband’s labor? He worked very hard to grow such a nice garden and, sure I got some tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, corn and eggplant out of the deal, but why no squash? At first I thought [...]

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So I am listening to some people talk (they had the audacity to talk about their lives in earshot of me) and hear these parents mention that they let their kids watch the stupid reality shows like Jersey Shore or Real Housewives of Wherever. Are they insane? What do they think the kids, those little [...]

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Just when I get all motivated to drop some more weight there comes a season of something. There always seems to be a reason for a special meal or a party. It is football season and if you go to games in Buffalo that means tailgating. And that means calories. There is also a basic [...]

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Last night, we were invited to dinner by my daughter, who was going to treat us. It was a celebration of sorts and the food was so good, but it must have been very clear that we were not VIPs of any sort. I should have worn my pearls. Damn! It seems our waiter was [...]

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After six years of blogging, I still get annoyed at spammers. You would think that I would expect it and just shrug it off, but no. Thoughts of cramming large chunks of real Spam down their throats still crosses my mind each time I read some lame-ass comment chocked full of links to porn, gambling, [...]

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