Motherwise Cracks

Even my kids, who LOVE Christmas, agree that is a bit much. We were riding home from Christmas shopping and saw through a window, a Christmas tree up and decorated on November 10. Sorry but that is crazy, and that is coming from someone who loves the whole season. While I love Christmas because everyone [...]

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I was sent on a mission.  My daughter’s computer died and I was to get the system restore disks to her. Following the directions to find them in her things was like being on a Lewis and Clark expedition, but I found the box in her closet. No disks in the box. As I read the [...]

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I haven’t decided. Just like I haven’t decided if I am going to give up my high fat Greek yogurt or not. My daughter and I have a competition to each lose 10 lbs. before Dec. 16. She would then be at her goal weight and I would be, let’s just say, closer to mine. I [...]

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The recent happenings in regards to “zero tolerance” and kids with Boy Scout equipment reminded me of one of the more stupid things I had to endure with a elementary school principal who shouldn’t have had a job that required thought. My son was really into robots and took things from around the house to [...]

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You know the type. They have 27 cats and talk about them like they are preemies with life-threatening conditions and never seem to notice the smell in the house? I have been accused of being a cat lady-in-waiting because I purchased a hot pink reflective ped id tag in the shape of a heart. If [...]

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Well I found out that the girls have not been very good housekeepers this week. I have guests coming to spend a few days and I had planned on putting them up in the girls’ old rooms. I discovered that they probably hadn’t been dusted since the last high school graduation, and that anyone in [...]

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I actually read a book for entertainment. I read and write for work so reading for pure pleasure is a rarity for me these days. The book was a murder mystery by Mary Higgins Clark. When I was a kid, I wanted a horse more than anything. I loved horses and dreamed that one day [...]

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Take down the cute pair of “goal” jeans that have been hanging on my closet door for the past 9 months. Wash the dust off off them and donate them to Goodwill. Finally write that paper to expose the myth that “nothing tastes as good as being thin feels” hogwash. We all know that chocolate [...]

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