Little Red Corvette . . .
I bought a new car last week. Well, new to me, anyway. This was a major milestone in my life, because it’s the first time I’ve ever gone by myself to buy a car. I wasn’t sure what to look for, and since I know very little about cars and motors and how they get [...]
A penny not saved . . .
Taking one’s children to the grocery store with them is never a good idea. I’ve known that for ages. What with all the impulse buying and Mama pleeeeeeaaases and begging and sneaking stuff into the cart . . . I get it. If I can grocery shop without my children, I’ll spend less. Little did [...]
A Lesson from DiGiorno’s
We had pizza and movie night at our house last weekend. It was all organized, arranged and executed by our resident eleven-year-old pizza-and-movie expert. He found the movie he wanted on pay-per-view, dialed the number and gave me the phone so I could order Ice Age 4: Continental Drift. He preheated the oven and put [...]
New Year’s Resolutions
This year, I have decided not to make any New Year’s Resolutions. I’m going to make brownies instead. After all, studies have shown that only about 12% of people actually achieve their New Year’s goals. Eighty-eight percent of us fail. So, with those statistics, why bother? Of course, there are some things we can do [...]
The Pajama Game
The after-Christmas shopping therapy project was a success, at my house. Well, at least for the girls at my house. Three days after Christmas, we girls put on our hiking boots and set out for the mall, for our biggest bargain-hunting day of the year. The girl child scored big. New jeans. New blouses. Jewelry. [...]
Detox
Hello. My name is Renae, and I am addicted to Facebook. I’m also addicted to an online game I play through my Facebook account, called Words with Friends. It started out innocently enough. Ironically, I was encouraged to open a Facebook account several years ago for professional purposes. To make business contacts and build readership. [...]
The Thankful List
How can Thanksgiving be here already? Honestly. I’m not prepared. I haven’t even bought a turkey yet. I haven’t planned a menu, or thought about who will bring what to our family dinner. And I haven’t made a “thankful” list, either. Yes, I know. Shame on me, especially considering how much I have to be [...]
Standing in Line to Vote
I had the best time standing in line to vote the other day. Which is strange, considering I went to the wrong location and waited in line for an hour, only to be sent to another location. Apparently, I’d been re-zoned, and nobody remembered to tell me. Or if they did tell me, I wasn’t [...]
Unused Resources . . .
I am reorganizing my office space. Correction: I am organizing my office space. Something can’t be re-organized unless it’s been organized to begin with. And since I’m not like all of you perfectly left-brained, linear thinkers out there who have a place for everything and everything in its place, I’ve decided to get some help. [...]
Math Lessons
I am smart. Really, I am. I made good grades in school, and I know how to do all sorts of interesting and useless things. I even made good grades in math, although where all that information went, I don’t know. Probably lost with the remote control and the left sock to every pair I [...]
