A bored housewife jousts at windmills, pokes fun at everything from leg wax to Miss Manners.
My husband surprised me with a bread maker a couple of months ago. Actually, I pointed and fretted and lay in the aisle at Sears kicking and screaming until he gave in and bought it for me. About 50% of the time the Breadman machine will make really good bread. The other half of the …
Apparently, I have to write this down, so that I can finally stop saying it. The new Tomb Raider movie is all about Laura Croft protecting her “box” from the bad guys. It seems to me that back in the good old days when young ladies wore chastity belts, they didn’t have to run around …
We had Thanksgiving dinner yesterday or what we vegetarians consider it to be. I made a Tofurkey with all the fixin’s. So, tonight it’s Tofurkey leftovers. Yum. I have been thinking of the things for which I am most thankful or, if you will, all the things I love. Remember that Tom T. Hall song, …
I think laughter is a way in which as people we can come together as one. Say you are in a large crowd of people of different ethnicities or nationalities. Maybe none of you even speak the same language. Let’s say you are all there together when Carrot Top is making a long distance commercial. …
Yep, I got it. I don’t think you can get it from just reading my site, though. I might just go ahead and write a nice eulogy for myself so that no one else will have to go to the trouble of doing it. I’ll start by saying, “Dearly beloved, I told you I was …
Men aren’t usually keen on the subtle nuances of female communication. For example Alice might say to her casual acquaintance Susan, “You picked a lovely day for this get together. The food was delicious, and your children are charming.” This could very well just mean what was said. Or, depending on intonation and emphasis on …