I’ve been getting ready to go for months—years, actually. I’ve been buying odds and ends as I think of them, little three-ounce bottles, new underwear (as you don’t want customs officials to see your old underwear), a sunhat, travel clock,…
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Interview with Mrs. Claus
[Editor’s note: This column was supposed to run last month. Pretend it’s December.] Mrs. Claus, we know you are very busy at this time of the year. We would like to ask you a few questions to help people know…
Do It Yourself – Easy Assembly
Like Goldilocks and the three bears, we tried out all the chairs for size. This one was too big, this one too small, this one too stiff, this one too hard. Finally, we found a chair that was “just right.”…
Girls Who Wear Glasses
I became a girl who wore glasses when I was just a little thing, about seven years old, if my memory serves me correctly-and it’s possible that it doesn’t as that was a long time ago. I always had to…
You Might Have Swine Flu If…
We’ve been hearing a lot in the news about a disease called swine flu. Laughter is always the best medicine for flu or any other illness. From the funny farm, these are the symptoms: YOU MIGHT HAVE SWINE FLU IF.…
The Hospital Experience
I always figured I would end up on the orthopedic surgeon’s operating table sooner or later, but I thought it would be for a knee replacement, not for a cervical disc fusion in my neck. But here I was, asking-actually…
Home Alone – April 09
Day 1-I come home from work and find the garage door partly open. “What’s going on?” I wonder. I go inside to check and find a strange dog in the garage. Whose dog is that? “Get! Go away! Shoo!” I…
Mind Your Peas
Have a bad year and wishing for better luck next year? Try eating some black-eyed peas. Black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day are a southern tradition. There seems to be little agreement on how this custom began, though, or why…
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The Gas Crisis
A few weeks ago we had a gasoline crisis in the area. The media reported that we are on a major pipeline that brings oil from the Gulf. The report mentioned there could be about 25% less flowing because some…
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Losing It
My honey has some excellent qualities, but keeping up with his cell phone is not one of them. He has misplaced his phone so often that I have lost count of the number of times. The other day it happened…
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A Dog with No Name
We went to a breeder and picked her out even before she was old enough to come home. She was cute, I must admit, really cute. Before you ask, she is a Shih Tzu, a small frou-frou dog from a…
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Hooked on eBay
I’m so tired I can’t hold my eyes open, but I can’t fall asleep. I might miss my final bid on eBay. It all started about a week ago when I decided that a turquoise-and-silver necklace would be a nice…
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Getting the Kids Back in School
School days, school daze—it’s almost all I hear at this time of the year. Kiddies are all excited about their new backpacks crammed with number-two pencils, three-ring binders, wide-ruled notebook paper, football trading cards, yo-yo’s, and whatever else they can…
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New Car or New Toy
There is no point in arguing with a man when he gets that “I-want-a-new-car” gleam in his eye. My man got that gleam in his eye nearly two months ago. By now, it is no longer a gleam, but more…
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Not Amused by Amusement Parks
I was practically certain that I was too old for amusement parks. My spouse loves amusement parks. He is a big, overgrown kid who still wants to ride on the rides. I tolerate them. We heard about an amusement park…
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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Pot Melting
How do you know when it’s going to be a bad day? For starters, it might be a bad day if you wake up to the sound of the smoke alarm going off at 5 AM in the morning like…
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Mentioning the Unmentionable
One of life’s most useful but least discussed items is toilet paper. We take the existence of toilet paper for granted and have pretty much forgotten about the days of catalogs, newspapers, shucks, leaves, corncobs, and other alternatives used by…
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