…when I got married 25 years ago. And not in a good way. So, on Saturday, a friend and I joined Weight Watchers. Of course, yesterday was Yes,Dear’s birthday, so my best intentions were put to the test immediately. I flunked. In fact, I should probably just take myself down to the principal’s office and… Continue reading »
Oct
09
Last Saturday…
…Daughter was in town to attend a wedding which took place in rural Pennsylvania. It’s lovely there. See? Yes,Dear and I dropped her off at the church and then went to the Wilbur Chocolate Company in Lititz to stock up on these: Yum. Then we tried to go here: But the Royal Parking was full… Continue reading »
Sep
30
How big IS $700 billion?
It has been bothering me that I have no concept of just how big $700 billion is. I’m lousy at math, but I decided to play around a bit to see if I could somehow tame this outrageous sounding number so I could visualize it or gain a sense of it. Here’s what I came… Continue reading »
Sep
12
Newsletter: Month Two Hundred Forty + 6 days
Dear Son Two, Thank you for your patience this week. This letter is late and I’m ashamed of myself. Not because I got drunk at the pig roast on Saturday (turns out I didn’t) but because I should have written this last Sunday. Instead I spent the day visiting Scarlett and Rhett at Tara and… Continue reading »
Aug
31
I have something in my pocket…
The little Brownie Girl Scout in me who marched in parades carrying the flag in small white-gloved hands, who saluted that flag proudly every morning in grammar school, who laid wreaths at the war memorial on the high school football field, who decorated her bike with bunting and streamers every 4th of July and who… Continue reading »
