I’m not a big fan of shopping at brick-and-mortar malls, particularly now while my knee is still giving me problems. I’d much rather stay home where I’m warm and cozy, and where the coffee is already paid for, so I can do my holiday shopping online.
Most importantly, online shopping guarantees that my husband won’t find [...]

So, my knee is starting to do a little better. I’m walking flat surfaces mostly without crutches now, although stairs hurt quite a bit. Sleeping well is another matter entirely: either I take pain killers and wake up groggy, or I skip them and wake up groggy.
Not surprisingly, all of this sleep deprivation has [...]

Lately, my mother has been campaigning — in the quiet, round-about-way that mothers do — for us to move down to Texas where she lives. For the past 20 years of my life, we’ve lived so far apart that seeing each other requires plenty of calendar-comparing, not to mention the financial planning that higher fuel [...]

A while back I wrote about brides who’re telling their bridesmaids to get plastic surgery so they, too, can look good on the bride’s Big Day. Honestly, I was relieved to learn I wasn’t the only one who thought this crossed the line. Then again, I’ve found myself disgusted by those who are reluctant [...]

I ran out to Wal-Mart this morning to pick up some travel-sized bottles for my toiletry kit, rather than lugging the full-sized bottles through three airports tomorrow. Since I’m only going to Texas for five days and will be staying with my mom (who does daily laundry out of boredom), I plan to just pack [...]