As you well know by now, I am the champion of the child free life. If you are a parent and you love it good for you. I love my niece and nephew to bits! But they don’t live with me. Thank God. I hate being told that I’m going to regret not having kids when I’m older…. Read more »
Today is a day that will frighten some folks. It’s Plan a Solo Vacation Day. As luck would have it, I am in the midst of planning a solo vacation right now. Yes, I am still very happily married. Yes, he is perfectly fine with this. Yes, we will go on vacation together again. Simply put, I want to go… Read more »
Yesterday afternoon I had dinner with my parents. This is unusual only because they live 2 hours away and I wasn’t expecting to see them. But they were out driving around and wound up in Mason City. Because why not? I swear my parents are part gypsy! As I was driving home my husband (who is out of town)… Read more »
There is an actual official Sibling Day on April 10. But I am celebrating today. Why? Because today, in 1975, my sister Pam was born and I officially became a sibling. (Sorry for telling everyone your age Pam!). To put it mildly, Pam and I are very different. We look nothing alike apart from being the same height. She… Read more »
When it comes to hugs there are 2 distinct camps. Some families are huggers and some aren’t. I grew up in a non-hugging family. There are a lot of people who find that hard to process. We’ve all seen the Facebook posts that claim we need “X” number og hugs a day to simply survive. Well, I’m here to tell… Read more »
We here in the USA are living in truly strange times. Our country is more divided that I can ever recall it being and we take all philosophical disagreement as direct insults to our honor. I’m old enough to remember when a Congress Critter who was willing and able to “go across the aisle” to get something done was celebrated…. Read more »