It’s subtle—until it isn’t. All the hard work slipping away so gradually that it went unnoticed…until it wasn’t. Reality finally sets in when the delusion no longer works and the excuses no longer apply. For me, it was when cheating on my diet finally caught up. I had surgery last fall. To ease the nausea…
A fully stocked kitchen is one benefit of renting a house rather than utilizing a hotel room. It’s even more important when the reason for getting away was our writer’s retreat. Eating out is not an option when you need to spend as much time as possible working on your project. My night to cook…
The squeaking was annoying. Every time we turned on the water, the pipes whistled. Not loudly, but enough that it was maddening. Added to the chaos that exists in a small house with two boisterous boys, any added sounds can be too much. The whistling pipes had to go. My brother-in-law works in maintenance at…
We lived in the “mouse house” for 2 years. The house was gray – we could have described the residence that way. It was also the only farm house we ever lived in. Why not use this charming title. Because more than a gray farm house, the mouse description stuck…and for good reason. Mice were…
God / Priorities / Progress
I know it’s not the freshest, or at times, the healthiest option, but I tend to use frozen meals for work or when I am eating alone. In checking the directions, I have noticed they include oven directions in addition to the microwave ones. Now, one of the (main) reasons for the frozen meal is…
Mascots are chosen for a variety of reasons. I believe many athletic teams choose theirs to intimidate the opponent and/or tie in to the community. My high school mascot was a hawk, an intimidating bird of prey. Roxana (IL) chose the shells because of the local refinery. I’m not sure where some schools get their…
