Category Archives: laugh
Spring Thaw
TODAY’S LAUGH: Those of us in snow country know what the spring thaw brings. Piles of dirty snow melting away revealing…um, piles of dirty junk we forgot to put away last fall. I watch in awe as the huge snow … Continue reading
“YAAHOOHOOHOOEEE!”
TODAY’S LAUGH: I’ve always loved school, but this is school on steroids. This is school times a gazillion. This is school to the max for my old brain. This is an adventure. I feel like Goofy in “The Art of … Continue reading
Mom Jeans and All-Bran
TODAY’S LAUGH: This grad school adventure is the first time I’ve “gone away to school.” I share a house a couple days a week with four undergrads. I was a little nervous about the whole deal till my daughter reassured … Continue reading
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Sanity Clause!
It happens every Christmas season. I promise myself, usually in July, that this year–for sure–I’ll be ready well in advance for Christmas. This year–for sure–I’ll focus on the real meaning of the season and not get pulled into the commercialized … Continue reading
Mr. Dickens, You’re On Your Way!
TODAY’S LAUGH: Just saw the news that Oprah’s latest book club pick is (drum roll please) A Tale of Two Cities & Great Expectations. I thought, Hold on to your hat, Mr. Dickens. Your literary career has just been launched … Continue reading
The Macaroni Wagon
TODAY’S LAUGH: One long-ago morning, I was on the phone in my kitchen (back in the Stone Age when phones were corded and land-locked). My children (2,4 and 6) were in the next room and were, as usual when I … Continue reading
Skinny Jeans & Other Modes of Torture
TODAY’S LAUGH: WOO HOO! My new healthy lifestyle plan is working. I’ve lost 108.8 ounces. (Counting ounces is way more motivating than counting pounds, don’t you think?) As a reward, I went looking at jeans. Just looking, not buying. It … Continue reading
Living La Vida Hosta
TODAY’S LAUGH: Doing a little outdoor fall cleanup this weekend, I moved a pile of black plastic sheeting on the deck (where I’d left it after a feeble attempt at some spring landscaping). Under the plastic I found a bucket … Continue reading
Having FUN?
TODAY’S LAUGH: One long-ago Saturday, Darling Daughter, about ten at the time, asked me to play a game with her. I was busy, (doing what I don’t recall but it was no doubt something really important, like scrubbing toilets) so … Continue reading
The Power of “Yes!”
Listen and laugh along… TODAY’S LAUGH: I took my first improvisational comedy class last weekend. I feared being the “old lady” among a bunch of twenty-somethings. And even more, I feared making a complete fool of myself in front of … Continue reading