After days of checking my mailbox compulsively, and even joining Molly at her post by the window, holding vigil for the mail carrier’s uncertain arrival, I became the annoying applicant who called in to ask when decision letters would go out.
First, I was told last Wednesday. Then I was assured they went out Monday morning. [...]
I’d like to say that I’ve been busy, and I have been, socially, I suppose, but not with work. In fact, even though its summer and I don’t have much to do for my business, I have let the few things that I should be doing stack up for so long that I’m beginning to [...]
If at first you don’t succeed, try …
… try again.
If I were a different girl, I’d stitch that on a sampler. But … well, you know. There would probably be blood.
I will have you know that that pizza was made with homemade tomato sauce (diced tomatoes mixed up with olive oil, salt, pepper, and torn [...]
I started the day out strong, dragging my lazy, so-called stay-at-home-wife ass out of bed at the crack of 8:30 to drive my bread-winning, bacon-bringing husband to work so he won’t have to wait in the rain for an L car that isn’t too crowded.
So far, so good.
Then Rob proposes that he come home for [...]
Rob and I just returned from Denver, where we gathered with his mom’s family to celebrate his grandparents’ 60th wedding anniversary.
I have nothing but superlative things to say about Rob’s grandparents. They are inspiring. Grandma Marge and Grandpa Dick bop around like they’re a good 20 years younger than their respective 79 and 81 years.
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