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An American Girl Dollcation In The Windy City
This summer we were gifted a new addition to the family. She was made in China, but has an All-American heritage. Her name is McKenna, and she is the American Girl Doll of the Year for 2012. After...
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Introducing My Birthday Funny Sister
An unexpected byproduct of blogging is striking up friendships with total strangers through storytelling. Today, I’m ecstatic because I just added a new link to my Blog Roll. It’s not just any link....
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A Weighty Challenge
A funny thing happened to me while walking down Michigan Avenue in Chicago. I saw Jackie Gleason’s reflection in a storefront window. Only, it wasn’t the miraculous return of The Great One from the...
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To Bang, Or Not To Bang?
To bang, or not to bang? It sounds like a slogan from a teen abstinence program. Rather, it’s a question I ask myself every time I get my hair cut. Throughout my life, I’ve had some type of bangs. At...
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Out To Lunch
School lunches. You either loved them, or you hated them. Or, maybe you were never allowed to try them if your mom was a die-hard brown bag advocate. I was a buyer. I still long for that sea...
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Can This Eager Beaver Still Win The Pulitzer?
Wow! It took almost 50 years, but it really happened. Three of my essays were published in a new entertainment anthology series created by former Chicken Soup for the Soul coauthors/editors, Dahlynn...
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The Buttery Burger Blessing
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life recently released an analytic study titled, Nones on the Rise. The study revealed one in five Americans (19.3%) claim no religious identity. As a parent,...
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The Weaning Baby Doll – A Logical Counterpart To The Breast Milk Baby
In case you haven’t heard, the latest baby doll rage for the holiday season is The Breast Milk Baby by Berjuan Toys. The Breast Milk Baby is an actual doll that simulates breastfeeding by suckling on...
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The Eager Beaver’s Television Interview
Anyone who was a child of the 1970′s watched talk shows. In fact, it was a lifestyle. We spent hours in front of our Magnavox Technicolor television that was tucked inside a sturdy oak cabinet and...
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A Thanksgiving Eve Encounter With Dave’s Mom
One of the best holiday traditions on television has been the wildly popular “Guess Mom’s Pies” segment on the Late Show with David Letterman. The bit simply involved Letterman trying to guess what...
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Why Are Santalands Becoming Extinct?
Why are Santalands becoming extinct? As a kid, the highlight of the Christmas season was venturing to downtown Indianapolis to visit the Santaland at L.S. Ayres department store. My mother meticulously...
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What Would The Headline Be For Your Pregnancy?
Nineteen months after the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, the media is now all-a-buzz about a royal bun in the oven. I can’t imagine having every moment of my...
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It’s Confirmed, I’m A Church Lady
Get out the cross cake, pass the nut mix and serve-up some sherbet punch because we’re having a confirmation party on my blog. As mentioned in my recent post, The Buttery Burger Blessing I’ve been...
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L*O*V*E
L*O*V*E To the families whose hearts are breaking with the loss of their precious angels and to the community of Newtown, Connecticut.
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A Golden Christmas Starring Ruffmary Clooney
I can’t believe I’m admitting this, but I drove all over town shopping for a holiday dress for my daughter that matches the dog’s Christmas dress. Yes, you read that right – to match the dog’s dress....
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Let’s Make 2013 The Year of Nice
A combination of national economic woes and a string of historically violent crimes has cast a particularly dark cloud over 2012. After watching several 2012 In Memorandum vignettes, it became...
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Channeling My Inner Mrs. Potato Head
Lately, I can’t get enough potatoes. If the spuds are mashed, shredded, fried, baked, scalloped or boiled…bring them on! As a matter of fact, I’m spending a lot of time in my pantry contemplating life...
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We Tied One On For Valentine’s Day
Cupid trades in his signature diaper for a pink necktie at our house on Valentine’s Day. Thank heavens for little girls and the establishment of this awesome yearly tradition that keeps one little...
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Scene of the Slime
“Mommy, you killed Roxie my snail!” Insert. Knife. Twist. In. Heart. I never thought the little girl who wrote love notes to me every day would ever accuse me of being a cold-blooded snail...
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Breaking Up With My Pantry Is Hard to Do and Story Submission Call Out
I’m trying to break up with my pantry. It’s hard. It’s really hard to do. You can’t have just two nuts. And salty Lays? Bring them on. Who can refuse a late night Pirate’s Booty call? And Mega...
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