When I was a little girl, I loved The Little House on the Prairie. Both the book series, which I read about nine million times (though mostly the first two books), and the TV series, which came out when I was exactly the target age for it. Melissa Gilbert, the actress who played Laura Ingalls,…
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I am a snoozer. My husband is not. He simply cannot understand my whole waking up in the morning system. He doesn’t really have a system, so, well, I think I win. My alarm clock is broken. I mean, it will ring when the numbers on the ‘alarm’ setting match the numbers on the ‘time’ setting,…
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We won’t put up with noise pollution or other assaults on our senses. Lori Duff Writes about why we put up with Smell Pollution. I’ve never been a real estate agent, and I’m not a particularly good salesperson, mainly because if someone says they don’t want something, or even shows with their body language that…
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Moms aren’t allowed to get sick. Lori Duff Writes about how she went against the rules, got sick anyway, and ended up with a Parenting Win. I have no time to get sick. No time at all. I don’t know about you, but there are only 24 hours in my day. Laundry doesn’t fold itself,…
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I’m pretty sure there is a zoning ordinance in my area – possibly in the whole state, and possibly in parts beyond – that if you are building a strip mall with more than three store fronts in it, you have to have at least one nail salon and one martial arts studio. You wouldn’t…
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