We heart pizza

With extremely rare exceptions, the one meal each week that doesn’t come from our kitchen is Tuesday night’s Dominos pizza. The entire family loves it and there are usually enough leftovers for the next day’s lunch. The only thing that would make the experience perfect would be if the pick-up was a little less, umm, […]

introvert/extrovert

As I dropped Amy at the party, another mother looked at me blankly and said she had never met me. Well, our children were in the same class for the past two years and I’ve seen and talked to her at Open House, field trips, class parties, an end-of-the-year swim party, other children’s birthdays and […]

bad day for the 70’s

Sarah is in Michigan this week and getting ready for a day at Cedar Point. This is the first time she has phoned me since she left. Sarah: “Guess what Mom?” Me: “What Sarah?” Sarah: “Michael Jackson just died.” Me: “Yes he did. Farrah Fawcett died this morning.” Sarah: “Who?”

Ministry of Silly need not apply

I get a newsletter from Blue Moon drive-ins every week. This morning, the e-mail looks something like this: The Midtown Drive-In This Drive-In is for Sale Serious Persons Inquire’s Only It’s a good thing I didn’t call to ask any questions about the sale. I am entirely lacking in seriousness. It does seem that having […]