Kate felt guilty pulling up plants with produce still on them…but she could barely pass off fried green tomatoes to her family let alone frost bitten green tomatoes. Besides, the onset of fireplace season conveniently coincided with the onset of…

“Hey Karen, What about the Dads, Sons,Brothers or Uncles. Do you ever write any interesting stories about the Males of the world? Did something happen that we should know about? Is there no males worth writing about? I am sure…

Kate stepped out of the sweltering heat into the cool aisles of Lowes find the gardening tools shelves stripped bare with strange little inventory tags taped about. No chaise lounge cushions or patio tables either. Then she spotted it —…

“Please DO NOT park in a handicap space without a handicap placard!”

Yeah, I just love finding notes stuck under my windshield wiper—especially after an extra long, extra stressful doctor’s appointment. I mean, at least she said please, right? But that’s…

If only I hadn’t insisted they do their own laundry. Now I have to fight for time to do a teenie weenie load of delicates.

If only I hadn’t trained them to sort their laundry and empty their pockets—now I’ll never…

“Maawm! I’m hungry!”

“So eat some breakfast.” I growled from my bed. “Whattawe have?” he shouted back.

“Cereal!”

“I can’t find any. Where is it?”

“Where it’s been for the last 18 years of your life. Did you even look?”

“Yeessssssssssss!”

I peeled the dog off my…

"I don’t know what that word means, but it scares the living &$%^! out of me."

Yeesh, this is what I get for having friends who are guys. I go off and absently mindedly utilize some common adjective like "perimenopausal" in…

"Nothing says ‘I love you’ like good hygiene."

Seriously? Some major advertising company got paid to write this stuff? And some marketing VP for a major retail chain thought this stuff was, um, "good"? Or witty? Or just perfect for making…

Someone said to me recently, "You don’t like to spend money, do you?" I answered, "I don’t like to waste money!" There’s a big difference. There’s also a difference between being cheap and frugal.

The obvious ways of being frugal? Clip coupons,…

"Here. You get Randolph, NYU, Chapel Hill, Wellesley, Wilmington and Mt. Holyoke.

Morgan got the Georgia Tech Alumni and Golf Digest. I got the dentist and DMV."

"Well mom, you know…."

Yeah, I know.

The mail. Remember when it used to be fun? Waiting…