Month: November 2013

A few weeks ago I was having writer’s block and decided to dig through the closet to find the journal I kept for my creative writing class in high school. That was eye-opening. I think a few meds would have been helpful for that girl back then. When I brought up the idea of starting … Read more

I like nothing more on my Fridays off than to putter around the house.  Give the place a good cleaning, do some laundry, shake up the chi. In the midst of doing that this past Friday I decided to go out and shop for a few things.  There is some bedroom rearranging going on around … Read more

Obviously, I love a good story.  I can laugh until I cry at stories I’ve heard a hundred times, like the one my friend tells of the coworker who farted in his cubicle and how the office busy body came by, got a whiff of the offense and said, “Seems we have a sewer gas … Read more

After a week without a functioning bathroom sink, I called somebody out to unclog it.  I got the name of a guy from a coworker, but when I called him he told me that he no longer does drain cleaning.  He gave me the name of somebody else – Davey.  “He’s a good kid, knows … Read more

Back in the good, old days of dating when Mark wanted to impress me, he volunteered to change the oil on my Ford Escort. Swoon………wasn’t that so sweet of my boyfriend? He had a little trouble getting the oil filter off and asked me to get him a hammer and screwdriver. “It’s on here so … Read more

I do not work on Fridays and it is always my intention to get a lot done.  That never happens.  I sleep a little later, I read the paper a little longer, I waste ridiculous amounts of time on Facebook and Pinterest, I get on the phone, I putter the day away. This past Friday … Read more