A couple of days ago my husband and I watched the Antiques Roadshow.  I love the Antiques Roadshow.  There is very little winning on the Antiques Roadshow.  Either your treasure is worth absolutely nothing, it’s worth more than you expected and you have to insure it, or it’s worth much more than you expected.  The [...]

Hypothermia is my favorite of all hyperboles. A 37 degree morning where I uses an Ikea plastic plate to scrape the ice off the windshield?  That’s hypothermia weather.  Halloween night as we race from house to house, stopping only long enough to cross the street?  Hypothermia.  Getting out of a 90 degree pool on a [...]

I was going to write a list, the top ten reasons why this year is starting out with a whimper.  I mentally composed it while making the kids breakfast. Daughter: Rice crispies, no milk. (Number one: a three week long winter break.) Me: That’s not enough food. (Number two: baseball try-outs the second week of [...]