Ugh. We had a lovely Thanksgiving, and it’s been great for the kids to have a break from school, with half-days all last week, and these 2 days off. But I’m done with people. I need a break My patience is wearing very thin and I’m snapping at the boys when they don’t really deserve [...]
I cannot stand it when people leave a message that just says, “Hey. Give me a call”. It’s called voice MAIL for a reason. Would you send a letter that said, “Hey, send me a letter – I’ve got something to tell you?”. Aaaargh! In this era of busyness and technology, can we not use [...]
I can’t stand it when grown men wear hats in professional situations. Like, in interviews (yes, I’m looking at you, Ron Howard….Steven Spielberg). I looked inside a library window the other day, and there was a man giving a lecture in a REI-style cowboy hat. How can anyone take you seriously when you’re wearing a [...]
My father always had sports on TV when I was growing up. This was before ESPN, people (yes, there was a “before”), so by “always”, I mean “all day on the weekends and on Monday nights for football”. You couldn’t go anywhere in the house on the weekend without hearing some play-by-play or color commentary. [...]
Daylight savings time 1 day before Halloween = sleep-deprived, cranky, candy-jacked kids. If they could just wait to mess with the clocks until the first week in November, my life would be a whole lot more managable. Any woman who has had to deal with this week would make this her first legislative priority. Hey [...]