I acknowledge my luckiness, without giving up my claim to the suckiness
Oh hello SO: I wonder if you have any good ideas for fun group desserts for a family-reunion-type setting. Here are the ideas our group has done so far: • Sundae bar: ice creams, toppings • Cookie bar: many different kinds of cookies • Candy bar: many different kinds of candy • S’mores The candy […]
This is such a niche topic, but can we combine our knowledge about the drinks packages on cruises? For those of you who are where I was ten minutes ago: it seems that cruises charge extra for drinks such as soda, interesting coffee (anything other than pouring it from a Church Fellowship Urn and adding […]
We are back home after our two-week trip, and having a little trouble with re-entry. Part of it is that we are dropping right into the middle of so many more things than are usually going on: 1. One of the cats (it’s one of the younger ones) is seriously ill. The children had to […]
We are on the verge of a two-week trip involving first a visit with my parents and then a road-trip to visit Rob and then on to visit a bestie who lives in the town where Paul and I got married and where Rob was born. I get a little flustered packing for one/familiar journey, […]
I said I would talk more about a friend BRINGING HER HUSBAND TO OUR COFFEE DATE. Linnea and I are former coworkers, and we have been getting together every couple of weeks for coffee or for a walk. We had plans to go for coffee. When we were confirming those plans the night before, she […]
I have a question. We have a groundhog. That is my question. At first we found it charming and cute. Groundhogs ARE so cute. They’re so fat and sleek and waddley! And our yard has foxes and raccoons and songbirds and squirrels and chipmunks and hawks, and sometimes deer and skunks and turkeys and owls, […]
I VERY MUCH ENJOY sending Fresh Cut Paper paper bouquets. They usually cost in the $12-15 range, and they take four regular stamps to mail, and they’re perfect for things like “aunt’s 80th birthday,” where you want to send something kind of fancy and special but also it can be thrown in the recycling when […]
Earlier today I came home from having coffee with a friend (and her husband??????? more on this another time) to find an apparently half-dead injured baby bird that had fallen out of its nest and was now flopping weakly/grossly on the pavers in front of my door!!!! And now, a mere seven hours later, I […]
Here is a little struggle I have. If Good Store sends me a 20% off code (SUMMER) for their coffee/tea; and I buy the 5-pound bag of coffee, which is a considerable savings per ounce over the 12-ounce bags (5 pounds, which is 80 ounces, costs approximately the same as two-and-three-quarters 12-ounce bags, or 33 […]
We have been undergoing a consuming and distracting Edward Medical Situation (Crohn’s-related) this past week, and things are finally improving: procedure done, fever gone, color restored, eating and drinking normally. Edward is scheduled to have intestinal surgery (normal for Crohn’s patients, but this is his first so I’m pretty nervous) in August. Because of this […]