Yes…It’s really true!!! Target is now selling a Bob Ross board game called the “Art of Chill”. If you don’t know who Bob Ross is – quick, please go to Netflicks or You Tube and watch the show called ‘The Joy of Painting.’ Bob Ross created and hosted this successful instructional TV show from 1993 to 1984. After you watch … Read More
The 3 C’ s for teenage boys
My teenage son was attending a program overseas where there were going to be 4 boys and 16 girls living together for 2 months. Hmmmm…..he definitely needed a refresher sex talk which I asked his father do. After much prompting ( a nice way of saying nagging) he had what he thought was a perfectly acceptable father to son discussion. … Read More
Your Cell Phone May BE Making You Fat!!
Really….and not only your phone but your computer, tv and even some energy saving light bulbs. Think about this – because we are animals (some more than others) our bodies are conditioned to eat more when it’s light out. For our hunting and foraging ancestors, summers long days were the time to eat more and store fat to prepare for … Read More
NEW WARNING LABEL NEEDED ON POULTRY !!!
Disclaimer: According to health experts (not quite sure who these experts are) anyway they issued a statement saying not to wash poultry before cooking because the splashing water spreads the salmonella bacteria. The first dish I ever prepared was a roast chicken. Sounds innocuous enough, but let me give you some color on what was going on in my … Read More
VENTING AGAIN!!
I want to acknowledge and thank everyone who responded to my first venting piece. People commented that they felt much better after posting what really irritates them. I want to share the following incident in response to what I’ll call the ‘Tuna Fish Vent’. Someone, somewhat reluctantly, confided that she was the tuna fish eating person on the tube and … Read More
HOW DO YOU DO IT?
I’ve been married a long time….. a really long time. People always ask me how do you stay together for soo long? Honestly, I’m still trying to figure it out. I think it’s about obviously loving your partner: all the good, the bad and the ugly parts – yet life has a way of constantly testing the bonds. … Read More
Lump Day
Ok, I know you are saying – what is a lump day? Well, it’s a day when you actually cancel everything and take time to do nothing. It’s not a day to get your laundry sorted or catch a great sale, game or whatever. It’s a day to go inside and I’m not talking about going indoors. Rather it’s a … Read More
British Sex-Ed
Leave it to the Brits to tackle this serious subject in a humorous and proper manner !