Putting the OM in OMG
Remember how I was joking about the orthodontist office, how the orthodontist who purchased the practice from the highly-respected, retiring doctors suddenly "stepped away" from said practice, and another orthodontist stepped in? Remember how I joked … [Continue reading]
Yesterday the temperature made it all the way up to minus 12, and honestly, it felt like a huge respite. I took the dog for a long walk and didn't feel like dying. All of which is to say we are still in the deep freeze, which is really to be expected … [Continue reading]
Last week I was startled to learn that Johnny Rotten is not only still alive, but he just turned 63. I grouped him in with aging rockers who have defied all odds by living past the Eighties, such as Billy Idol and, of course, Keith Richards. I was … [Continue reading]
Friday evening, a mere 28 hours after the installation of my son's braces, two of the brackets came off his teeth. Despite 26 months of Braces Experience with my older son - who, by the way, broke every single rule in the Braces Handbook - this was … [Continue reading]
This week my older son and I went to the open house for the high school that he will be attending in less than eight months. It is a very strange feeling, having a child prepare for high school, and it is a feeling I will go through again next year … [Continue reading]
"I finally figured out who you remind me of!" a man, who I have known these past two years, said to me the other day. I waited, smiling, and was not at all prepared for the big reveal. "Charlene Prickett! You are so much like Charlene … [Continue reading]
"I remember you!" the cashier at Superstore said to me yesterday as she weighed out six pounds of red peppers and sixteen pounds of bananas. "You're the lady with the teen boys who eat all those vegetables!" That would be me. I'm Superstore … [Continue reading]
