It was a familiar sight this morning. The backpacks. The fresh haircuts. The shiny new shoes. The refusal to listen. Ah, yes, back to school time has arrived. I love summer with a passion that few people understand. Sure, everyone seems to enjoy the warm weather and cookouts and lazy weekends. But more people seem [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘summer’
August 19, 2010
Dads, daughters and dookie
It all happened several summers ago. There we were, enjoying the Happy Place. For those of you unfamiliar with the Happy Place, it looks like this: This is what children look like in the Happy Place: Oh my God how HAPPY is that?? You can see why we call it the Happy Place, eh? Check [...]
July 1, 2010
The daze of summer
I love summer. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. And again. And again. There are few things in this world that make me as happy as a hot sticky day. I absolutely adore those few nights a year when it’s so hot, the cover of the night sky cannot even bring the [...]
January 27, 2010
Redeeming qualities? Who needs ‘em!
I have been known from time to time to acknowledge my love for all things completely and utterly useless. I get excited each week when my “Star” magazine comes in the mail. I watch trashy TV shows. My husband and I have a drinking game revolving around when David Caruso takes off his sunglasses. We cannot [...]
September 28, 2009
There it goes…
A brutal truth slapped me in the face this morning when I stepped outside to check the weather: It’s just not summer anymore. I know very few people who view the brutal, sweltering heat of summer the way I do — I LOVE it. Love it love it love it love it love it. Nothing [...]
September 3, 2009
The weight of it all
I have a love-hate relationship with my bod. Mostly, I love to hate it. I am not qualified to speak for the majority of women in this town, this state, this country or even this world, but I am going to take a guess that many or even most of us feel this way. We [...]
