By Sue MurphyRight now, you’re feeling pretty proud of yourself. You have Baby Dumpling’s Halloween costume safely in his closet, hoping against hope that he does not change his mind and decide that R2D2 is sooo much cooler than Batman. You’ve started nonchalantly throwing Thanksgiving spices into your grocery cart. You’ve even purchased three strands of eco-friendly LED … [Read more...]
The Cheese Stands Alone
By Sue Murphy Now that school has started, everyone will be choosing up teams. Not Alabama or Auburn. That was locked in at birth. I’m talking about other-than-that choices. You may or may not make your high school football team. You may or may not make cheerleading. Like I’ve said before, too many people, too few slots. That’s the way it goes. But there are also insidious, … [Read more...]
Tools for Thought
By Sue Murphy My kitchen has been reassembled! (The peasants rejoice.) I can now whip up dinner and put the dishes in the dish- washer, if I so choose. So far I haven’t. My refrigerator is on probation with a new and improved water line, but I will shut the water off to the entire house when I leave town. Trust, but verify. You know how it goes. Now that I have weathered the … [Read more...]
Load ‘Em Up
By Sue Murphy Attention, happy summer camper! Park your skateboard! Deflate that duck-winged floatie! Load ‘em up and move ‘em out, mister! You’re headed back to school. Actually, you have a few weeks left, but it is time to gather up your supplies. All summer, all you’ve needed was some high-power SPF and a beach towel. But now you’re going to need paper and pencils and … [Read more...]
I Can Do This
By Sue Murphy There’s nothing like coming back from a relaxing vacation to the smell of mildew. Wet bathing suits? Not that lucky. No, while I was soaking up sun, my kitchen floors were soaking up water. A lot of water. Apparently, there’s a little valve on my refrigerator hose that decided to open when it should have closed. Never happened in the past three years I’d been … [Read more...]