Category Archives: Just Ramblings

I’ve referred to my chaotic lifestyle a like that guy who spins plates on long poles… running from plate to plate to keep each one spinning.  That’s me… a million projects and goals to do and I’m running from one … Continue reading →

Okay so we had cats.  And we had chickens.  And at one time, during Disney’s run of Charlotte’s Web I had a rat, who I named Templeton.  He was a big black and white rat who we kept outside and … Continue reading →

The other day I instituted the first of a monthly routine of Free Electronics Day.   We had a pool party to attend so it wasn’t that bad on the kids.  And we (Mom and Dad) had to also give up … Continue reading →

Monogamy is a weird institution.  Almost as strange as Marriage to me.   Why and how did it develop?  My friend Kim claims this, “Marriage is the male trying to OWN a womb.”  Of course she’s in the middle of mediating … Continue reading →

So I’m reading an enjoyable book and the shoe-obsessed modern heroine is nagging her tall, dark, sexy 18th century vampire consort about wedding plans.  He’s reading the Finance section of the newspaper. Betsy:  You grew up on a farm, surely … Continue reading →

When I was growing up we had one of the coolest cats in the neighborhood.  He was a white and tan long hair’d un-fixed male and he was “the” stud on our block.   My mother caught him hanging around our … Continue reading →

Everyone has one of these stories in their life.  That first time you got really, really drunk.  And its often the first time you drink because you have no idea what your tolerance is and your body is trying to … Continue reading →

Like most of my generation I had an unsupervised childhood.  Although I bet every parent says that!  Those of you my age know what I mean.  We had 7 channels if we were lucky and NO kids programs so there wasn’t anything … Continue reading →

This is really just too cute not to pass on! 1.   Don’t imagine you can change a man – unless he’s in diapers. 2.  What do you do if your boyfriend walks out?     You shut the door! 3.  If they … Continue reading →

I’ve had some wise counsel recently.   The old saying “The grass is always greener” adage was brought up at a GNO.   (For any newbies that’s “Girls Night Out.) Yes, we do more than just ogle the men around us at … Continue reading →