The Best Home Theatre Environment in my Living Room The best thing I have always loved about going to the cinema is the soda and eating popcorn. I also like watching movies but there is something about soda and popcorns … Continue reading
The Transformation I called it “The Transformation”. My so-so, dull, humdrum living room was being transformed into a world only a few would be privileged to enter. A lot of sacrifice went into the financial aspect of this transformation. Walking … Continue reading
My Summer Vacation It was an adventure I couldn’t say no to. My grandmother (my really, really, cool grandmother!) wanted to take me to France with her this summer! Gran loved to travel, but most of her travelling was done … Continue reading
My husband is an avid traveler and he loves to show off to his friends his knowledge of the world’s geography. However, he never bothers to learn a little phrase whenever we visit a foreign country. When we visited the … Continue reading
Garage Barage A man’s home is his castle? Nah…that’s his wife’s domain….Still, if you own a house, as we do, you just might have a little hovel to call your own. That, my friend, is my garage. Techically, it’s “our” … Continue reading
Thank God It’s Monday! My husband had a great weekend. The kids had a wonderful weekend….but me? My mother-in-law came to visit over the weekend and I’m glad it’s monday! She thinks my husband – her son – walks on … Continue reading
My Summer Vacation It was an adventure I couldn’t say no to. My grandmother (my really, really, cool grandmother!) wanted to take me to France with her this summer! Gran loved to travel, but most of her travelling was done … Continue reading
A man’s home is his castle? Nah…that’s his wife’s domain….Still, if you own a house, as we do, you just might have a little hovel to call your own. That, my friend, is my garage. Techically, it’s “our” garage, but … Continue reading
The Spare As long as I can remember, that stupid mattress has been mocking me. “Make sure my pillows match”, and “Don’t dare sit on me or you’ll have to redo my sheets” it says. If it were something smaller … Continue reading
Craig’s Fold out Sleeping Chair With my mug of coffee cup in my left hand, my right worked the mouse through the Craigslist listings. Occasionally my mind jumped to my list of things to do. But, I persisted. On most … Continue reading
My Night at Grandma’s “Would you like to stay overnight with Grandma,” the woman near me asked her daughter. Like a shot from the dark, my memory began replaying nights I spent with my Grandma. “That’s great,” I heard in … Continue reading
Each picture held a precious image dated back in time. Each photo was hung carefully on the wall and it showed how each child in the home had grown up. The wall was a memorial to the time the family … Continue reading
The last thing any woman wants to witness is her husband trying to squeeze his body into a body shaper. My friend, Terese, told us that she walked in on her husband, Fred, doing that very thing. “It was awful,” … Continue reading