Looks like somebody at the paperclip factory had a liiiiiiiiiittle too much time on their hands.   Nothin like reachin in to grap a paperclip and pulling out 20.

The other night I was putting away the leftovers and I came across this little opened salt packet. I looked over at our salt shaker sitting right there next to the packet. I said, “Shane?  Did you open this salt packet?”, knowing full well he did. “I couldn’t find any salt to fill the shaker!” [...]

It’s been raining here like a freaking monsoon for days.  Today I had to go to Sears and pick up some faucet washers.  I walked into the store with water dripping off my head, glasses all spotted with rain.  There were 4 people milling about the front desk and no customers to be seen. One [...]

Shane came up to me while I was fixated on the computer.  He have me a neck hug and said, “What’s up, Hole Punch?” “Hole Punch???” “What? “ “Did you just call me hole punch?” ,  I asked quizzically *Shane laughing*… “I said, H-O-N-E-Y     B-U-N-C-H” “Oh.”… *me laughing hysterically*…. “My first senior moment, how exciting!” [...]

Now that the kids are older, I’m comfortable going to bed at my normal 10pm bedtime and not waiting for them to come home.  I mean, that’s why they made keys, right?  So anyhow, last Sunday, I woke up first, then Shane woke up.  He went into the kitchen and said, “What?  Did you make [...]

My Middle Child and my son Alan (the third kid) each decided to clean the heck out of their respective rooms during the last couple days of Winter Break… which is amazing because they decided on their own.   Alan collected and washed SIX loads of laundry, and… he found $40.00! I asked him why he [...]

ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO: Kaylee and MC were playing ‘Biting Killer Rabbits’ (a made up game) at age 5 and 3 respectively.  MC pushed Kaylee into a chair and split her head open.  At the hospital the doctor asked: “Well, what happened here?” “Well”, says Kaylee, “me and my sister were playing… and… I…um… fell… [...]