In this analogy I am Gretel, and you are trying to bake me.

     I came across a Happiness Quiz a short while ago that correlates how well a person knows her neighbors to her overall joy level. My first thought was to click back and change my answer from “The cul-de-sac’s tenants surely think this house is vacant” to “You know it! We have Wine & Cheese … Continue reading »

If these walls could talk, they’d SCREAM!

The high school world of scraped lockers, scuffed linoleum, and Sharpie-emblazoned picnic tables provided an outlet for me. I suppose you are all anticipating a pro-educational story, an inspirational tale of how that one teacher who made us create Odyssey themed board games changed my life forever. Maybe I went back to visit said teacher, … Continue reading »

XOXO, I forgot about Valentine’s Day.

   Valentine’s Day has for ages been the annual celebration of love. As Wikipedia states, “It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines“). The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in … Continue reading »

Man Van & The Hip Husband Demographic

    For years the words consumerism or retail therapy have been largely associated with the  female population. Women shop, primp and fuss over their appearance, care what their kids are eating, and have an unquenchable desire to be up-to-date on the latest household cleaners and window treatments. Between the genders was a thick line, grouping men in the casually oblivious category, … Continue reading »

Eau de Bootylicious: Scent of A Woman

   A peculiar thing happened last December. I like to think of it as an innocent thing that happened versus a man-made, airborne plague that was deliberately spewed forth into the universe. It all started, oddly enough, with Christmas gift gone horribly wrong.        I ran out of perfume in October. As with most personal … Continue reading »