It's Tradition to be Traditional
With Thanksgiving coming close it brought my mind once again to the subject of traditions. I love traditions, those acts that seem to...
We're Cruising Now
The four of us stood on the small balcony of our stateroom, leaning over the rail, watching the ocean ripple past us as the...
"Don't Be Mad"
“Ok, so don’t be mad but I have news to tell you.” That was the text my son, Nathaniel, sent me at ten in the morning. He had been gone...
The Punishment Continues
As if I wasn't being punished enough for my Ben & Jerry's addiction, the girls weren’t satisfied with just going to the gym. No, this...
What's That Burning?
I know I’ve said that I work out at a gym, but that to be fair, we don't really go to a gym. We are members of what is called a "fitness...
Not Cutting the Muster
One of the biggest wastes of time, especially in Corporate America, is meetings. Most are merely repetitive nonsense where the big boss...
Save the Planet
As with all of my vacations upon checking in, the first thing I do is examine the bathroom facilities. This is important because usually...
All Aboard
I don’t like the heat; or rather it doesn’t like me. My low blood sugar seems to turn me into a puddle of Jell-O faster than the average...
It's All Greek to Me
When I was just a child, which the girls say is still going on, my family would make quarterly trips to Disney World. It didn’t matter...
Suicide By Treadmill
My idea of physical exertion is turning the television channels without a remote, driving a stick shift instead of an automatic and...
