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Vacation 9 Aug 2013 | 06:56 am
You guys, I am tired. Wiped out. This working baloney is for the birds. I leave the house at 6:43 a.m. and I return at 5:30 p.m. and the fairies have not cleaned my house or done my cooking in my abse...
Marriage 501, Lecture 75: Competitive 8 Aug 2013 | 06:10 am
The always winner is in the middle with the big smile. Wouldn't you smile if you always won? When we were with my sister, her fiance', my brother, and my mom, we played Bananagrams. Actually, they p...
Marriage 501, Lecture 747: Vomit 6 Aug 2013 | 01:32 am
SH: Oh no! Me: What? SH: The cats threw up down here! Me: Oh. [Staying upstairs.] SH: Would you bring me a paper towel? Me: For what? SH: To clean it! Me: Why don't you just use a rag? SH: Bec...
Marriage 501, Lecture 125: The liberal gardener 5 Aug 2013 | 01:31 am
SH: Why are you calling Kristy? Me: To borrow her weed killer. I tested it the other night in the garden and it worked, so now I want to get the rest of the weeds. SH: You can't use weed killer in t...
Marriage 501, Lecture 12: Five-year itch 1 Aug 2013 | 07:48 am
Me: Hmm. This article says that to spice up our love life, we should [wxyz] in the guest room. SH: That's nuts. Me: Yep. We'd have to clear all your junk off the bed-- SH: I'm not ready to move tha...
Marriage 501, Lecture 126: How we eat 30 Jul 2013 | 01:01 am
What we have been eating on vacation: Steak from the butcher in my mom and dad's hometown - we buy a freezer full of meat from them every year. The butcher shop is housed in the building that my gran...
Marriage 501, Lecture 742: Going off the grid 27 Jul 2013 | 12:20 am
The idea was simple: a week at a cottage without cellphone or internet access. Then SH got the wireless code for the house across the street. Which meant he spent the first three days of our vacatio...
Wisconsin 101: The local talent show 24 Jul 2013 | 11:51 pm
We love it up here at the cottage. One of the reasons we love it is because there is not much to do so we don't feel guilty for doing nothing. Actually, there are things to do, but there are not thin...
Marriage 501, Lecture 23: How we pack, or, This is what they should discuss in pre-marital counseling 22 Jul 2013 | 07:55 pm
This is how SH and I get ready for a week-long trip to the cottage on Madeline Island, where we take all our own food, as there are only two small grocery stores on the island and they have island pri...
Marriage 501, Lecture 21: When you're gone 20 Jul 2013 | 07:43 am
Me: The woman in this book has been a widow for two years. She's my age and she's putting herself on match.com so she can date. SH: So? Me: My question is, "Why?" SH: Wouldn't you want to date if I...
