I now know why none - not one - of the recipes I found for banana cream pie called for adding banana to the cream part of the pie. "Why only slice bananas into the crust before pouring in the custard?" I thought. "I want this pie to taste really banana-y. Why not add some mashed banana to the creamy part?" I thought maybe it wasn't recommended ( Read more... )

My house assessment just went up 48.4%! Just when one thinks one is starting to get a (financial) handle on things . . . Guess what my stimulus check will be used for? Out of one tax pot into another. grrrr

• All three kids got straight A's this year. I would have considered things to be going well if even one of three got straight A's. Of course I understand that grades do not measure everything of importance. While they each have some geeky characteristics, they also, for example, do sports, play muscial instruments or do cool artwork, socialize ( Read more... )

My favorite face lotions, which I use every day, come in 4 oz. bottles. Horseradish, which I use maybe three times a year, comes in 8 oz. bottles. Why?

My 12-year-old daughter, the one who considers herself mature and sophisticated and who is embarrassed by my existence, after a long busy week including final tests and several narrowly won soccer games, just fell asleep with her head in my lap as I stroked her hair and read bedtime stories to her.

This morning: Greg got first in his age group in the Lilac 5K, 10th overall in a field of 500. Peter was 41 overall. Greg and his dad won the father/son division. (The 10K had a thousand runners, undoubtedly many of the best, but I can still be proud ( Read more... )

Do you think maybe someone at this university could do hir piece of the job right on the first try for a change, so I wouldn't have to spend the bulk of my time cleaning up other people's messes? Is that too much to ask ( Read more... )

Is it possible to own a house and a car without something breaking every month? This morning my garbage disposal, in its death throes, spewed its contents throughout the undersink cupboard. *exasperated sigh*

Remind me not to go on vacation in between two office moves that occur within a month of each other. I was pretty organized for the first one, but the second happened immediately upon return from vacation. All my files, all the contents of my desk, bulletin board etc, and the entire software library are in boxes. Meanwhile, the backlog keeps ( Read more... )

On this damp 39º day, my daughter walked to school in her winter coat . . . . and flip-flops.