What Makes Me Laugh

First, the truth. I drove with an expired driver’s license for over three weeks. Gasp! It wasn’t an accident. I was really resisting getting my butt into the driver exam office for a new license. I mean really resisting. First, I couldn’t find the exam office. I thought it was in the county building because [...]

I remember when we moved in, oh, over six years ago, and SOMEONE saying, “This house is great. We don’t have to do anything to it!” Yeah, right. A new furnace and duct work, complete outside paint job, a full kitchen and bathroom remodel, all of the windows replaced, new doors, landscaping completed, numerous other [...]

We’ve been preparing the garden and doing our own form of early summer weed whacking. Doug is our resident Zen master dandelion slayer, bending over good portions of the day to pull them by hand from the yard. If it were up to me they’d probably take over the yard, but Doug is persistent. Early [...]

Dear Whisper Yellow, It was love at first sight. There we were. In the hardware store. I was looking at Butter Cream, wondering if she was the one when I saw you and all thoughts of Butter Cream flew from my head. I knew, deep down, that you were the one for me. We brought [...]

Our extended family may not agree on religion, politics, or sports teams, but they can agree on one thing: “You need a new toilet.” Every family member who visits says this to us and we always have the same response: “We know.” It’s funny. I don’t remember noticing the toilet before we bought the house, [...]

A few buds are out on the lilac trees, which worries us a little since we have a few more snowstorms to get through before warm weather is here to stay, but never you mind, I’m going to enjoy the sun that’s shining today. Doug is making me a big breakfast (my favorite meal of [...]

Doug and I have been vacationing with seniors in Florida, and it was an eye-opening trip. What keeps us young at heart and spry of limbs was on full-display at The Villages, a retirement community where Doug’s father now resides. Let’s take the St. Patty’s Day parade, which not only sported the usual golf carts [...]

Yesterday I got an unexpected call from my massage therapist. “Hey, I’m looking for Doug. He hasn’t shown up for his appointment yet and I can’t reach him on his phone. I’m just wondering if he’s lost.” Lost? In Livingston? This was theoretically possible since it was his first appointment with her, but I thought I had provided [...]

My mom called me a week before we left for Phoenix to remind me not to take our luggage into my grandmother’s house. “If there is anything black on your luggage, or if it’s dirty, or if it could leave a black mark, just leave it in the garage and carry your stuff into the [...]

I used to say things like, “I could never live anywhere that didn’t have the four seasons.” Meaning snow, of course. The older I get, the more I hope to never say never, because right now I feel like I could live somewhere without the four seasons, very easily. Yes, I ski. Yes, I get [...]