What Makes Me Laugh

I’ve been thinking lately that Pavlov had a cat. Prior to his saliva-inducing, bell-ringing dog research, Pavlov’s cats were ringing his bell, making him get up in the middle of the night to tend to their every want and need and that’s what gave him the idea for his research in the first place (sixth [...]

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 friend Amy posted this on her facebook page and I had to steal it. She says it’s her favorite commercial of all time and I have to agree. This post is dedicated to my father, who is the ultimate cowboy cat herder in our family, especially when my mom is out of town. Truly, [...]

After a two-week obsession with the Winter Olympics, I’m feeling tired from all that late-night television and a bit cranky with Canada. Honestly, the closing ceremonies put the hoke in the word hockey. How many different ways can you dress people up as Mounties?  Why ever would you use your national police force as Las [...]

I’m giving up watching male figure skating for Lent. It’s really not fair to make fun of them. Honestly, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel (not that I even think shooting fish in a barrel would be that easy, let alone fun to do, but you know what I mean). But before I purge, [...]

After we watched the Winter Olympic opening ceremonies last night, I could hear Doug chuckling spontaneously for a couple of hours. He wasn’t laughing about the technical failures of the torch lighting (anyone who has ever had a powerpoint presentation fail on them right before the presentation feels sorry for all involved). He wasn’t laughing [...]

So, the two armchairs that are new-to-us have been claimed by the cats. We had envisioned long winter nights reading next to the one air vent that blows hot air in our living room, but have been vanquished to the cold part of the living room by two animals that simply rule by cuteness. How [...]

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 [...]