Dear Tropical Storm Lee, I hate you. Signed, Me ******************************************************* I was supposed to fly to NC today, to join my sisters and mother on a fun jaunt in Brevard. Instead, I’m stuck in the house with two stir crazy kids and Backyardigans on repeat. Not quite the disappointment that poor Suzy JD suffered, when…
Category: Carolina
Fairy tale
Once upon a time, back in the days before my marriage, I still lived with my oldest younger sister. We lived together in a tiny grayish house in Hillsborough, North Carolina, a town that still holds my heart, though I try daily to forget it and devote myself body and soul to my new home…
A Question for the Masses
OK, so you have a 2 way stop. As you pull up to the stop, there is already somebody waiting at the other stop sign across the street from you. She wants to turn left, and is waiting for a break in traffic. You want to go straight. Who has the right of way? …
Subway Sandwiches and other Mundane Things
Another craving – Subway sandwiches. Oh. Man. Don’t tell my husband this (Professor, stop reading now), but I’ve probably bought 2 Subway sandwiches a week for lunch in the past month. Before being blindsided by hormones, I was a brown bagger – I bought lunch out maybe once a month, if even that. I was…
Anniversary Adventures
Pizza and chips. That’s all I want. Morning noon and night. I’m shoving down fruit, choking down peas and broccoli, pinching my nose and swallowing tuna and other fish, but all I want all I want want want want is pizza. It’s crazy. I’ll be giving birth to Papa John in 6 months, just you…