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Dear Retailers: If your “Black Friday Deals start today,” they’re not Black Friday Deals, because it’s Wednesday. You don’t get to erase entire days of the year. I know you really want my Christmas dollars, but Friday is literally just … Continue reading →

Things never to buy again: crayons, markers, colored pencils, gel pens, and erasers. Today I found so many of these things that I doubt we’ll ever be able to use them all up. The kids must have been hiding them … Continue reading →

This morning I woke up in my new bed. I looked up at the shelves behind my head and reached up to touch them. It must have seemed like a strange thing to do, because my husband asked what I … Continue reading →

I slept in my own bedroom last night for the first time in weeks. It had been so long since we used the room that I felt as if I were in a completely new place as I was getting … Continue reading →

Today I had parent-teacher conferences with my kids’ teachers. The teachers were all nice. The kids are both doing well in school. That makes me happy. I had some blood work done recently. The test results came in the mail … Continue reading →

Today I wrote a list of things that I hate about Twitter and then deleted it. There was no need to bore you with it, especially not when the gist was so simple. What it boiled down to was that … Continue reading →

I recently read the opening chapter of a science fiction novel in high spirits. It was all about a crazy fictional author, and I couldn’t wait to read about his wild adventures. Only I realized by the end of the … Continue reading →

I understand why the Hogwarts first years are nervous about being sorted. I wouldn’t want to face the Sorting Hat myself. I’d be crushed to be placed in Hufflepuff and terrified to be placed in Slytherin. Only Gryffindor or Ravenclaw … Continue reading →

They say that practice makes perfect, which means that if you do something often enough you’ll get good at it. So how come I can’t even eat without getting food all over myself? You’d think I’d have eaten food often … Continue reading →

I haven’t been reading much (too tired), but on the bright and fiery side, I finally watched Dante’s Peak. I like disaster movies, so why hadn’t I yet seen this film from 1997? I had a reason, and it was … Continue reading →