Silver and Gold

I don’t think Mom was technically breaking the rules when she began my Girl Scouting career as a four-year-old. Sure, you’re not really supposed to start until you hit kindergarten, but Mom was a troop leader for my older sister — who was in first grade at the time — [...]

Top Ten Signs It’s Midterm Time At College:

10.) You haven’t seen your roommate in almost a week, but for all the wrong reasons. It’s not because she’s been out partying like Kate Moss, or over at that cute guy’s house for hours on end. You’ve been hearing rumors that she’s been hiding out in the stacks at the library, and [...]

No Use Crying Over Chunky Milk

It’s amazing how long three 21-year-old women can survive without going grocery shopping.  I think our new record is three weeks.
Three weeks.  Let me put this into perspective for you.  Kayleigh thought it would be a fabulous idea to drink some milk the other day — straight from the carton, because of course when your [...]

Top Ten Signs You Need A Vacation

10.) You find yourself so consumed with your work and other commitments that you can’t actually remember the last time you washed your hair, although you’re pretty sure it was a Thursday. This Thursday? Maybe.
9.) Your roommates start referring to you as Uncle Fester as they joke about the saucer-sized bags under your [...]

The Price is Wrong

At the ripe old age of 162, I couldn’t help but think that Bob Barker still had that spark.  Sure, he had been a member of the geriatric population for my entire life, but there was something about him that just made sense.  A man like Bob Barker could be sexist, calling his spokeswomen “Barker’s [...]