Author Archives: The Daring One

So, I hope none of you dragged your achey, cold-ridden body off the couch and drove with your two children to the post office today to mail your sister a copy of the West Wing episode she missed last night … Continue reading →

So, my throat is swollen, my ears are plugged and scratchy inside and I could easily win a green 11s contest with any two year old if I don’t carry around a box of tissues. I really wish I could … Continue reading →

I just got my first Frugal Reader book in the mail. It’s Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. I’m not sure I can read it during this first year of Big-O’s life, since I’m too anxious to watch the evening … Continue reading →

I love grocery store checkers and I know they have a hard job. I once had that job and was always the slowest, most pathetic cashier in the store. I know this because they had a poster in the break … Continue reading →

Two things happen to me when I go garage-saleing: 1. I become incredibly, perhaps ridiculously, cheap During the last community garage sale I found several books I’d been wanting and one I had just purchased at Borders-Tantalizing-House-of-Rip-off Reading-Material for the … Continue reading →

Well, Blackbird, here’s my offering for show and tell – kitchen item I can not live without: Until I discovered this little baby, I refused to eat or feed my kids apples on any kind of regular basis. I stuck … Continue reading →