You were so faithful all those years, heating up our toast.
A kitchen friend who did the job, without the need to boast.
So goodbye four slot toaster, though you never had a name,
Breakfast time without you, just won’t be the same.
Over time your spring was was sprung, your timing turned to slug.
After almost catching fire, we had to pull the plug.
I want to take a moment to thank all of those who, over the years, have been an encouragement in my writing career. I am in the final phases of editing, and have been working with a team of professionals to make sure this book is polished. I have a traditionally published book being released…
It is hard to believe that 2011 is here. I remember all the hub-bub surrounding Y2K. Remember how the banks were going to get everyone’s account numbers mixed up and airplanes were in danger of falling from the sky at the stroke of midnight! Crazy how this decade has gone by. Frankly, I am glad…
My new word for the new year is “Pursue”. On the top of my “Pursue” list is healthier eating habits. I grew up dieting from the time I was old enough to lie about my weight on my driver’s license. I have been on crazy cabbage soup diets, Scarsdale Diet, Low carb and Grapefruit Diets….
We hit the ground running as soon as we made it back to California. We arrived home at about 1 am. The next afternoon I was volunteering as a lifeguard for one of our favorite events of the summer. Special Needs Camp. I have been the lifeguard since Jack, now 11 was just a toddler….
The other day my mother in law asked me, “Do you read anything just for pleasure?” I have stacks of newspapers and magazines. Piles of books and volumes of research material. I read all the time, but when she asked me that simple question I felt like someone who had just received a mild concussion…
I am not sure if it was the freshly baked bread I had just sliced, or knowing our last jar of homemade blackberry jam had been opened, but all of a sudden I had a craving for something simple, yet amazing ~ a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich. The taste brought me back to when…