Bertie Botts for barfing’s best

A family friend bought the girls Bertie Botts Every Flavor Jelly Beans for Easter. If you’ve read Harry Potter, you know the nasties of which I speak. Yes, someone actually produced jelly beans flavored like Black Pepper, Sausage, EAR WAX and <gag!> Boogers.
In addition, we have Dirt flavor, Soap, Rotten Egg, Pickle, Vomit and oh yes–EARTHWORM. [...]

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Do not eat.

Do not eat leftover chipped beef with turkey salad, a banana and Creme Saver’s Raspberry yogurt for dessert. Most especially do not wash it all down with a glass of milk. It’s bad…very bad.
 That is all.

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I really must get myself together.

After dealing with flu for days I finally feel semi-human again. Not good, mind you, but no longer zombified, at least. Of course, wanting to catch up, I’ve spent all morning doing this and that on the computer.
At 11:30 in the doggone-near-afternoon, I hear the roar of a delivery truck. I looked down to see [...]

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Cremation Most Fowl

Last night our 9 year old asked what ‘cremation’ was. Since dh and I both plan to be cremated, I figured it was a good term to clarify. So I started to go into a detailed explanation, and after a couple of minutes I could see her eyeballs glaze over. I stopped, and more succinctly [...]

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Third Time’s the Charm

My husband teases me about my stubbornness mild resistance to change. I like things cozy, comfy and without messy surprises. (Why I consented to children, I’ll never know–although I’m certainly glad he talked me into them!)
A running joke in our household is that Mom is always happy with #3. If we go to a fast [...]

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