Thoughts

They call me Elaine

A dear friend of mine asked me to go line dancing with her, and I’m going!  I love to dance.  I think I’m a decent dancer.  Problem is, most of the people I know, may not necessarily agree.  My huge extended family has broken me in to the world...

United we stand—NOT! Nightmare travel story.

My poor hubby has been traveling for the past few days, and my kids and I anxiously awaited his return in the wee hours of the morning.  He’d been kind enough to help a brother out with a special project, and called out of town for a few days....

Shoes

Don’t know why this came to mind for me today.  I just did a quick scan on the net and found that the average number of shoes a woman owns is 27.  The average number a man owns is 7.  I have no earthly idea how verifiably correct either...

Sisters

I’m not talking about nuns here.  (Although I’ve got my fair share of stories about them, since I was born and raised Catholic and went to 12 years of Catholic School.) I’m also not solely referring to biological sisters, but they are certainly a part of what I am talking about. ...

The “Glue”

I just returned back to town from a wonderful family reunion.  I am lucky enough to have a pretty big extended family.  My mom was one of 11 kids (my dad one of 10), so as a result, I have quite a few first cousins–I don’t remember exactly, but...