Breakfast, anyone?
posted over 2 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 0 comments
We were seven kids, in that traditional Catholic family. Both of my parents worked, my mother being a teacher in the public school system while we attended parochial school. Once we reached a certain age, we were assigned appropriate chores. The d...
Let's go shopping, Mama Taylor style.
posted over 2 years ago, updated 4 minutes later | 3 comments
My initiation into my first husband's family was an eye opening experience. I guess you could actually call it more of a 'hazing'. We lived near his mother, yes, the mother-in-law, and all that implies. So we ended up always being close whenever f...
The Tale of the Pink Toyota . . . .
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
or how to spend $1200.00 to get your $400.00 car out of impound.
I can't help it. I'm a diehard Toyota fan. Those cars can last forever. I bought a 10 yr old Tercel in the late 80's for 250.00, and drove that car for 2 years with no repairs or br...
I can't help it. I'm a diehard Toyota fan. Those cars can last forever. I bought a 10 yr old Tercel in the late 80's for 250.00, and drove that car for 2 years with no repairs or br...
Momma's Boy????
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
Picture it - Parris Island, SC. The temps are in the twenties. I'm sitting with my ex-motherinlaw in a huge indoor facility at Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot at Parris Island, SC. We're sitting right up on the front row, in the handicapped se...
LIFE
posted over 3 years ago, updated over 3 years later | 0 comments
The sun shining off the ripples on the river were almost blinding. Such a beautiful day, the peace of driving along the river toward my destination helped me to hold at bay the emotions which earlier had been running rampant.
DUMB AS DIRT- Or is your secretary blonde?
posted over 4 years ago | 2 comments
I was very excited about starting my new job. After being in sales, and now being on my own again with one income and a child still at home, I really needed the steady hours along with the steady paycheck. It appeared to be too good to be true, as...
Tale of the Twisters- II
posted over 4 years ago | 6 comments
Or Toto - take me to the Promised Land
Divorce is never easy. Even when you agree for the ending to be amicable, if there are children involved, someone usually gets hurt.
When my sons’ dad and I divorced, it was after a period of time where the ...
Divorce is never easy. Even when you agree for the ending to be amicable, if there are children involved, someone usually gets hurt.
When my sons’ dad and I divorced, it was after a period of time where the ...
TALE OF THE TWISTERS - I
posted over 4 years ago, updated 4 days later | 2 comments
I’m not a morning person. I AM NOT A MORNING PERSON. I cannot respond to anything, I do not respond to anything until I have had coffee. When I wake up in the morning - there is a litany running through my head - need coffee, need coffee. I stand ...
The Lady and The Bees
posted over 4 years ago | 7 comments
Over the years of my life - I have, at times, looked to my father for advice in certain areas. We were not particularly close, but my father was a font of wisdom, in that he knew a little about a lot. An attribute he obviously passed on to me. Bow...
