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I walked into the house and dropped a giant bag, from a local department store, onto the chair by the front door. My husband Steven came into the room. “You went shopping after work?” He asked as he peeked into the top of the bag. “Yup.” I dropped my purse next to the bag. “IContinue reading “DRESS CODE”

“Here we go again.” I sighed as I paused the show I was watching, placed the remote on the coffee table and got up from the couch. My son Alex was walking by and heard me. “What’s wrong?” he asked. “Well, now that I’m back to school I notice that after dinner, as soon asContinue reading “ZOOMIES”

My husband Steven and I were sitting on the back deck eating our lunch, when I noticed a spotted lanternfly dart by. “Quick, give me your shoe!” I said to Steven as I stood up from the table, my hand held out, never taking my eyes off of the bug. “Sure.” Steven said as heContinue reading “ON A MISSION”

My arms were loaded with bags as I struggled to get my house key in the lock, when my husband Steven opened the door from the inside. “Let me help you with those.” He reached out to take some of the bags from me. I pulled them out of his reach. “You can’t!” I cried.Continue reading “NO PEEKING”

I was sitting in the middle of the laundry room floor with spiral notebooks all around me when my son Alex came into the room with his laundry hamper filled with dirty clothes. “Hey, what are you doing?” He asked as he went over to the washer and dryer and placed his hamper on topContinue reading “DEAR DIARY”

My son Alex and I were sitting on the back deck hoping for a cool breeze to come by. I looked up at the ceiling fan, its blades spinning as fast as they could go. “That’s not helping much today.” Alex followed my gaze. “I guess we could go back inside with the air conditioning.”Continue reading “NEST IMPOSTER”

My son Alex and I were walking in the neighborhood watching as our neighbors were either leaf blowing or raking up the leaves that were blanketing their yards. “This is way too soon.” I complained as I listened to the crunch of the leaves under my feet as we walked along. Piles of leaves wereContinue reading “LEAF PILES”

“Well, I guess I’ve got to go buy a new watering can.” I said as I held it up for my husband to see. “Why? Is it leaking?” Steven was busy deadheading the geraniums and hadn’t turned to look. “Nope. Guess again.” Steven tossed the dead flowers in a bag and looked to where IContinue reading “WATERING DILEMMA”

My husband Steven went into the living room. “I heard the doorbell.” He called as he looked out the front window to see if anyone was still on the steps. “Who was at the front door?” He came into the kitchen where I was placing several cucumbers on our butcher block. I pointed to them.Continue reading “MY KIND OF GARDENING”

I pulled up the leg of my pajama pants to revel two giant welts on the back of my calf. My husband Steven looked over at me and cringed. “What happened to you?” I had a large dollop of aloe vera cupped in the palm of my hand and began massaging it on the painfulContinue reading “HORRIBLE HORSEFLY”