Whenever we (okay, my husband) does our taxes, and I see the amount of the refund, I get this indignant feeling, like "Hey! That's our money, and the Feds keep it all year, do nothing with it, and then give it back at the end of the year ( Read more... )

Is there any point past which it is too late to write a thank you note? We're talking Christmas present, here, so I am really behind. It is an aunt that I don't see much, and the gift was passed along by my parents. It was a pretty nice present, but I feel stupid that I waited so long. Maybe a chatty letter/note with a thank you buried ( Read more... )

Are oranges and avocados and other good stuff really going to be $499 a pound or something like that ( Read more... )

So I spent a big chunk of my afternoon down in the basement with a chopstick and a Blue's Clues toothbrush, scraping dog poo off the bottom of my shoe ( Read more... )

The Three-Martini Playdate by Christie Mellor is a damn funny book ( Read more... )

Bigger bear is better. He can see the ocean now.

Well, Puget Sound, actually.

Okay.

I've spent an hour trying to get this thing set up properly.

Come over and help me figure this out and I will pay you in wine, coffee, chips, cheap necklaces, whatever.

Thanks.