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Most of my childhood was spent fantasizing about the day I would make my living as a television star. I can’t even count how many inspired scenes and acceptance speeches I rehearsed in my bathroom mirror. I just never thought my television debut would result from something as ordinary as a garage sale. Look for […]

I was on the phone with one of my best girlfriends several weeks ago when she asked why I sounded so “winded.” If I had been on my toes, I could have convinced her that I was on a stair climber. But in actuality, I was cleaning out my closet with the help of the […]

You know when you watch news coverage of inclement weather–a hurricane, for instance–and there’s always that one, special kind of idiot who decides they will brave the storm? And then the rescue workers have to risk their lives to save this person from their own stupidity? And the person is all, “Wow! Thank you so […]

Does anyone else feel like they’re watching an episode of Days of Our Lives with everything that has been going on with this whole General Petraeus scandal? It’s almost like Days of Our Lives meets Army Wives meets Real Housewives meets The (Married) Bachelor.

I found a fun, new way to creep out your neighborhood, Starbucks barista! After my hubby got home from his class this afternoon, I decided to go grab a coffee and head to the grocery store – alone. Believe me, after a cross-country flight to Atlanta and a scream-filled road trip to Montgomery, Alabama, I […]

I once got my entire family (grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins) kicked out of Walmart. Do you know how difficult it is to get kicked out of Walmart? Have you seen People of Walmart? I don’t think they would even kick out a vengeful leper carrying a rabid armadillo. But we sure got kicked […]

As you may have already gathered, my husband is in the military — the Air Force to be exact. But we currently live on an Army Post in Leavenworth, Kansas. Yup. THAT Leavenworth. I knew nothing about Leavenworth when we moved here except that they had some prisons — both a federal one and the […]

This story is told with the permission of my friend as it pertains to her son. And even though I have changed names to protect the innocent, it’s one of those stories you don’t tell unless you ask the mother.