Cooking, Everyday Epiphany, Family, humor

A Fine Kettle Of Fish

โ€œYouโ€™re a pessimist,โ€ said Mike my SO (Significant Other). โ€œIf you were more of an optimist, youโ€™d recognize that my pessimism is actually helpful,โ€ I countered. Mike retreated to his bunker deftly traversing what he perceived as boobytrapped logic. There he engaged in online battles with fellow game players. The fallout from those encounters didnโ€™t… Continue reading A Fine Kettle Of Fish

Everyday Epiphany, Family, humor, Technology

Remotely Successful

The message delivered dread and foreboding as well as timely news.  A new cable box is available memo highlighted on the screen appeared in a cheery blue oval mimicking a WELCOMED communique. I clicked on it using my perfectly fine, but outdated remote, to reveal the parameters of this change. I needed to switch out my… Continue reading Remotely Successful

Everyday Epiphany, Family, humor

Not Always On The Safe Side

Hesitation stalled my poised spoon as it hovered above the frosty ice cream Brandy Alexander. With a past health history of lactose and glucose intolerances I weighed the consequences of diving into the creamy drink. Fat chance that my intestines wouldnโ€™t bloat or my A1C wouldnโ€™t rise. Then I plunged in headfirst. Little Risk, Little… Continue reading Not Always On The Safe Side

Everyday Epiphany, Family, humor, Travel

A Detailed Thinker Gets The Big Picture

โ€œWe should have the pontoon delivered before we leave for Italy,โ€ said Mike, my significant other. โ€œThen weโ€™ll be ready to cruise when we return.โ€ โ€œIf we do that, we might have motor problems since it โ€˜ll be unused for a few weeks,โ€ I said. โ€Then thereโ€™s the heron trouble.โ€ Last summer a great blue… Continue reading A Detailed Thinker Gets The Big Picture

Cooking, Everyday Epiphany, Exercise, Family, humor

Food for Thought

Star Nosed Mole Versus Three Toed Sloth Not another pour of wine, I thought to myself, as Mike glugged an ounce or two of Merlot into his glass. Mike didnโ€™t drink too much. He drank (and ate) too slowly. I had finished my salad, mushroom topped sirloin, and side of lemon pepper asparagus ten minutes… Continue reading Food for Thought