When you’re stuck in your house for weeks on end, there’s an undeniable temptation to eat more. It creeps up on you at first, but soon, the cravings hit you like a high school girlfriend who caught you looking at a cheerleader.
Most of us justify this extra eating by saying, “I’m using my newfound time to learn to cook!”
I knew that I had a problem about five weeks in. That’s when I got on our talking bathroom scale and the ...
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How is it that we’ve managed to cram virtually every necessity we need into one single cell phone, but I still have seven TV remotes on the table next to my chair?
I remember the first time I saw a television set that had a remote. It was the early 1970s, and our new next-door neighbors had a black and white TV that had a remote.
The television looked just like ours. There was a knob to change channels, a volume knob, ...
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My dad and grandfathers taught me that if there’s a way to help someone, and you have a skill set that allows you to assist them, you should use it.
There’s an Internet app that’s become quite popular called, “Nextdoor.” It is a way for those who live in a specified, smaller neighborhood area to connect and communicate about everything from where to find toilet paper to sharing information about a military veteran who is struggling.
Recently, a good friend and I ...
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There are two, true tests for how solid your marriage is – Covid-19 and hanging wallpaper together.
As I awoke from 9 ½ hours of sleep, all rested and ready for another day of hand sanitizer and staring out the window, I thought about how many scenarios there could possibly be that would force two people into close quarters for days on end.
After eliminating the age range of 18 through 29, I was able to narrow it down to two things: ...
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