EMPTY NEST. NOW WHAT?
also known as THE 4-LETTER YEAR Roller coasters are fun. All the tight turns, steep slopes, sudden drops, and sometimes being turned upside down. We PAY to get on them, get locked in, and throw our hands in the air like we don’t care. The world record-breaking “Steel Vengeance” just debuted at Cedar Point Amusement …
also known as “IT’S A TAKE-HOME TEST, duh” Lots of funny questions have kept us sane lately. “What day is it?” “How many months are in April?” “Is drugstore hair color the devil-in-a-bottle?” But what we really want to know: “When will COVID19 Quarantine END?” Two important COVID19 things are happening now: THE curves are dropping. …
also known as “PANDEMICS ARE FOR THE BIRDS” So here we are, 2020, the year of the Worldwide Pandemic. Or does “pandemic” mean worldwide?(I’ll google later) It’s real and scary, and I feel deeply for those who are compromised or in need of ongoing medical attention. This is a poopy-situation (sorry, and yes, Robin, we’re all tired …
also known as “WELL THAT COULD’VE BEEN EMBARRASSING” In 2020 the WORD OF THE YEAR was apparently the THING OF THE YEAR. So, of course, I was all over it. After throwing away 3 or 4 perfectly good words, I realized my 2020-Word didn’t have to be perfect, just like I tell myself every day: “Hey Robin, this …
also known as “KEEP-THROW-MARIE KONDO” I’ve often wondered what I would find in my kid’s rooms. Now I know, and now I wish I had never looked. So, there was HALLOWEEN. The light-hearted kickoff to The Motherload of Holiday Gatherings. The horror actually struck me this year. It’s self-imposed, but I hear the holiday expectations: …
also known as “DARN YOU STANFORD” Me dropping my baby off at COLLEGE. Well, that’s what it felt like. We left John 2,391 miles from home, at “The Farm”, his dream school, STANFORD UNIVERSITY-Palo Alto, California. THIS is the guy we left. Confident, smart, curious and didn’t have a clue how to FLUFF & FOLD. …