I am a very superstitious person. Find a penny heads up, make a wish and pocket it. Tails up, hand it off to someone else to make the wish. Right palm itching means you're coming into money. A broom falling means company will soon be coming to visit. 11:11, make a wish. Spill salt? Better …
Author: Cari
Mother, Wife, Retired combat boot wearer, Writer, Profanity-prone, Stubborn, Lover of all things healthy, Beekeeper, Gardening enthusiast, Selectively obsessive-compulsive, Runner, Crafter, Central Illinois girl.
I talk fast, walk faster, and enjoying writing articles that make you smile.
The Love Gift
I hadn't intended on making "love gifts" for my children this year; I think someone else had a hand in that. The love gift was always a special "tradition" solely shared between my mother and grandfather, before he passed away.... The tradition of the love gift began between my father and myself one Christmas many years ago, when my …
A Hearing Aid at 28
My family sat down to dinner tonight to enjoy hot-off-the-grill New York Strip steaks, onion potatoes, a giant green salad, and some piping hot garlic toast. Music was playing in the background, the wine was poured (for the adults), and Marty, James, Kenz and I finally clinked our glasses together in a 'cheers', celebrating the end of a …
Wrinkles
I have been feeling pretty darn good about myself lately. A friend and I had recently attended an Embrace premier: a documentary about women and their struggle with body image placed on them by media and obscure societal views. The message delivered was immense: transform your mindset from trying to achieve the 'perfect body' to embracing the one …
Agent 00 Mom
Commitment. Perseverance. Hard work. Always test your perceived boundaries. Give it your all. Practice makes perfect. Whatever doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. Nothing in life will come easy; you have to work for what you want. These are all statements that my children have heard me say about a million times. I strive to be a …
Latex Gloves
Do you know when you have one person going into the restroom at the same time another person is leaving, both exerting the same amount of force to open the door, but it not being enough power to hint that there is someone on the other side of the door, causing both parties involved to …
Do/Don’t Do Instructions to the Kids
Last April, my husband and I took a way overdue 'Adult Mini-Vaca' to the Dominican Republic with several other couples. Our 18 year old daughter offered to stay with the 9 and 4 year olds during our 5-day trip. Even though my oldest sometimes lacks in the common sense department, by this time Alaina had been living in her …
Clutter, Authorized
I normally can't stand clutter, especially on my kitchen countertops . Today? I make an exception. You see, in my dehydrator are delicious marinated salt and vinegar zucchini chips, having the moisture delicately removed to perfect crunch status. It's that time of year, people - I will have more zucchinis pulled out of my garden …
More Lemon Water, Less Wild Turkey
My body is a machine, which runs on premium. Apparently, my steady intake of Wild Turkey, cheap White Sangria, pizza and movie theater popcorn (with extra butter, of course) this Fourth of July weekend was not a premium type of fuel. I found that out this afternoon while attempting to get back into my fitness …
Green Hotdogs and “Poop”
My father has a weak stomach. Several years ago, I was cleaning out his refrigerator on one of my visits and found a package of hotdogs that had been there a while. Dad, hesitant to get too close, but supervising my "toss or no-toss" operation, stops me mid throw - "Don't throw those away!! I …
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