March 2012

Top 5 Things I Miss About Elementary School

(This is where it all happened.) I attended Viewmont Elementary in Murray, Utah, during the ’70s. I survived this “far out” decade by going to school, watching cartoons, playing outside after dinner until it was too dark to see, eating casseroles and reading until I fell asleep. My kind of life–except the casserole part. Besides readin’, writin’ andContinue reading “Top 5 Things I Miss About Elementary School”

Things I Just Don’t Understand

This isn’t about anti-matter, Morgellon’s disease, the elusive monopole or other mysterious terms people throw out to sound smart. These are just ordinary, daily things that make NO sense to me. Maybe you can help clarify. Why do people at Wal-Mart shuffle their feet? No one strides through Wal-Mart or briskly scans the aisles; it’s a sloth-like, death march,Continue reading “Things I Just Don’t Understand”

Top 5 Reasons Writing Sucks

I’ve been writing since I learned to eat a pencil eraser. I moved on from chewing pencils to eating pen caps, sniffing markers and giving myself ink tattoos with a Bic during history class. Then came “typing,” “keyboarding” or whatever the hell it’s called today. (Remember typing so fast the keys stuck? Yeah, I’m thatContinue reading “Top 5 Reasons Writing Sucks”

Why See’s Chocolates Should Sponsor This Blog

The reasons See’s Chocolates should sponsor my Life and Laughter blog are numerous–and the similarities between me and the chocolate giant are eerie. Here are just a few reasons See’s should slap an ad on my blog. (I’m on the See-food diet.) Reason #1: See’s creates excellent chocolates. I EAT excellent chocolates. (Like I said. Eerie)Continue reading “Why See’s Chocolates Should Sponsor This Blog”

To Hell and Back

Remember those field trips in first grade where the bus smelled like urine, the children screamed songs and teachers were frazzled? Well, I just relived that experience when I chaperoned my grandson’s class to the aquarium. (There was NOT a Loch Ness monster in our aquarium. Feeling gypped.) Now, my grandson is perfect. That’s allContinue reading “To Hell and Back”