Oh, the pressures that a lip-conscious gal has to deal with! First of all, you have to have lipstick in shades to match every outfit. On top of that, for some reason no one really understands, all those colors are required to have names that make you feel really...
I have a confession to make. I am not a forwarder. I check my email faithfully--even read most of it. But despite threats of gazillions of missed blessings and sure-fire calamities if I don't "forward this to 10 people in the next 3 minutes," I still do not forward....
It's been a weird summer. With the kids getting older and one heading out on one mission trip while another one heads for another camp, I'm not sure if we've had the whole family all together for more than a week or so. I was thinking of installing a revolving...
My 13-year-old son is quite the musician. He's a guitarist, a trombonist and a drummer. A drummer…who doesn't necessarily need a drum. He has a drum set, but his drumming certainly isn't contained to that drum. The table is his drum. The sofa is his drum. The wall?...
My 15-year-old daughter, Allie, has a room that's scaring me more than a little. Have you ever walked into a room that just screamed GARAGE SALE? Allie's room is just that--a garage sale begging to happen. And I think we could make some serious money too. Never mind...
Okay, we probably don't want to admit we have them, but we do. Don't we all have one knock, knock joke that cracks us up at least a little? Mine?"Knock, knock.""Who's there?""Interrupting cow.""Interr….""Moo."You have to admit, that's good stuff.But do you know what's...
We've never been one of those families that sits around a campfire telling scary stories. Every once in awhile, though, I have to admit I like to frighten my teenage girls with one of the scariest stories I know. And it happened to ME. It's the story about when I was...