Note 1.0: This is all about women’s wear, which is aptly named because the whole process of obtaining a successfully pulled-together look is wearing. This is for all my sister shoppers who like to look good but hate the process needed to make that happen. Men, you might be interested to know about our sartorial… Continue reading Clothes Shopping Chronicles: How Separates Killed My Wardrobe
Category: Archives of Yesteryear
I Am Mama Bear, Hear Me Roar
We all know what happens when you get between a mama bear and her cub. Thus, this is a cautionary tale that starts with a pawful of red flags and ends with the fur flying. Fangs bared and claws extended. Our story begins when my daughter, Little Bear, got her first official job. She hired… Continue reading I Am Mama Bear, Hear Me Roar
Diets: Where taste buds go to die
Have you ever heard of the TWA Stewardess Diet? Do you know what TWA stands for? Is stewardess even a word anymore? I ask because while excavating my file drawers I unearthed this archaeological diet treasure that debuted somewhere between the Beverly Hills Diet in 1981 and the Elizabeth Taylor diet in 1986. With the… Continue reading Diets: Where taste buds go to die
40 kids, 5 of us, 1 bus
From the Archives of Yesteryear when I volunteered to climb on a bus and chaperone a herd of elementary students, one of which was mine, on a field trip to California. I’m happy to report that the Oceanography Club field trip to San Diego was a howling success. Forty pumped-up students, five untested chaperones. One… Continue reading 40 kids, 5 of us, 1 bus
Chaperone Shopping: Stay Sane, Stay Solvent
(From the Archives of Yesteryear, when my daughter and I were younger and only one of us had a driver’s license.) I have no idea how my daughter survived before the Town of Gilbert got SanTan Village mall, but I can tell you that I’m barely surviving now. We live by Greenfield Road which, if… Continue reading Chaperone Shopping: Stay Sane, Stay Solvent
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