Nothing more embarrassing than showing up at a friend’s Open House Christmas Party on the WRONG day! Imagine our happy anticipation as we knock on their door, dressed in our party finest, food dish in hand. Imagine their surprise as they open the door . . . in their bathrobes! “Oh,” they say and begin to chuckle. “The party is...
In the 1980’s big hair and black velvet blazers were the fashion. One Sunday after church Husband spots Wife across the room in animated conversation. Unobtrusively he approaches from behind and begins massaging velvety shoulders. She suddenly whirls around; he suddenly realizes wrong woman! Anyway, that’s the story my husband told me later, sheepishly adding, “Duped by same hair, same...
When my mother immigrated in 1955, she picked up English from the radio and taught herself to read from the newspaper. However, as any foreign language speaker knows, bloopers are inevitable. One day as a new bride, mother bravely ventured to JC Penney to buy her husband a belt, in German known as “Guertel.” Figuring the English word might resemble...
Ah, the frustrations of travel. My hubby does not function well without a full night’s sleep. When traveling he pins together errant hotel curtains, wears an eye mask, and scrunches a towel against the door jam to block noise. Traveling without me, Hubby flew to Boston and reserved a hotel to ensure a good night’s rest before tackling the drive...
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not. ~ Mark Twain
If anyone ever wonders from whom I inherited the absent-minded-professor gene, well, they just need to hear some stories about my Dad. His blissful lack of attention became legendary as can be illustrated by the time Mom used ashes from the wood stove to “paint” black around her eyes—just to see if he’d notice. He did not. Poor dad, he...