It’s not even Christmas yet, and already I’m thinking about the possibility of needing to invest in some diet pills.
We had our pizzelle making day on Saturday.  BJ helped me churn out about 14 dozen of them.  We’ve devoured at least a dozen a day since.
Our dear friend Diana sent home three dozen oatmeal cookies […]

As the Good Book says, it’s more blessed to give than to receive.
As we all run around like crazy people getting ready for the Holiday, please take a moment to remember the folks in your community who are more worried about a hot meal and a warm place to sleep than a new plasma TV. […]

So much for loyalty.
Rich Rodriguez has taken a job as head football coach at the University of Michigan.  He leaves West Virginia University (his alma mater) after seven seasons — and a big bale out last year at about this time from his fellow alumni.
Alabama really wanted Coach Rod — so much so that they […]

I think I might just have to gag.
There are certain holiday classic movies — Capra’s “It’s A Wonderful Life” and the version of “A Christmas Carol” with George C. Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge, for example — and I even like Bill Murray’s “Scrooged” at this time of the year.  But I gotta tell ya, between […]

All things considered, it’s been a rough year for sports fans.
Everyone knows certain baseball players were juicing themselves with anabolic steroids while MLB and the Players’ Association turned a blind eye, but until the Mitchell Report came out this past week, I don’t think anyone realized the scope of the cheating.
Bill Belichick and the New […]

How creative are you while selecting gifts for those special people on your list?
I always try to put at least a little thought into the gifts I choose, but admittedly, some ideas work out better than others.
Most of my best gift memories are centered around my mother.  So many people have told me that they […]

BJ’s shoulder is healing up nicely — I guess.
We went to see the doctor this morning for a routine post-op follow-up.  Doc came in, really yummy-smelling coffee in one hand, the chart in the other.  He flipped through a couple of pages, poked a little with his finger, and said to lose the back strap […]

Since BJ and I are both on Injured Reserve right now, we’re trying hard to be creative with our holiday gift giving this year.
I’ve never been one to buy savings bonds or life insurance for kids anyway; most years, I try to shop at the grocery store for the folks on my gift list.   […]

One of the things that amazes and amuses me is the staying power of certain items that show up in TV commercials around this time every year.
I’m talking about The Clapper and The Chia Pet.  Are you kidding me?  Who really thinks either of these items would “make a great gift”?   I mean, it’s […]

Well, we went to our singing engagement last night, and it was so much fun.
Since this was the first time we had performed our new Christmas program, it was a little stressful — and very frenetic.  We don’t exactly stick to a script, so none of us is ever sure quite what to expect.  We […]