Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Do you ever wake up in a pissy mood for no good reason? Does it make you want to just stay home, in bed or away from everyone and everything? Is it ever a struggle to make it through the day without grouching or growling or wanting to destroy...
Why You Should Have Patience Unless you live in or near Phoenix, Arizona, you might not know that Camelback Road is one of the busiest streets in town. For almost twenty years, I have lived a couple of streets north (or south) of Camelback. Except for 6 a.m. on a 115...
How to Find the Riches in Your Life I am a lip balm junkie. It doesn’t matter where I am or what I’m doing, my “lip stuff” is never more than an arm’s length away. At any given time, you can probably find no less than 3 different types of lip junk in my purse, desk...
How to Deal with Disappointment I’m feeling unusually crestfallen right now. For several weeks, I have been looking forward to spending time with someone very special. It was someone I have been in love with since I was a teenager. When I found out he was traveling to...
How I Managed to Spread a Disease By Thinking Last week when I shattered a full glass of water all over my bedroom floor, my husband was caught up in the throes of MMA or Modern Family or something otherwise more important. Because I have no clue where he keeps his...
Why You Should Say Yes Wendy’s a “yes woman.” Not. No one has ever said this about me…ever. In fact, my default setting is to automatically say “no” to all questions that are presented to me before I even think. The other day I was on my way home from divorce court in...