By Virginia Wells Smith
This email arrived recently:
"Dear Dr. Smith,
My son will be going into second grade this fall. He had a great experience in First Grade with an excellent teacher. Th ...
Ipock: Where’s the camera when you need it? 6/16/2009 · 0 Comment(s) Where’s a camera when you need it? I was recently walking in my parents’ neighborhood when I caught a glimpse of something brown. It was standing still, and quite large. Of all things—a deer! Not a ‘d ...
Ipock: Bra fitting just might be a necessary evil 6/16/2009 · 0 Comment(s) Bra fitting just might be a necessary evilIt’s bad enough to hear someone say, “I have no idea what I’m doing,” but when that person happens to be a bra fitter, that’s really bad. It happened to me re ...
Sallie Parker: 'But you've always let me carry that on before'
5/17/2009 · 0 Comment(s)
By Sallie Parker
Q. Dear Sallie,
I travel for a living. I always pack the same items in my carry-on and go through security at my home airport without incident. On my last trip, however, I was ...
Ipock: I spent Mother’s Day in both of my homes but neither kitchen 5/14/2009 · 0 Comment(s) I tell folks that I now have two homes (read on for more) and yesterday I spent Mother’s Day at both of them, but not in the kitchen. Lucky me!Some folks own summer homes that they visit (think pictur ...
Ann Ipock: April is a great month 5/8/2009 · 0 Comment(s) April is a great monthWell our taxes are done, we just celebrated our wedding anniversary and the tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers are planted in the ground—or should I say in pots—but, no matter. Reca ...
Robin Bruce: April 17 4/17/2009 · 1 Comment(s) By Robbin BruceWell, I've walked around the house for about two days now, avoiding the inevitable. Sooner or later I had to make myself sit down at the keyboard and get back to work. After last week, ...
Ann Ipock: Ann's reality show: cooking in the kitchen with disaster 4/10/2009 · 0 Comment(s) I’m not Paula Deen, though I once filled in for her. No, really. It was at a Habit for Humanity fund raiser in Manning, S.C.; and though Paula was originally invited to be the speaker, she declined. Y ...
Ginny Smith: Large families can create logistical problems for parents
4/7/2009 · 0 Comment(s)
By Virginia Smith
When my sisters and I were singing together as "The Wells Sisters," one of the songs we did was "Eight is Enough."
We three sisters had eight children among us, so it was fi ...
Ann Ipock: Who, or exactly what, constitutes a Senior Citizen? 4/7/2009 · 0 Comment(s) By Ann Ipock
Well, it's official. I AM a senior citizen. I've often wondered what the cut off age is, or should I say, the "legal age," (kind of like the reverse of turning 21).
Well ...
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