A common sense cure for cold feet
Authorities and searchers might have been at a loss when they launched a nationwide hunt for "runaway bride'' Jennifer Wilbanks recently, but the real experts - wedding planners - knew this was no kidnapping.
More fun than you can shake a stick at
I firmly believe that when mothers compare notes on childbirth this can only be because they have not yet experienced the pain and sheer endurance that a 6-year-old's birthday party entails.
I married the man, not the ring
He stole my heart with a killer combination of dark good looks, a stunning ability to fix almost anything, and an inexhaustible instinct to take care of me when I'm moody, sick or stressed, which is pretty much always.
It’s a wash
Ancient people cleaned their clothes by pounding them on rocks or rubbing them with abrasive sands and washing the dirt away in local streams.
Time flies along with fly balls
Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?
Since daylight-saving time began anew last weekend, I can't say that I do.
TV, or not TV? That’s the question
Am I mistaken, or wasn't watching too much television once considered to be a bad idea?
Didn't people lie about how much time they spent watching Dallas?
Can we not recall that once there was a golden time in America when "couch potato" was an insult?
Now? I'm ashamed to be among decent people because I have nothing to say about Survivor.
What’s the name? Bond … Dog Bond
It was a rough night in the Seabolt household, as our two dogs - a German shepherd (Ace) and his partner in crime, a relatively inert ottoman of a dog (Jagger) - decided at around 4 a.
Fairy faux pas
I am not a morning person. In the morning, if forced to get up at all, I prefer nothing more than silence, and a cup of coffee as big as my head.
The parent volunteers’ prayer
To be invoked by all PTO parents, volunteer parents, and room mothers (and fathers and "significant others") among us.
Selling out
I didn't set out to become a sell-out. I'm just saying. For the record and all. I had no intention of becoming an impersonal cog in the corporate machine.
