Monthly Archives: October 2013

Tale Tues: Acoustic Noise Cancelling

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Sandra

In a marriage, you kick off those fledgling anniversaries with the romantic of flowers, jewelry, leather wallets, massage oils packaged in heart boxes. Sickeningly sweet embossed cards with exaggerated whorled script. Then you move on to the years when you … Continue reading →

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Tale Tues: Tall Tale Continued…

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Sandra

Here’s the truth about trading in your old minivan for an old “Nice ice cream” truck that doesn’t chime, nor sell ice cream: It’s mortifying. Well, not to me, but to my 3rd and 4th grade boys who are too … Continue reading →

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Tale Tues: Car Sales and The Spurned Lover

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Sandra

My Honda Odyssey after a mere 109,000 miles has failed me and I am a spurned lover – Now that I’ve just invested $2600 in a new transmission, I’m feeling betrayed and fed up. With the old beast now making new creaky … Continue reading →

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That’s Terrible!

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Sandra

ALPAHEBE-THURS: Letter T “That’s terrible!” Marge thought a lot of things were terrible. It was terrible when the new young family neighborhood transplants would toss out those old toddler plastic tricycles, the ones with long plastic handles so you could … Continue reading →