Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat

Halloween night. You know the scene:  Just before heading out with the kids for the annual candy collect-a-thon, you grab an old crinkled grocery bag – or better yet, a stray pillowcase. Well, this Halloween I’m boycotting grocery bags and pillowcases, and you can...
The Fabulous Flip-Flop

The Fabulous Flip-Flop

Who doesn’t love a good pair of flip-flops?  In my world, sandals are synonymous with summer. As soon as the weather warms up, my feet don’t see the inside of a closed-toe shoe until those nasty little snowflakes start falling. Here we are in the summer of 2007 and it...
Mag-nificent!

Mag-nificent!

The refrigerator: It’s the original family message center. Grocery lists, wedding announcements, photographs and those beloved finger paintings – they all grace the kitchen’s cold spot. For a long time, my refrigerator door resembled the infamous junk drawer. It was...