I was this many years old when I found out that the $20 marriage fee in Bay County is allocated as follows:  $5 for the county’s general fund and … Wait for it …. $15 for the Friend of the Court. For those people not living in Michigan, the Friend of the Court is a…

Done with Covid. Rehearsing. What else do I have to do besides humiliate our front porch dog?

One week later and TA DAH! If you get the Covie, please, please, please, get on Paxlovid. It makes all the difference in the world; but you must start it within 5 days of symptoms starting. Do no dilly-dallying.

Crap.

I’m getting my haircut the other day and chit chatting with my hairstylist, Kerrie Jo, as one does, and she tells me her daughter is really into theater tech and has joined SOFA at her school.  And I ask, as one might, what is “SOFA”?  Kerrie Jo doesn’t know so she texts her daughter and…

I’ve been going to the Y(MCA) for Aquaflex classes (a stretching, strength building kind of class, but in the pool).  Three times a week, and hour for each class.  Because of all this time in the water, I felt I needed some new bathing suits. Now usually fat lady bathing suits are horrifically expensive.  Also,…

Unlike Daniel Day Lewis’ left foot, my left boob cannot do amazing things (not even during it’s more pert days – who am I fooling, I’ve always been a saggy boob kind of gal). However, my left boob has had some adventures. As many of you know, I had breast cancer in my left boob. …

I had a landscaping company come over to do a proposal for the cost to do all the tasks on our yard that need doing.  Lots and lots of stuff. He was supposed to get us a proposal either Monday or Tuesday the next week. It’s now Monday of the week after the next week.…

My mother was a lousy cook.  It’s a fact.  Lovely woman, lousy cook. But there were a few dishes that she excelled at and I found her recipe and made one of them – Chop Suey. OMG I love chop suey.  And it’s a real Michigan kind of dish.  It is so popular here that…

I’m riding back from my AquaFlex class at the Y, I find myself behind a sporty little red car. Whenever I see personalized plates, I try to figure out what they mean. I look at the plates on the sporty little red car and I am not quite sure what I am looking at. Then…