Tag: family
group name: randommusings
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September 04, 2006 02:23 PM EDT --
Where the heck is the house fairy?
She has plenty of work to do.
The kitchen is crying for a really good scrub.
Actually, the bathroom is too.
Every flat surface is covered with stuff.
Papers and . . .
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August 06, 2007 01:08 PM EDT --
Here's the last batch of wonderful winners. A big thanks to all who posted photos and shared their family members with those of us on Gather. We hope members will continue to publish these . . .
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April 05, 2007 10:02 AM EDT --
Last night my soon to be 14 year old daughter, walked to the local convenience store and bought a bag of chips and a soda. She is allowed to eat them in class today because she did . . .
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July 29, 2007 12:53 AM EDT --
What do you say when a marriage is over after pretending that it wasn't for years; once you finally get the nerve up to say it out loud? Do you say you're sorry, even if by that . . .
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August 16, 2007 03:08 PM EDT --
I was about four when Daddy let me set a place setting at our cafe. I wasn't really tall enough to reach the counter. I would stand on my tippy toes and carefully place the napkin and silver . . .
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September 19, 2006 02:07 PM EDT --
I have a metal box full of recipes typed on 4 x 6 inch index cards. Some were shared by friends and family members and others are just things I collected over the years. And in some cases I recorded . . .
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November 21, 2006 01:30 PM EST --
As a single Mother, I felt very fortunate in the quality of childcare providers that looked after my daughter while I worked to pay the bills. When she . . .
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May 26, 2007 11:57 PM EDT --
Reality is what you're doing right now. At the moment, my wine glass is full of wine and frozen cherries. The night is young and fresh. The animals are fed and all over the furniture. . . .
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April 08, 2007 04:14 PM EDT --
Recently someone asked me this question and quite frankly I'm not sure how to answer it. Why was anyone born where they were born? Of course, it's where your mother happened to . . .
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June 05, 2007 03:45 PM EDT --
It was a perfect May morning. The sky was clear and the temperature was mild. It was one of those pregnant with possibility days, the kind of day that would make S. Clay Wilson's Checkered . . .
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September 11, 2008 01:25 AM EDT --
I remember 9/11, 2001 like it was yesterday. I arrived at work at 8:45 a.m. on that morning with coffee in hand and booted up my computer as usual. Shortly after 9:00 a.m. ET, my colleague . . .
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May 30, 2007 07:47 PM EDT --
Life as an only child has its ups and downs. It is nice because you get a lot of attention and often times there is enough extra money for one of something where there would not of been for more than one. . . .
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July 21, 2007 03:05 PM EDT --
I'm having one of those days. The kids are driving me up a wall, the house is a mess, and I want to snap my fingers and make the world right again. Well, at least my little piece of the . . .
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July 29, 2007 11:27 PM EDT --
I think I've made references a couple of times to our 5 year old. Here is the deal.
My husband and I have a 20 year old (his-doesn't live with us), a 15 year old and a 16 year old. . . .
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August 09, 2007 12:38 PM EDT --
The air inside the aquatic center was muggy and warm. The chlorine assaulted my sinuses. I watched as my son prepared to dive into the pool. For all his complaining, he sure took to the water. . . .
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November 06, 2009 11:15 PM EST --
For years, many of us tuned in at every opportunity to watch the Andy Griffith Show.
From 1960 until 1968, the show ranked at the top of the ratings. It final year it ranked as #1. It only ended, . . .
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February 05, 2007 08:08 PM EST --
Okay sappy I know. But here is a girl that married me when we were both young because she knew she loved me and trusted me to love her more. I had just gotten dumped by a fiancee when we met and later . . .
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June 03, 2007 10:37 PM EDT --
How much do you give for graduations? If giving cash do you give different amounts for junior high, high school & college? Do you give a gift even if you are not going to the party or the . . .
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April 25, 2007 03:04 AM EDT --
Have you ever been so down that you couldn’t even picture getting back up? Have you had problems to which there seemed to be NO answers? Has life ever seemed to be dishing out so much stress that . . .
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August 01, 2007 08:20 PM EDT --
I think strange and funny things happen in Wal Mart stores. Here is my story. Tell me yours.
Several months ago, my husband and I were in the auto center of a Super Walmart store asking . . .
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