Susan's Pendulum

When you're a kid, you don't know what adults call their in-laws.  After all, parents usually refer to their in-laws as "Grandm...

Although the DPI now has available the online census form on which we report the enrollment of our homeschools, now is not the time to file....

Because I bruise easily, I know that every single bump into a corner of a counter-top, a piece of furniture, or a car door, will result in a...

So while we're babysitting today, the 3-yr-old comes from the garage, onto the deck, with a hatchet. Andrew's eyebrows pop up, and ...

So when the peach pie or the apple pie contains the fruit-skin, when the mashed potatoes have skins in them, does that mean a) the cook i...

I think it might be worse to watch somebody else make a mistake at work than to botch it myself. Almost half of our tellers are new in Jun...

Heads-up to guys: This is a girls' topic. About a decade ago, the doctor sent me for tests.  She was quite sure I didn't have can...

We got stuck with a dentist appointment for Maggie on a day that I had to work.  But that was okay: Andrew could drive her.  Then Andrew had...

Enough aloe, and the sunburn will soak in, turn to tan, and won't peel! I thought I would have three days in a row off this week. ...

Gary and I aren't in the habit of hanging around the house in our underwear.  Our kids have learned in the last couple of years that sev...

You know that " Move Over" law ?   If an emergency vehicle or tow truck is stopped on the side of the road, we are supposed to mov...

Oh, the level of vitriol against a man who's just trying to look at some out-of-the-box options!  Not to enact them.  Just to ask if we ...

When one of my co-workers asked a few weeks ago, "So, did anybody try to get in while I was gone?" and "Did you see the bad g...

Imagine a paragraph with 37 pronouns, 0 nouns, and 14 nondescript verbs (such as "have," "got," "was," and ...

Even though we are sinners, parents know the conflicting feelings when kids do things to hurt themselves.  Maybe the child wandered off and ...

Tomatoes are beginning to trickle in from the garden.  I want basil to go with it!  But my basil plants are a whopping 1-2" high right ...

The glorious company of the apostles praise Thee. The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise Thee. The noble army of martyrs praise Thee...

Over the past week, I finally succumbed to the idea that we could (should?) join a gym.  Maggie needs exercise.  We're not managing to m...

More than 30 years have passed.  I still remember.  The other day some friends pointed me to an article on watching horror movies and oth...

Oh, they tell us not to give a kid a cookie to cheer him up.  They say it's bad to find comfort in food.  Depressed?  Don't you dare...