Okay, so I’m up to my wimple in yellow brocade, hemming these sleeves that go down to the floor and look like batwings, when Mark, the pool guy, knocks on the door, Daughter starts wailing that there’s a hornet in her room and Son clomps down the stairs and announces that he can’t get the [...]
My late father was a cheapskate. He was also way ahead of his time, because he practiced dumpster-diving before there were actually dumpsters. Every Saturday, we’d go to the local dump and scavenge for goodies. He’d stand there in his cheap suit (he always wore suits, a white shirt and a tie) and point out [...]
I’m not angry. Okay, so maybe I’m a little irritated, but who wouldn’t be? I have three ADHD people trying to drive me insane and they’ve gotten so close that the car is in the driveway with the motor running. They seem to have spent the weekend eating, drinking and changing their clothes.
On Saturday morning, [...]
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