Category Archives: Appetizer for Life

I’m A Cover Girl! Easy, Breezy, Beautiful…

Posted on by March 8, 2012

I’m a Cover Girl! That’s the first, and probably the last time I’ve ever written that. But it’s true! I’ll even say it again: I’m a Cover Girl!

Photo by Sarah Hubbell

Not the easy, breezy, beautiful kind. I’m the Rebellious kind. My good friend Karen launched her new publication, Rebellious Magazine for Women. It’s a pretty awesome Chicago-based online lifestyle mag that’s “smart, funny, inspiring, empowering, smart-ass and yes, Rebellious!”

I’m so proud of Karen and her endeavor, which has all the … Read more ...

Planes, Trains and Automobiles … And a step ladder

Posted on by March 6, 2012

This weekend my 4-year-old got to hang out with a few from the octogenarian set. Simply watching the way they talked with each other, it was clear they shared an understanding.  It was a deep, unabashed passion for the all powerful locomotive.

locomotive, trains, model trainsThe first public railway came in 1803 in London and choo choos have been wowing kids and adults ever since.  On Saturday, we went to the High Wheelers Train Show at Harper College, where there were 23 detailed displays of moving trains.

The … Read more ...

Visiting the Doctor’s Office Reveals Life with Universal Healthcare

Posted on by January 30, 2012

Here I am waiting at the doctor’s office in Norway. I’m one of those people who gets sick on vacation a lot. In Bermuda, I plied myself with enough alcohol to keep the germs at bay.

This time, I wasn’t so lucky. I’ll spare you the goopy details, but put it like this: I have an “upper respiratory infection.”

Anyway, I’m here in this quiet doctor’s office. There’s no music, no television in the waiting room. That’s the thing about public places in Norway, they’re … Read more ...

Celebrating MLK Day in the Comfort of My Own Home

Posted on by January 19, 2012

The morning of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I began to wonder what we could do to celebrate the slain civil rights activist.

So I did what I always do when I have a question. I went to Google. After finding no kid-friendly events in the surrounding area, I saw that the library was scheduled to have their storybook time for toddlers. That’s where someone on staff reads a few books to a room full of tots and often adds a song or two.… Read more ...

Build A Better Mousetrap: Finding Time to Make It Happen

Posted on by January 17, 2012

I think there needs to be a way to teleport what I’m thinking right on to my blog. Now bear with me, I’m not blogging while drunk, nor have I gone off my meds.

There’s so many posts I want to write, so many things I want to say, but when it comes time in the evening when I’m done cooking, cleaning, calling, carpooling and coddling, I’m spent. I’ve got some posts mostly written though. There’s tales from the waning days of 2011. Half-written yarns … Read more ...