The Twist from a Twisted Sister!

Don't ask me why but as a kid I wanted to be a lifeguard.... On the surface this may not seem all that unusual but if you dig a little deeper you will realize how ridiculous this was for me. Let's put aside the fact that my summer tan color...

Most of you know because of my childhood.... I'm not much of an animal lover. I'm not proud of this but it is what it is. I cracked everyone up at the gift exchange this year when I got the Dog Calendar and no one would let me exchange it....

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the past.... and recently I heard another one of those stories about someone's grandchild that didn't get a job because of something stupid they posted on the Internet years ago. It made me thank God there wasn't the Internet when I was in high...

My Dad always said my Mother looked like.... Hedy Lamarr - Unfortunately, my Dad didn't just stop there with the compliment. He would add "Without the Glasses!" (Male enlightenment will have to wait for another blog.)I am bringing this up because we just watched Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story. I...

Growing up in a small town named..... Ottawa you'd get tired of explaining you don't have a Canadian accent because I don't live in Canada. It's Ohio Stupid! So when we moved to Serenity I expected more of the same but not an eye was batted. So I cracked up when...

I was a huge Lucile Ball fan. As a child I had this darling red and white polka dot dress I called my Lucy Dress. I would have worn it every day if Mom would have let me. Every outing started with, "You can wear anything BUT the Lucy Dress."...

This is SOOO Not a Woe is Carol Ann Story.... My Dad, Bob, was a builder. He was constantly selling our house out from under us. I moved 13 times from the time I was born until I left for college. The joke in our family was, "Dad, The gout is dirty...

Being a Lick we had Fish every Friday.... A Lick is short for Catholic in my neck of the Ohio woods. My Grandmother made the BEST Fish and Chips. We always thought she was so adept at it because she was British even though she was born in Ohio.Would you...

Of course we know the answer is NO.... but being vain is certainly directly tagged to women. That is why Carly Simon's hit "You're so Vain" was so shocking at the time because it pinned it to a man. So I thought you would find this Civil War factotum of interest.Recently archeologists...

I know I should have sent this last week but.... Things have been a bit topsy turvy. Yet this is just too rich to wait until next year. So we all know about the Presidential tradition of pardoning Turkeys at Thanksgiving but do you know how it started?Back in 1926 Calvin...

Back in the Dark Ages ('80s) I sold for Exxon Office Systems.... Their major technological break through was Qwip, the first fax machine and Qyx, the first electronic typewriter. I'll never forget demoing this duo to Levi Strauss for the first time. It really seems hokey now but at the time...

Saying this time of year is CRAZY.... is like saying snow is cold or serano chilies are hot. So I am going to take a more useful turn. The good news is it is such a festive time of year with tons of parties, family and love (when we slow...

Coming from a family of bowlers you wouldn't think I would be dreading.... My friend is having a Bowling Birthday Party next week for her husband. It's a big one ending in a zero. The truth is that I am not looking forward to this in the slightest. When was the...

Living in Honolulu was not the Garden of Eden we thought. You would think on a beautiful island where everyone speaks English it would be easy to fit in. I won't bore you with all the cultural differences which made it difficult to assimilate but I will give you one funny example...

This weekend I must have heard the word Tiny a 100 times? So what is the big whoop Carol? When you are a big person words that never apply stick out in your mind. Now granted this word really rubbed me the wrong way as women were using this word to...

I have a friend that needs a filter more than I? She is an amazing woman but she manages to top me time and time again with outrageous comments. Sadly, they are almost always appropriate but OUCH!We are out to dinner the other night and I look in the mirror...

You'd NEVER Guess This in a Million Years!

Do you love Topiary Gardens? I sure do and always wanted to try but was too afraid I would end up killing the poor bush or tree. Perhaps it stems back to when I tried to cut my neighbors hair and the clippers caught fire. Burned her thigh when I...

The things I remember most about her are the things she didn't do. I don't remember her laughing or even smiling. I asked my mother why she seemed so sad and was told she had a tough childhood. She and her sister were orphaned shortly after moving to Iowa from...

A Team of Neemey's? What??? After a few years of selling for Xerox I got the bright idea that I wanted to be a Sales Manager. We called them Sales Manglers back then but I digress.Xerox was smart and knew that most people aren't cut out to manage. So as...