The Marrying Kind
Perhaps, like the shapely (round) body I’ve been gifted, the Matrimony Gene skips a generation. All I know is that my grandmothers also loved to marry, and are two of the women I admire most.
Archives: off the clock
Ginger Roots
Four years ago this Christmas, I was at one of my lowest points. But my son reminded me that turning lemons into lemonade and gingerbread men into stars, is the only way to survive.
Ghost babies
TLC won’t be changing the name of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s reality show, 19 Kids and Counting, any time soon. But, even without the circus of so many children and a reality show, miscarriage can be heartbreaking.
The Christmas boohoos
If there’s one attribute of the Christmas holiday that sticks out more than anything else, it’s the music…the MUSIC! But not all Christmas songs bring a smile to your face and a spring to your step: some songs can make you blubber like a baby. One song in particular gets the Checkout Girl every time.
Who’s That Swirl?
What would Jesus do? A church in Kentucky has banned interracial couples from worshipping together. I say the Bluegrass State has it wrong. What say you?
Throw Mama from the (gravy) train
Is raising a fat kid a crime? A county in Ohio says it is. Luckily, I grew up (and out) in California, but how much governmental “help” in parenting our kids is too much?
Eat, yay, love
Miley Cyrus’s boyfriend says she is sexiest when she’s biting into a steak sandwich, and I believe it. Why I love to watch people pig out, and wish you would, too.
From The Desk Of The Checkout Girl: Merry Nicemas (Happy Loveukkah and Joyous Kindzaa, too)
Though we’ve barely gotten through Halloween at this point, and Thanksgiving is still a few weeks away, step into any retail establishment and there’s no room for doubt: the holidays are upon us. While typing that last sentence I broke out in a cold sweat–but this year, like Patty LaBelle, I’ve got a new attitude.
She’s (not) having a baby
One of the big scoops in health news right now is the development of a home HPV test for the ladies. Which is great–as long as you know enough to use it.
I see dead people
She witnessed a horrific and extraordinary car accident 20 years ago. That accident gets thrust back into her life as a recent footage of Muammar Gaddafi’s dead body paraded across television sets.
