• The Morning After: Good Morning, Granny

    The Morning After: Good Morning, Granny

    I had been seeing a boy in the Air Force. We’d hang out and make wonderful memories when he was on leave and visiting home, and then I’d be free as a bird when he had to go back. It was fun while he was here, and it was fun when he was gone.

  • Overheard: Crim Pin Bill

    Overheard: Crim Pin Bill

    (Guys in a public library.)
    Guy: So I was reading The Babysitter’s Club, and I guess Grandma had a really cool secret. But chapter books are too much for me these days, so I just flipped to the back to find out what it was. Turns out Grandma just had breast cancer.

  • Miss Manners: Meet the Family

    Miss Manners: Meet the Family

    This past weekend, my bf invited me to have Easter dinner with his family. After already weaseling my way out of both Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner, I knew I was going to have to come up with a GOOD excuse this time. Unfortunately, he caught me off guard. So in honor of my 2 hours of awkwardness (kidding!!! uh..sorta), here is how to manage:

  • Overheard: Miracles of Christmastime

    Overheard: Miracles of Christmastime

    [Every week, CC and John bring you some of the weirdest, funniest, saddest things he hears on his…

  • The Annual Dogfight: Avoiding Political Slaughter at Thanksgiving

    The Annual Dogfight: Avoiding Political Slaughter at Thanksgiving

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    The worst part of Thanksgiving is the dogs. Everyone has that one relative with a German sheph…

  • Easy Peasy Pumpkin Pie

    Easy Peasy Pumpkin Pie

    With Thanksgiving only a few weeks away, ‘tis the season for awesome TV, beautiful foliage, gre…

  • We’ve All Been There: The Awkward Call from Grandma

    We’ve All Been There: The Awkward Call from Grandma

    [It doesn’t matter what school you go to, what state it is in, how big it is, whether it is public or…

  • Yummy Low Fat Apple Cake: It Even Has Fruit!

    Yummy Low Fat Apple Cake: It Even Has Fruit!

    When I was a little girl, I used to hear story after story about my grandma’s apple cake. No…

  • This Better Not Be My Nanna

    This Better Not Be My Nanna



    Flickr is a crazy little website. Pictures from all over the world, from crappy and boring ̶…

  • What To Get The Grandma Who Has Everything

    What To Get The Grandma Who Has Everything

    Grandmas. It’s hard to figure out what they want for their birthdays. Do they want slippe…

  • CollegeCandy’s Weekend Candy Dish

    CollegeCandy’s Weekend Candy Dish

    Did you know the Daytime Emmy’s happened? Yeah, us either. But Ellen Degeneres did.
    We ca…

  • Could You Handle Living With Grandma?

    Could You Handle Living With Grandma?

    I read an interesting article today about young people living with their grandparents after co…

  • Beating Those Winter Blues

    Beating Those Winter Blues

    I love the Fall in Michigan.
    I love the way the leaves go from boring green to bright and beautiful…