Category Archives: convenience

Contain Ourselves

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Real Women

My husband was pitching in with kitchen clean up, tackling the variety of items that had collected in the sink. He paused at one point and said to me “you are the container queen.”   He had apparently found my lunch … Continue reading →

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Over Under Up or Down

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Real Women

To heck with politics or sports.  You want to get a passionate discussion started, ask any group of people whether the toilet paper roll should be hung with over or under distribution. I’ve long been fascinated by the similarities and … Continue reading →

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Zooma Zooma Zoom

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Real Women

When I was about 7 years old, there was a popular kid’s show on PBS called Zoom.  The theme song went something like this:  Come on and zoom zoom zooma zoom, Everybody’s doin’ it, Everybody’s movin’ it, everyone’s having a ball YEAH.   … Continue reading →

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Overwhelmed by Options

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Real Women

Decisions, decisions, decisions.  We all love having a lot of options to choose from, and in this land of excess, we have options galore. In all areas of our lives.  Yet I can’t help but wonder sometimes if we’ve gone … Continue reading →

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Market Fluctuations

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Real Women

Well, I did it. I got up my courage, and I made a change. It’s going to take some getting used to, but the die is cast:  I have made the move to a different supermarket. Shocking, right?  Come on, … Continue reading →

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Organizing a Black Hole

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Real Women

Swipe. Swipe. Swipe. Pause. Like. Swipe. Swipe. Swipe. Swipe. Pause. Share. Swipe. Post. And so goes the great time sucker, Social Media. As a classic mid-life female and mom, my go-to Social platform is still Facebook.  It is the network … Continue reading →

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Visibly Invisible

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Real Women

In true DIY fashion, for the past few weeks my husband has been doing a refresh of our kitchen. He scraped and repainted the popcorn ceiling (not a project for the faint of heart – messy and no fun for … Continue reading →

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Quit My Bellyaching

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Real Women

I have a love-hate relationship with lunch.   I love to eat.  It is the what & how of it that I hate.  The deciding on what, and the prep of whatever it is, feels like drudgery to me.  Yeah, I … Continue reading →

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Pondering the Lack of a Last Step

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Real Women

There are some questions in life to which we will never really know, or understand, the answers.  We real women hate that.  We like to be in control, know why things happen, and have everything move smoothly.  We can learn … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Rosie

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Real Women

When I was a young girl, I liked to watch reruns of The Jetsons with my brother.  At the time, the space-age futuristic inventions and contraptions fascinated me and seemed impossibly cool. I thought they could never happen. While I watched … Continue reading →

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