Never A Dull Moment

That awkward moment when you realize that the silly-putty stuff you’ve had glued to the roof of your mouth due to a dental procedure last Thursday is now missing and the only logical explanation is that while you were eating those crackers for dinner (because you cannot drink another protein shake), you must have swallowed […]

That awkward moment when you decide to visit the hot tub for the first time on your vacation because the night you arrived, you were exhausted after a two-hour drive and six-hour flight, and the second night you were caught up in your cribbage tournament, so the third night in, you take 5 minutes to […]

Doctor appointments: I loathe them. Always have. Was particularly annoyed during cancer treatment years ago when I went 3-4 days a week to some appointment or another, major ones like heart tests and chemo infusions and discussions about whether to radiate my body. I have another appointment tomorrow morning. While I hate seeing the doctor, […]

My piano-student parent who introduced me to this nougat (that I’ve talked about before)  several years ago brought me some to Gabby’s lesson on January 11. I should have given it back. Or, I guess had some self-control. The night before my trip to the ER, I joked to Ken, “Hm, I should probably stop […]

What I wanted to do today: go hiking with Ken for my birthday What I did instead: spent 7 hours in the ER—flip-flopping on the bed trying to get comfortable—staring at the light fixture on the ceiling

Three years ago, a piano student’s parent made me this delicious candy for Christmas. I, of course, got the recipe and put it in my book so I could start a new tradition. Finally, in December of 2021, I bought all the ingredients. Weeellll, then I got COVID over the Christmas holiday. I had about […]

As you know, I am always embarrassing myself in some way. I have a song coming out in January and I’m still debating which intro I want to go with. This afternoon, I loaded the two masters onto the iPhone, sat in between my two speakers—surround sound, duh —and cranked the first one. The next […]

That moment when you wonder why the lady sitting next to you in church doesn’t turn off her ringing phone and you suddenly realize that although you silenced your phone (like a good girl), the alarm that you set for 9:30 a.m. never got turned off since you got up at 7:30 a.m. instead. My […]

Well, that was super embarrassing. I was in the middle of teaching a piano lesson to sibling number two (out of three) when my left hand, wrist, and arm started hurting so bad that I could not concentrate on a thing. I took my Fitbit off and tried to ignore the pain. Finally, I told […]

On the flight home from Nashville, Ken and I had separate seats. I sat in the back by these two teenagers, possibly brothers. Ten minutes in, the one next to me rested his head on my shoulder. I mean, he was really snuggling in, just like this little guy is with his bananas. He sat […]