by Mary Carver | Feb 5, 2013 | Books, Movies & TV
Awww, baby horse! When I was a kid, my family took many road trips from our small semi-rural town into the city to visit family. Both sets of grandparents, plus all of my aunts and uncles and cousins, lived an hour away from our house. In order to entertain us and/or...
by Mary Carver | Feb 6, 2012 | Giving Up on Perfect
“If I worked in an ad agency and someone told me I’d be working on a Super Bowl spot, I’d be thrilled. If they then told me I’d be working on a spot for a real-estate company, I’d wander off into the night, weeping gently, never to be seen again.” ~ AdAge...
by Mary Carver | Nov 1, 2011 | Home Life
Sometimes things (parties) don’t exactly turn out like you expect . . . When I graduated from high school, Smitty and I had a joint party at my granny’s house. Before the ceremony, we twisted red and white streamers all over Granny’s deck. It was so...
by Mary Carver | Sep 27, 2011 | My Life
A friend of mine has started going to Weight Watchers with me. Today was our second weigh-in together, and we each lost three pounds. Happy tears may have been shed. Internal happy dance may have been performed. I’m so thankful she’s decided to do this...
by Mary Carver | Jun 13, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
Several months ago, somewhere in between the holiday specials that run incessantly from Halloween on and the debut of new shows and return of old favorites, I found myself lost in Rerun Land. Not only lost in a full line-up of repeats, but without a remote because my...
