Archive for June, 2007

Hey, I’m Not THAT Old…Yet!

OK, now I am ticked off. Last week I received a solicitation in the mail to join AARP. Yes, that AARP! The American Association of Retired Persons. Sure, I have the silver hair, and my kids think I am ancient, but believe me, the only way I’m going to enter their little club is kicking and screaming every step of the way. But indignation did not stop me from perusing the AARP flier and checking out the benefits of being what I prefer to call “maturely young” (or, as…

Oh No! Is It Summer Already?

Procrastination seems to be my middle name. Late last week, I got the dreaded e-mail from my editor reminding me that I was once again past deadline for one of my Tripso columns. This one, in fact. So after I lied to her (“It’s almost done!”), I sat down and put pen to paper only to realize that not only had I procrastinated writing the column, I also hadn’t I figured out what to do with my three kids for a summer vacation. In the interest of killing two birds…