Forget that my mother told me to always wear clean underwear in case I get into an accident and have to go to the hospital! I learned the hard way that “clean underwear” is the least of my attire problems. It’s what I wear on top of my underwear that, at times, has caused me the most embarrassment!

On those days when my outfit ranges from “less-than-pleasing” to “just-plain-ghastly” I always run into someone I know. Even worse, that someone is usually the most fashionably dressed individual in my community. My first instinct is to run and hide. But alas! Mister or Miss Perfectly Dressed spots me immediately. Maybe it is because my pink pajama bottoms and blue clunker boots are the only thing visible under my faux leopard coat. Or they might be attracted by my “headful” of pink and blue giant hair rollers—I need the rollers to tame my very curly and very frizzy hair. Or it could be my lack of makeup—a no-no for a 60-something woman—combined with my royal blue sweats that were a perfect look for scrubbing toilets, but definitely not suitable for a quick trip to the supermarket for some more bleach!

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In a March (2008) blog I shared my dismay at having to keep STILL ANOTHER SECRET! Well…the secret is out! It’s now public news!

My daughter, Libby, and her husband, Brian, are making me a grandma for the second time. The baby (sex?) is due in early November. Because Libby has had a couple of miscarriages, the couple wanted to hold off on the news until the first trimester had passed. It has and the baby’s heartbeat is strong and everything, according to the doctor, looks good!

Now this 63-year-old grandma needs to get her other two kids married so the grandchildren ranks grow even larger! (There is a disadvantage in getting married later in life. I was one month shy of my 33rd. birthday!)

Anyway, I’ll take what I can, and a second grandbaby is a joyous gift! (Now you know the secret, too!)

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I know you shouldn’t believe everything you see or hear. Years of living on this earth has confirmed this…but, being a great optimist and a true believer, I’ve learned the hard way that I need to be a little more leery.

An advertising “trick” led me to my most recent bump in the road on my optimistic travels. On one exceptionally busy day—the kind with numerous stops on my driving itinerary—hunger struck me. I needed something to eat and with little time available, I needed to make a fast-food run to a drive-through. Ahhh! I decided to try one of those KFC (as in chicken) “snacker” things that are advertised so generously on TV. They are only a buck each—what a deal—and look large and delicious on the screen. (It takes the actor two hands to hold this food offering!) I ordered one with a beverage and drove out the drive-through salivating as the smell of the chicken hit my nostrils.

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I’m not a good cook or baker. (This isn’t all bad since my family not only doesn’t expect me to make meals, it prefers that I don’t!) I know why my culinary skills are less than stellar—I’ve learned this the hard way—but I can’t seem to make improvements. Old habits, especially in my case, are hard to change.

I read recipes, but I often don’t follow the steps as written. A recent example was a couple of loaves of sweet bread. Instead of doing step one…then step two…then step three, I put in the required ingredients as I took them out of the cupboard. Or so I thought. I mixed up the bread; poured it into the greased loaf pans and just as I was about to put the two loaves into the oven I realized that I had forgotten to add the three eggs (step one). The reason: the eggs were in the refrigerator; all the other ingredients were in the cupboards.

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