Tag: control freak
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We’re Baaaack!
When we’d come back from vacation during my growing-up years, Dad, a down-home Texas boy, would quip, “Home again, home again, jiggity jog”. Cutesy, to help us welcome the fact that we were back where we belonged. And to remind us that we’d returned to the real world. As in routine, responsibilities and the rigors…
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You’ll Have To Pry My Cold, Dead Fingers Off Those Plans
I’m a closet passive/aggressive control freak. That was so much harder to admit than I thought. I’m the adaptable one. The easy-going, go-with-the-flow kind of a gal who doesn’t stress over curve balls or wrenches thrown into the works. The one others rely on to be steady when the brown stuff hits the fan. As…
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Back Seat Drivers Need Not Apply
I made a most amazing discovery. I’m a fast driver and a slow rider. Nonsensical? Not really. This was a true epiphany. And it had everything to do with Debbie being behind the wheel. Necessary background information–I taught all six of our kids how to drive. Not that John couldn’t. It’s just that after almost…
Tip of My Iceberg 