Top 10 Things I Absolutely Will Not Do

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher After spending nearly six decades on this planet, there are just some things I absolutely will not do.  There’s a lot of “been there, done that,” and frankly, I’m just not having it.  And, at this point, there’s really no use trying to change my mind.  It’s...

Where There’s Smoke…

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Real life text between Mr. Kaminski and I Tuesday night. Him: “On my way home.  Do you need anything?” This type of inquiry is critically important these days with our relocation to what Mr. Kaminski lovingly refers to as “Green Acres.”  The closest grocery...

Sizzling Siestas

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher On a recent jaunt south of the border, I was reminded of a cultural phenomenon – and I’ve got to say, I’m all in. First rattle out of the box, the temperatures in Cozumel in July and August are beyond oppressive.  And no, I did not select the dates for our Land of...

Bad Habits

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Folks with their coffee are a thing – a fairly serious thing.  It’s a habit.  I get it.  I’m just not in the coffee club. I don’t drink coffee – never have.  My dad drank it growing up, and the smell was absolutely nauseating.  Fortunately, he drank it at...

Hiking Horrors

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Well, it finally happened.  I have successfully avoided multiple invitations to participate in a “sporty” activity for five years now, but alas, my girlfriend wore me down.  I agreed to participate.  Granted it was a “pour” decision made during libation...

Piddling and Pondering

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher When left alone to my own devices, I tend to ponder things.  I’ve been on my own, sans Mr. Kaminski, for 11 days now, so I’ve piddled and pondered – a lot. I put together a new floor lamp.  It’s a bit dark in my work area so I purchased a multi-purpose floor...

Household Havoc

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I have recently become an online shopping guru.  Now I previously, from time to time, shopped online, particularly for office supplies and such.  But now, I’m such an avid online shopper, it’s a situation. Just yesterday, I went to the Walmart.  Yes, my retail...

Stinky Situation

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher There I was exhausted after a 12-hour road trip west coming down from a massive, ugly Ding Dong high, and it hit me in my nose like a prize fighter upper cut:  death.  My keen sense of hound dog smell picked it up before even entering the house. “Something’s...

Moving Mayhem

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I have been on a journey for the past six weeks, and let me just say, it has been a doozy – one I am not interested in repeating any time soon. After 22 years, Mr. Kaminski and I moved out of our Fort Bend home.  Now this was the plan – for later on this summer. ...

Imminent Insurance

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I’ve looked it up.  Statistics indicate that the number one cause of death in America is heart disease.  Cancer is a close second.  I’m here to tell you that despite the statistics, these two ills are not the main causes of our demise.  You know what kills more...