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...

Senior Shopping

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Well, it happened again, porch sitters.  Different retailer, different scenario, but I was ready with carpe diem as my mantra and a significantly improved attitude. There I was at Ross Dress for Less on a Tuesday doing a little bargain hunting.  Did I need anything? ...

Problematic Printers and Wasp Wars

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Everything always happens when Mr. Kaminski is not home.  Not only is he not home, he is typically out of town – for days.  That’s been the modus operandi for 30 years now.  You would think I would be accustomed to this reality.  I assure you, I am not. This week...

Senior Savings

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I am not nor have I ever been hung up on this age thing.  Granted, growing up I was always the youngest in my class.  With an October birthday, Mother chose to have me start school early – likely to get me out of her hair – so I was always the youngest.  I...