Soft Toilet Paper – Nice!

Dear Daughter All right, let’s stay on yesterday’s very sophisticated theme of butt related stories. Soft double quilted American toilet paper makes life great! First let me share with you that when I was staying with my grandparents as a child and we have to go out in the woods to do our business, there […]

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In-Door Plumbing!

Dear Daughter Any camper out there or old timey guy like your Dad can tell you that indoor plumbing makes life great!  When I was a child, I lived for a short period with my grandparents in a home that had no indoor plumbing. This meant no running water and no bathroom – not even an […]

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We Live in Paradise!

Dear Daughter After having spent some time in Minnesota last week, let me tell you that life is great because we live in the SF Bay Area of California. They said that living in California makes you soft and are they right! While I was in Minnesota lots of people were talking about getting up […]

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Saturday – What a Day!

Dear Daughter Don’t Saturday morning’s make life great? The week is behind you, and sure you got all kinds of stuff you need to get done over the weekend, but that’s what Sundays are for! Enjoy your Saturdays! There are many people out there, like your father, who work weekends; although I know that you […]

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Let There be Light!

Dear Daughter As you recently learned lightbulbs make life great, but they are extremely difficult to replace. It is because of this difficulty that people are always asking how many people from a particular country does it take to replace a lightbulb? This is not meant to be an insult, but it reflects the difficulty […]

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Decisions & Regret!

Dear Daughter Well its that time of year when students must decide which extra class to drop and which one to keep – decisions must be made and regret will likely ensue regarding the road not taken! Sadly, there are not always clear choices in life, often there are equal pros and cons to each […]

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SpelChek

Dear Daughter Hopefully your first day of school was wonderful, but not so wonderful that you will want to stay in college forever! I’m torn whether to say that spell check makes Life Great or has dulled my brain? It did fail me yesterday in the title of my post and I really hate the […]

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New Beginnings

Dear Daughter Well today is your first day of the semester, which is great. It’s a fresh start, a new opportunity to kick some college butt. As of today, you have 100% in every class! A chance to maybe meet some new students that you might enjoy getting to know. Dare I dream, maybe you’ll […]

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Love – of course!

Dear Daughter & Son Love is the most obvious “why life is great” posting, but I wanted to wait until today to post it because it’s mom and dad’s 25th wedding Anniversary. While this is the most obvious, it is also one of the most complicated and long winded postings ever.  Philosophers, psychiatrists, poets and […]

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Happy New Year – A New You?

Well not much has been written lately since my daughter has been home for the holidays and we can just talk, so not much reason to post stuff.  However, today is a special day, so let’s add something – Happy New Year! This is more for my huge audience of 3-4 people out there. I […]

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