Did you hear that sigh of relief just now? That was me, having finally gotten our taxes pulled together to a point where our accountant can work her magic and then file them. We’ve got complicated taxes, what with John’s home office and my never-ending education and expenses related to the cult we run on [...]
Do you ever think about the sheer wonderfulness of idioms in the English language? They’re so diverse, so eccentric, so… bizarre! Take the idea, for example, of falling “ass over teakettle” in love. What on earth? Or being so hungry you could “eat a horse.” In the interest of full disclosure, though, I should note [...]
When I was younger, I thought I wanted to be an occupational therapist. I’d heard the word somewhere and, without knowing what it really meant, decided that being an occupational therapist meant helping people find their dream jobs. We’d sit in a big swanky office, my clients and I, and we’d talk about their innermost [...]