What the In-Laws Left at Our House
Roasted Almonds 3 lb can of Planter’s Peanuts Almost an entire box of Zone bars in my fave two flavors 2 packages waffle-press cookies (taste like ice cream cones) 2 lb bag of Simply Naked pita chips Harry & David pepper and onion relish (to be poured over cream cheese and eaten

How to Eat Cheetos (and not Ruin Anything)
Cheeeeeetos. Is there anything better? Well, I mean, except for Funyuns, sometimes. But truly, nothing edges out Chee

Sneaky Boy Money Making Tactics
Gram and Papa Clyde took all of us to IHOP this morning before they headed back to Memphis. We dined sumptuously on pancakes, french toast, bacon, eggs, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, and the Maker and the Ice competed to see who could drink more of the little creamers in the baskets on our three pushed-together tables. (Thankfully they left the little jellies alone this time:

Introducing Olive
This is Olive. She’s deeply interested in the dangle-y wrist strap on my camera. She would like to inspect it more carefully, with her tiny sharp teeth. Olive came home with me a couple of days ago, much to the irritation of Henry, our giant orange tabby. Henry weighs 17 pounds, is not fat, and he is emphatically not a lap kitty. He owns Garner, and dispenses cranky r

Melissa Hernandez: Her Best to the Last Bell
Many of the top pro boxing women know each other; a fact that becomes more and more evident to me when I hear my trainer Bonnie “Queen B” Mann chatting aim