Recent content by Michael

I've been executor on two estates, so I know all the time-consuming tasks that have to occur. One of these estates involved a bunch of old, worthless cars sitting in an empty field. They still had titles which had to be closed out before we could settle. That took some doing to get rid of all...

We've watched this movie several times. How can you miss it? It's on here all the time. I would love to live on a houseboat for a vacation house. It reminds me of the ones in Amsterdam. Hanks was a lucky guy with that kid.

It's going to be more of the same, I'm afraid, over the next four years. No one can fix this mess, and they all are tripping over each other in Washington. They'll put another band-aid on it and go home for Christmas.

We have a couple of these situations in our family, and it is not easy. The kids find it too easy to blame the step-parent for any little thing that doesn't suit them.

I'm this great big guy who thinks of himself as a manly man. My daughter is on this jewelry making kick. Guess who is sitting down at night and stringing beads. The things we fathers do for our children never stop. I just hope we don't have company tonight. We're making pink and white necklaces.

These all sound so good. It's no wonder some of these wing places do so well. I could eat chicken three or four days a week and not get tired of it. It's a good thing, too, since it's better for you than red meat.

We like grilling outside. We don't do it nearly enough. The oven is always good, and most things taste better cooked in the oven than in the microwave. Still, grilling out is the best.

We don't have this kind of thing near us either, but it sounds like something we would love. My daughter and I have every Friday together as our special day because Mama's studying. My daughter plans the afternoon, so I know this would be on her list.

Those individual bonding times are so important. I can't tell you how special my daughter and I think our "daughter-daddy" time is to both of us. It must be even more important for stepchildren, children and their parents.

I heard bits and pieces a month or so ago, but I haven't followed the latest development. I used to have McAfee on this computer, but I changed over. The pop-ups have just started because the old version ran out. I've got to get those things to stop.

We have never been to a Buffalo Wild Wings place, and I'm not sure there's one anywhere within driving distance. Now, you've got me hungry. We had a good wings place here, but it went out of business at least five years ago.

My daughter's a little older, I think, but she does love beads to make friendship bracelets and necklaces out of. They have been great stocking stuffers for us for a few years now. She trades them with her friends, too.

There's this really bad section of town where I live where the residents throw lights on everything. They put them around the lawn mowers, the dog houses, the trees, the bushes and hang them from the trees. It's known as the tacky lights, and the tackier the better. I have fond memories of...

There's a lot of fat in the regular Cheez-It product. I like to pop open a can of deviled ham and use the little yellow crackers to dip it out. Man, that's a great, but fattening, snack.

We love seeing the Christmas lights and even drive 75 miles to see one of our favorite places. A few houses have spectacular displays, and we make a point to see them whenever we can.