My youngest daughter has a Zombie survival guide poster on one wall and a Walking Dead poster on the other. The older one has Pink Floyd lyrics. Some things never change.

My mother would take her own bowl to the deli and have them scoop the potato salad right into it. She’d have them sprinkle paprika over the top, add a sprig of parsley and voila! Best homemade potato salad ever.

“...says FSPCA’s Andrea Stone, kinda rudely.” I snorted beer out of my nose. And it hurts.

My mother was diagnosed with Celiac disease 23 years ago and the selection was pitiful. I attended the Canadian Celiac Convention with her a few years later and remember phoning my husband to tell him that all the attendees did was eat! It was really remarkable at that time to have food that was safely prepared and…

“like someone burned down my archives”

We just celebrated our 22nd anniversary. Had burritos at a fast food joint and visited his mom in the hospital after her hip replacement surgery. Ain’t a party ‘til we walk in.

My mom always asked my friends to call her by her first name but one friend was uncomfortable with it and called her Mrs. Mom. She loved it.

I was living in an apartment building at the time and my husband was working nights. I duct-tape closed the mail slot after the Eugene Toomes episode.

My husband has often joked that if he had the energy to have an affair, I would have to coordinate it for him. “You have an assignation tonight. Shouldn’t you be getting ready?” “No, I don’t think a NASCAR shirt is a good idea.” “It’s your 2 month anniversary. Did you remember to send flowers?”

Not the English satire section! You hussy!

They suggested that as an option and I told them that it took two of us to hold my 2 year old (at the time) down to use a mask and inhaler. I really couldn’t see my way clear to trying it with a cat. They tried to tell me that they had cats that would seek out their owners during an attack for the inhaler. I call…

Seattle librarians are awesome but no, I’m north and to the right.

My cat has asthma. We figure she may be allergic to herself.

Re: the pizza place. I was just screamed at last week at full volume in front of the circulation desk (I’m a librarian) and I figured that most people around us were thinking, “Whoa! That woman sounds CRAZY. Hey kids, don’t ever act like that.” Never dreamed that someone would back up the lunatic and give the message…

I concur with the fruit crisp and this is my other favourite quick dessert: an ice-cream sandwich cake. http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/b… A friend of mine uses Cool Whip instead of whipping cream when she’s really pressed for time.

We were renting a condo in Scarborough in the early 90s and had next door neighbours that played Madonna so loudly that our fucking door knob rattled. My husband had enough one day and took our speakers - big, big speakers, early 90s I tell you - and put them against the shared wall and cranked up Motley Crue. I don’t…

Can we add anniversary parties to the list of things that people would really rather not attend? The last silver anniversary party I went to had a 15 minute photo montage projected onto a screen with accompanying sappy songs that NO ONE cared about. The poster board photos and wedding album on the table in the hall…

Yes! I can be on another floor and some sort of beacon goes out when I make a call or sit down with a book.

It went and had a fitting for a new diaphragm after my second baby (which you have to do ‘cause things are a little stretched out down there post-delivery.) The OB-GYN said, “Now you know that this is only 90% (or whatever the number was) effective?” I said, “Yeah, did I mention I just had a baby?” My husband had a…

I am T plus 17 years and, like most other scary things, the anticipation is worse than the actual event. You will be supposed at how quickly you will settle into a rhythm. While I’m sure parenting blogs can be great, they can also be an overwhelming source of stress. Trust your instincts, seek advice from parents you…