Laura on Life: Flight Of The FlyAh, daylight. Now I can get around without flying into a wall. The night before, I flew into a bedroom because that was the only light to be found...
Jun 29, 2007
Laura on Life: Scar WarsIt never fails. When you’re in a group of people and someone mentions a bandage on someone else’s person, there ensues a discussion about every injury these people have ever had. I like to call these discussions Scar Wars...
Jun 19, 2007
Household Hilarity: Corn Dogs and Dust BunniesNationally, self-syndicated humor columnist and Dawson Times columnist, Laura Snyder, has released her second book entitled, Laura On Life: Corn Dogs and Dust Bunnies...
Jun 14, 2007
Laura on Life: A Five Year Old MorningA morning in the life of a five-year old starts really early… unless it’s a school day. If it’s a school day, he’s “too tired to rise and shine...
Jun 12, 2007
Laura on Life: A Slice of Diet HeavenI’m on a diet again. Well, still, actually. I’ve come to realize that once you are a certain age, your body refuses to act like it did when you were a teenager...
May 23, 2007
Laura on Life: So Much For The TromboneMy son is going into sixth grade next fall. This is the grade where they stop giving out treats when they’ve had a “good” day, and the students are now allowed to pick the “special classes” they want to take...
May 17, 2007
Laura on Life: A Cellmate Named BubbaI don’t know what started that boy out on a path of thievery, but I know I need to stop him before he becomes the cellmate of a bruiser named Bubba; the perennial inmate who asks Santa for a sweet little boy for Christmas every year...
May 11, 2007
Laura on Life: Mapping The UniverseIt is amazing to me when I get a tiny glimpse of how children must view the world...
Apr 25, 2007
Laura on Life: Green Eggs and SpamI am Spam. Spam-I-am. That Spam-I-am, that Spam-I-am. I do not like that Spam-I-am...
Mar 26, 2007
Laura on Life: Ask Me A Yes QuestionThe 'experts' always say that, with children, you have to pick your “NOs” very carefully. That really only sounds right when I’m writing. If I were to speak that same sentence, it would sound like they wanted you to clear an obstruction in your nasal cavity..
Mar 19, 2007
Laura on Life: Codeine and A Pretty VacuumI was having trouble breathing…and I was sneezing a lot. It had nothing to do with the malady du jour that was going around the elementary schools...
Mar 16, 2007
Laura on Life: Six Myths About MomsMothers are sometimes made out to be superhuman creatures that can multi-task like a professional juggler and still manage to look calm, assured and unflappable to the rest of the world. I am about to dispel some of the myths that surround mothers...
Feb 7, 2007
Laura on Life: Getting LostMy husband’s business requires that he sees people at their residence. However, he is apparently directionally challenged and won’t admit it. ...
Feb 1, 2007
Laura on Life - It's Better To Give...As a mom, I’ve come to expect some very interesting gifts from my family, especially when the kids were younger...Jan 16, 2007
Laura on Life: After Christmas BluesThings are a lot different now. When I look at all the toys kids get for Christmas these days, I’m a little jealous. I used to get one or two toys and a turtle neck sweater, a bathrobe, school supplies, and those knitted socks that Grandma made every year for us...
Jan 2, 2007