A-choo!

It's sneeze season and even though I'm on three different allergy medicines, I sneeze so much you should go buy some Kleenex stock. The amount of paper products my family goes through in a week could get me a ticket from the environmental police, even though we try to be as green as possible. I continually question why I am the only person in my family capable of changing a roll of toilet paper; I might just start ignoring the empty holder just to see if anyone else rises to the challenge. The overall amount of extra necessities (there's a contradiction for you grammarians) my family needs gets really crazy: a Peri-rinse for one child with a gum irritation, tea-tree oil for my dog's paw, and extra-gentle soap for another with worse allergies than mine. It would be great if Target gave out frequent-driver miles, then I could afford to travel this summer.

The list of things to do, purchase, work on, deliver, and fix grows every day. And with summer upon us, a whole new set of wants and needs gets added to the list: airing out sleeping bags, final school projects, family reunion plans, and mowing the lawn are just a few of the seasonal responsibilities. My neighbor George called to apologize that he had not yet cut his grass this year because he's been so busy at work. Let's remember that having a job is a good thing right now, yet it takes up twice as much time as it used to. I couldn't care less that my cats are getting lost in my neighbor's calf-high grass. I'd much rather my neighbors come over for a cook-out, should we be able to find an agreeable day. Time is tight and the summer only lasts so long. Enjoying the sun and family fun should be at the top of her list. Be the station or personality that gives her the good memory she looks back on in September.

She buzz words

• Incredible
• Frosting
• Chutney
• Ziploc

Right now she could be

• Updating her Netflix queue
• Tending to her garden
• Learning a new computer program
• Filling our insurance forms

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