Our clients depend on us, I shot back. That's why they keep calling back. Our motto was, one call, seven sitters, remember? Not one call, four or five sitters who bothered to show up and a couple of o...
On Claud, though, the look is very cool.) For example, today she was wearing a neon green tank top under a white oversized man’s shirt and fuschia pink stirrup pants. The shirt was rolled at the sleev...
No ripping the barre out of the wall.
Mary Anne is a real worrywart. Not to mention shynesswart and politenesswart. The teeniest things can make her cry, too — movies, books, you name it. Whisper the words Old Yeller to her and watch her...
Lake Dekanawida
I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves
I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another.--Mallory Pike
I felt like a fool. A rotten sitter. Kristy the Careless. Everyone in town was going to see Jackie with his cane. Of course they would ask what happened and they'd find out the truth. He'd been left u...
Took the inchworm off my shoulder and put it on Sally’s pillow to see how she’d react.
Me for anything
Van Buren’s
Toledo. In Ohio, Dad added when the city didn’t seem to register with Jeff. Toledo. In Ohio, Dad added when the city didn’t seem to register with Jeff.
Really, Kristy, a sweater with snowflakes and snowmen on it? You look like a four-year-old. Well, you’ve got sheep barrettes in your hair, I yelled. You think they’re adult? Sheep, Claudia informed me...
ROLLING After the parade,
Queen.
Maybe not all boys were pains, just American boys.
Matt says he thinks the Patriots are going to win the Super Bowl this year. He
Jackie Rodowsky's private BSC nickname is the Walking Disaster. Abby says he has the Sadim touch. Sadim is Midas backward. Everything he touches turns into an accident.
In a moment a fussy-looking woman came down the stairs. Do you know what I mean by fussy? I mean, everything about her was too much and too cute. She was wearing two necklaces, a pin, bracelets on eac...
I felt terrible. What could I do to make Kristy feel better? And if she felt better, would she be nicer to me?