Breaking news

Among the many emails that landed in my inbox this morning was this gem, whose headline read: Breaking News: Unemployment hits 26-year high Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy. Four-hundred sixty-seven …

Hockey widow

Soup Husband Curt and his hockey team, the Men of Steel, are in Toronto this weekend at the Hockey North America tournament. He's been looking forward to the getaway - and the chance to play hockey in the Motherland. What hockey nut wouldn't be thrilled to play in the same city as the Hockey Hall …

Just like Las Vegas, except…

The extremely fantastic Soup Husband Curt arranged a top-secret overnight getaway for us this past Friday night.  There are so few surprises in a 15-year marriage that we resort to things like making reservations and not telling the other one about it till the last minute. I did it to him last month - secured …