Barb's Best

Like "Seinfeld" this post is about nothing. I can't stand those Automatic Hand Dryer-blower things. They never do a good job...

Today, I was the last person to leave the office. I was the last car in the parking lot as the evening got colder and darker. And of course,...

Despite knowing otherwise, I often find myself thinking that God is like Aladdin's genie - He's allotted me a limited number of answ...

My life and many of my relationships are quite compartmentalized. There's my professional life, my family, friends, church, neighbors, a...

No I don't have a stutter. My great-niece really is great. Actually, according to her birth certificate, she's Best. But don't t...

WC Fields was right. Children and animals are distractions. And so to divert you from my current state of writer's block, may I presen...

I have literally read hundreds of books, articles, blurbs and quotes about singleness and I never once recall any of those hundreds of thou...

When I first started blogging, a friend asked me what prompted me to start. I didn't really have an answer for her. Since her question...

Today, October 30 is the 11th anniversary of the day my mother died. While she had been sick with emphysema a long time, her death was stil...

I finally discovered how to make hard returns and paragraphs work. Henceforth, my posts should be easier to read. But is that a good thing...

I'm currently taking a Bi Sci class, "The Human Body" as I work (ever so slowly) toward my BS in Management. In all my years ...

Health experts say that by accruing 10,000 steps per day on a pedometer, one can achieve fitness. One can easily incorporate these steps in...

I used the "S" word! And it's a 10-letter word, so that makes it 2-1/2 times worse than any 4-letter word! Recently, I'v...

I’ve been a Christian longer than my friend, Gabrielle (age 19-3/4), has been alive. But when I recently expressed my concerns about my pro...

Well, it appears I will be taking another step up the career ladder. My boss mentioned to me that he and his boss plan on giving me addition...

I've been working full time over half my life. With the exception of one job, I've liked my various positions, but I would hardly c...

In a previous post, I mentioned my obsessive need to make lists. Then my friend Gabrielle posted that in the TV show, Babylon Five, there i...

I DID. When I bought my house nine years ago, I envisioned it to be a home where people were always welcome to drop by. I would have an ...

It seems that since initally starting my blog, I've come up with more ideas for posts than I have actual posts. It's kind of like th...

SWCF - It's in the title of my Blog and it looks like a singles ad, but that was not the intent. It was just an abbreviation of the hig...