Sasee Magazine

I love lists. I need lists. I would not be able to function without lists. I can never figure out though, whether the reason I make so many is because, one, I am an organized genius, or two, my memory is shot. As I get older, my need to make lists is intensifying, as is [...]

Someone, (sorry, if you are reading this) gave me a music CD with the plastic wrap missing for Christmas one year. I later learned she had opened it, recorded it, wrapped it and then given it to me. I know this because she told me – not that she had much choice, the missing plastic [...]

Three years ago, I bought my first turkey with a built-in, pop-up timer. I had no choice. My sister, Mom and I had decided to gamble and purchase the family turkey last minute. We anticipated that the stores would slash prices closer to the time and felt sure we’d be able to snag a bargain [...]

If the title piqued your interest enough to start reading this, then you already know the answer. You even know who you’d write about don’t you? For some of you, it may be yourself; for others, it’s that one family member whose life and experiences are so unique and precious, you know if they are [...]

I miss my cookbooks. No longer do stained, tattered and brow-beaten spines spill from shelves in my kitchen and steal valuable space elsewhere. My once bountiful cookbook collection has dwindled; even my magazine collection shrank. No more bulging magazine racks, old copies in guest bathrooms, or magazine stacks growing in out-of-the-way corners. I blame the [...]

Our multi-generational, extended family has solved the key to vacationing together – and more importantly, still liking each other. Who knew all it would take was one set of rules and an embarrassing wig. As our family grew, the reality of our group vacations rarely matched the dream. For months beforehand, we would blissfully anticipate [...]

We have moved eight times. Each move was successful – except one. We were in the military, stationed in Florida, and after 13 years of service, decided to leave both for greener pastures. The military would store our belongings for up to two years while we searched for the what, when, where of our next [...]

Do sheets dried on a washing line smell better than sheets dried in the dryer? To many, this is a no brainer. When it comes to laundry, there are two types of people in this world: Those who believe that nothing smells as fresh as sheets dried on the line. And everybody else. Actually, there [...]

“I want you to draw a line,” the instructor said. “Write a zero at one end, and the age at the other you think you will die.” I wrote 77. I was taking a lifestyle-improvement class and the line represented our life’s timeline that you then divided up into seven-year periods. (There was lots of [...]

“Do you ever emotional eat?” my friend asked nervously. Years ago, I would have squirmed at the question, unready to admit the answer to myself, let alone to another woman. But those days are gone. “Oh my gosh, all the time,” I chuckled comfortably. “Really,” she gulped, more shocked than relieved. “Of course. Who doesn’t?” [...]