When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating. – Marcelene Cox
Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: theres the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in. – Marcelene Cox
Weather means more when you have a garden. Theres nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans. – Marcelene Cox
If at first you dont succeed, blame your parents. – Marcelene Cox
One sure way to lose another womans friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements. – Marcelene Cox
Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: theres always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires. – Marcelene Cox
No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent. – Marcelene Cox
Eating without conversation is only stoking. – Marcelene Cox
Parenthood: That state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage. – Marcelene Cox
The quickest way to know a woman is to go shopping with her. – Marcelene Cox
