I asked my vet what kind of dog he'd get. He told me, 'I'd get a Chihuahua, because when it died, I wouldn't care..

One person's mess is merely another person's filing system..

I once complained to my father that I didn't seem to be able to do things the same way other people did. Dad's advice? 'Margo, don't be a sheep.Peopl….

Besides, the only thing you can control in life is your wardrobe. Cars break down when you least expect it. Boats eat money and gas. Your house, your….

At the beginning of a remodel, money is everything, but as you go along, it becomes secondary to the vision. You can't have the house looking like a ….

Call me an alarmist, but there are certain words I don't like to hear together: cheap fireplace, discount brakes, cut-rate surgery..

Show dogs and their handlers remind me of Brooke Shields and her mother: an incredibly disheveled person tethered to an impeccably groomed animal..

Remarriage is an excellent test of just how amicable your divorce was..

I have never enjoyed an experience that begins at five A.M..

The pug is living proof that God has a sense of humor..

Probably is not a word I like to hear when I'm talking about our chances of recouping a huge investment..

It seems to be a rule of life that the less qualified you are to give counsel, the more counsel you give..

Remodeling defies the principles of modern commerce. You shell out great sums of money to people over whom you have no authority or power, yet these ….

Los Angeles: A city I like because it's easy to tell who the strange people are..

A book collection is a cross between a Rorschach test and This Is Y our Life. It marks your life clearly like rings on a tree..

... trying to control construction costs is like trying to control the cost of a hospital stay. You may not realize that when you sneeze and the nurs….

Remodeling is like pulling a loose thread on a cheap sweater - the job keeps unraveling..

In my experience, Cupid's arrows rarely strike two people with the same definition of cleanliness. One partner usually feels like he or she is being ….

Truth is funnier than most things you can make up..

Anyone who believes that men and women have the same mind-set hasn't lived on earth. A man thinks that everything he does is wonderful, that the sun ….

House guests (I don't care who they are, how much I like them, or how long it's been since I last saw them) are pests, much like roaches and mice. Bu….