Author Archives: Courtney Cashour

About Courtney Cashour

Courtney Cashour is mother of The Boy. Wife to Bill. She has an Eidetic memory (photographic). She is often found muttering to herself, swearing or humming Green Day’s "American Idiot." Has been known to fall over randomly while standing still.

Looking for a hero in the wake of a tragedy

Courtney Cashour believes we are all to blame for the tragedy that unfolded before our eyes on Friday.

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Always a Goonie

My husband says that I’m not the verbose person in the world.  He’s right, I’m not.  I spend most of the time stuck in my own head so it makes conversation a bit difficult because rarely will I share what … Continue reading

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Hey MOM! (mom! mom! mom, why aren’t you answering me?)

Hey Mom, Remember that time when I was 18 years old and I came home from working at Blockbuster Video at 2 a.m.  You know, the time that I thought I was drinking lemonade and it turned out to be … Continue reading

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Dear sleep, where did you go?

I’m pretty sure that I’m being punished by whatever higher power you believe in for past or current transgressions in my life. This is only way that I can explain the daily torturing that I have to endure at the … Continue reading

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Forget peanut butter, make your own cashew butter

I love peanut butter. It’s a simple fact. If I were allergic to it or anyone in my family, it would be devastating to me. For instance, when I was pregnant, the doctors recommended that I not eat peanuts or peanut products … Continue reading

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What’s on the Menu in May?

I love grilling and nothing makes me happier when we have warm weather, plenty of sunshine and firing up the barbie. I plan on spending much of May behind the gas grill.  Hopefully, I won’t singe-off my eyebrows like I … Continue reading

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Are you a bully?

About a year ago this week, I was pumping gas at the Sheetz on Carlisle Avenue in West York. I had just dropped the boy off at his preschool.  I remember it was a long morning.  I’m not sure what … Continue reading

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Only you can prevent dryer fires

All I wanted was to go home after work yesterday. It was a long day of spreadsheets and databases. (I know boring, right?) Imagine my surprise when I found five fire trucks and two ambulances blocking a two-block radius around … Continue reading

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More than a sum of your stuff

My husband teeters on a very thin border between being a collector and being a hoarder.  I’m pretty sure that if he didn’t have me and the boy, he’d be a hoarder.  He collects all sorts of things and has … Continue reading

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A toast to my husband on his 40th birthday

Hopefully, this Sunday, I will have pulled off the biggest surprise in the history of my marriage.  I have arranged for a surprise birthday brunch for my husband’s 40th with his close family and friends.  For weeks I’ve been sneaking … Continue reading

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