Includes bibliographical references and index.

The occasional enemies part -- We all are Ferraris -- All's fair in love and wardrobe -- Empowered -- Picture day -- Can this marriage be saved? -- Meow -- Holy moly -- Cover me -- Mother Mary and the retirement village -- The suburbs are killing me -- The mothership -- Brush off -- Love and worry -- Getting it straight -- The heart of a gambler -- Clipped -- Mother Mary hears the worst -- Half-full -- Mother Mary and the terrorists -- Twit-willow -- Grainy -- In which we lose Angie, and nothing's funny -- Banana fanna fo -- Mousetrap -- Pilgrim's progress -- You can't touch this -- Security complex -- Mousetrap part II ... this time it's personal -- This old homebody -- Little dog, big pill -- The flying Scottolines reach out -- Don't look now -- Mousetrap part III ... modicum of solace -- Accomodating -- Home team -- Running on empty -- Control issues -- My daughter moved out, so why am I still lactating? -- I refuse to dress up for the mall -- Mother Mary and the Christmas standoff -- Busy signal -- 'Twas the night before.

Prepare for the best -- Join me -- Rewarding, or Why free is dumber than you think -- Can't start a fire without a ... -- Cold comfort -- Lunatic -- Darwinian -- The moon and I -- Big and me -- Birthday wish -- Life in the not-so-fast lane -- It's not the heat -- Moms say the darndest -- Not under my roof -- Uncle Sam -- Mathlete -- Oprah and Einstein -- Toys in the attic -- Hardwired -- Bank angst -- Tempus fugit -- History lesson -- iLisa -- Oh, you don't know -- Home, sweet gym -- The right to vote -- The Einstein workout -- Remembering Joy -- 911 -- If a tree falls in a driveway ... -- As seen on TV -- In which we get a woman president -- The hardest job in the world -- This land is my land -- The four seasons -- The best friends part.