The Mother Load

Have you ever battled a spouse who is trying to stop global warming by turning the thermostat down to an "arctic wasteland" setting? Or sent a child to sleepover camp without a single pair of underwear decent enough to get hit by a car in? If you find yourself talking to your GPS, trying to shoulder-shimmy in Zumba class, or praying that you can get through another Thanksgiving without a repeat of the legendary Salmonella Bird of 1997, you know what it's like to be carrying "The Mother Load."A collection of the most popular humor columns that Nancy Crochiere wrote for The Daily News of Newburyport, Massachusetts, over a 15-year period, The Mother Load is a hysterical look at family life in the 21st century.