I can’t believe it – Evel Knievel passed away. It’s almost like a whole era goes with him, you know? It feels to me, very similar to when Mr. Rogers died. Completely and utterly selfish of me, but, it’s like – ‘Wait, that’s my childhood – you guys can’t die! That’s part of my history [...]

I’ve been working on getting my husband some business from the internet. He’s not entirely convinced that it’s actually going to work. He is a contractor – mostly residential remodeling. And he just doesn’t see the value in marketing a local-only business online. I’m working on it slowly, bit by bit. I had gotten a [...]

It’s 11pm and I can hear a kid up who can’t sleep for coughing! Nooo! We can’t have any more sickness in this house! Well, Sammie has sick days available, but, the boys sure don’t! And it is Patrick that is coughing! Our little mini-district has a five-absence-per-semester rule – after that the children need [...]

And fourteen year old boys are rotten! When I left the room in mid-post, in the last post – you know, to say my affirmations? Yeah, well, Mr. Creep-o (the fourteen year old, yeah…) was in here on the other computer. And apparently, while I was away, he saw fit to add some delightful text [...]

I have an online friend who was really bummed out this morning and I gave her some advice that I knew that I needed to hear, as well. I know that I am going to take my advice, and I hope that she will, too.The first thing that I suggested to her was to write [...]

I really would love to have this Christmas angel fleece blanket! It is so cute, that I think that I would use it all year, just like I do my angel tree topper. Mark got me the prettiest angel to go on top of my Christmas tree last year, and she is so pretty that [...]