The weather forecast calls for a dusting of snow and temperatures of 5 below. We had better hurry to the store before all the bread and milk are gone. By tonight all of Knoxville will be completely hysterical. I’m going to curl up under blankets and watch Garden State. Should my other movie be Napoleon […]

One of the benefits (disadvantages?) of growing up in the south is that you see a lot of things you don’t see in the city. I have seen a vet remove a horse’s ‘jewels’ and toss them to the farm dog who promptly ate them (the dog, not the vet). Stop crossing your legs and […]

10,000 Girl Scouts in East TN will begin selling cookies tomorrow morning. Their parents will race to see who gets to the office bulletin board first. Pity the scouts whose parents work from home. Neighborhoods will draw their blinds and hide even better than they do when the suits on bicycles enter their community. Grandparents […]

This is the post where I insult and annoy everyone. What are your favorite boy names? Wait though, there are rules. No gender neutral names allowed. No creative spellings of regular names. No celebrity-child names (“Apple”). Since I live in the south I have to add, no Civil War generals and no multiple-part names like […]

I totally forgot to mention yesterday that I’ve been blogging for one year now! A great big orange happy birthday today to Michael!

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Before Christmas Noah asked for some boxers “like Dad wears”. I bought him one pair at an after-Christmas sale and he just noticed them yesterday. He was even more excited when I gave him permission to run around the house in just his new boxers and a shirt. After wearing the new clothing for all […]

According to the Knoxville News-Sentinel, I’m suffering from Vacation Deficit Disorder. I haven’t had so much as a weekend off in YEARS. When this baby arrives I doubt if I’ll ever even leave the house again. If Knoxville would just grow enough to have online groceries like Atlanta and other big cities do I could […]

Molly hates baths. The day after giving her a bath you discover muscles you never knew you had or at least that you never used. Whenever a family member takes a bath Molly dedicates herself to removing all the evil water from the tub. It’s very hard to relax in a hot bubble bath with […]

Why does this week’s list still have everything from last week on it?