I’m not going to sift through my archives for my favorite posts or the highlights of the year. That’s a waste of precious time. We have had a roller coaster year. The highs outnumbered the lows and it was a good ride. Tomorrow we board a new roller coaster. Yes, there will be lows. There […]
I’m reluctant to describe anything negative I see in my community, because then people ask me why I live here. I love Knoxville. I think the bad things that happen here are everywhere else, too. Other people just don’t seem to see what is happening before their very eyes. On Christmas eve, I watched a […]
Raise your hand if you are ready for your children to return to normal bedtimes. Yes, I know it’s winter vacation. My children remind me of that every time I ask them to do ANYTHING. I asked them when I get a vacation from responsibility. The response was a blank stare. I didn’t get to […]
Even though Doug posted his version, let’s see how quickly I can summarize the past three days. Christmas evening, I got a grand total of two hours sleep. Christmas day, the children were gifted with extreme generosity by all of their relatives and Santa. Poor Sarah (who made straight A’s this semester) had toys that […]
I am still on my Christmas blogging hiatus, but I just wanted to pop in and remind everyone that tomorrow is “moms’ day off.” Seriously. We planned, shopped, cleaned, wrapped and worried ourselves to bits. Now it’s time for 24 hours of rest. No cleaning. Let the children play. No shopping. You have enough stuff. […]
From the 1960s and the 1970s and the 1980s.