Month: March 2008

teenagers think adults are stupid

Sarah suddenly changes out of her standard “sitting around the house” uniform of boxers and a t-shirt. I ask her if she has plans. “No. I just felt like getting dressed.” Sarah straightens her hair. I ask her where she’s going. “Nowhere.” Sarah puts on mascara and appears before me. “Can I have a ride […]

3-19-2003

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Granny says:

Granny: “Are the boys really going camping for spring break? It still gets cold at night.” Me: “Maybe the cold will keep the mosquitoes and alligators away.” Granny: “Alligators? They camp near alligators?” Me: “It’s a swamp. The alligators live there. Last year they tried counting the gators on the canoe trip to the island […]

newspaper celebrities

The newspaper booth at the Women’s Expo had a full schedule of “celebrities” greeting people at the booth. I will agree that everyone connected to UT basketball and football is a celebrity in Knoxville. The others are newspaper professionals whose names are familiar. I’m not sure that qualifies as celebrity. Critics are really just the […]

my day with old media

I stood at the Knoxville News Sentinel booth yesterday and listened. I listened to the newspaper professionals and I listened to the women at the expo. I did speak a few times to judge reactions. The reaction was that I needed to shut my mouth. Newspaper professionals don’t want to hear how much I love […]

Knoxville Women’s Expo 2008

I spent the afternoon at the Women’s Expo inside the convention center. The convention center is so much nicer than the old Holiday Inn basement that just the change of location makes it superior to past Women’s Expo events. I still think that downtown parking is a pita. This year, the food tasting has been […]

and the roller coaster plummets

While all of my children have spring fever and have taken to doing their homework while sitting on the trampoline, Tommy has been infected with a major case of senior-itis. He is happy to the point of giddy except when he has to be a student. Skip back three years. Tommy’s freshman year in high […]

What are you doing this Friday?

This Friday, I will be at the Women Today Expo at the Knoxville Convention Center from 2 until 6. You can find me somewhere near the News Sentinel tables. I will be there to talk about School Matters and (shhh, don’t tell the children) get out of the house. Stop by and say hi so […]

Let’s all go to the laundry . . .

I had the entire laundromat to myself tonight! I spread the laundry out over an entire wall of dryers and got 8 loads of laundry dry in half an hour. That would have taken me an entire day at home. Well, it would have taken me an entire day before our dryer bit the dust. […]