In the news

Hit the road Jack and don’tcha come back no more, no more. Worse than a full diaper pail. People with more money than brains (or hearts). Ummm, any use for small human urine?

Full of holes

I really like Kristyk’s quote today. “The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by often falling” Lucretius I was also touched by Philip’s words. “I cannot teach my children how to live if I stop living myself.”

a gripe

Our car has no a/c, so the windows stay down when we are out and about.  It is not the rest of Knoxville’s responsibility to adjust their lives because our windows are down.  I don’t care if your car is pounding base that makes my fillings rattle or even if I can hear your car […]

bag of tricks

When the children have friends visiting, we have some standard activities for entertainment.  Trampoline, marshmallow guns, two-liter rockets (we need a new bike pump), Doug juggling fire and our latest giggle – mentos and diet soda.

fun, fun Friday

Tomorrow: Clean & decorate house Noah comes home from camp Finish shopping for Sarah’s birthday Take Sarah to bead store Take Noah to karate Pick up giant cookie Buy drinks Pick up Sarah Pick up Noah Grandparents come over Friend #1 & #2 arrive Eat pizza and giant cookie Sarah opens gifts Jump on trampoline […]

weather report

It’s 10 o’clock at night and it’s a sticky 84 degrees inside the house.  I would not have made a good pioneer.

numb

Don’t move Don’t talk out of time Don’t think Don’t worry Everything’s just fine Just fine Don’t grab Don’t clutch Don’t hope for too much Don’t breathe Don’t achieve Or grieve without leave Don’t check Just balance on the fence Don’t answer Don’t ask Don’t try and make sense Don’t whisper Don’t talk Don’t run […]

National Donut Day

This Friday, Krispy Kreme is celebrating National Donut Day with free donuts.  I don’t know if we’ll participate though.  Last year the manager at our Krispy Kreme (Kingston Pike) was rude and cranky about it.  “I didn’t advertise this.  How do people know about it?”

holiday weekend

Are your weekend plans Dougish(hot and dangerous), Cathyish(silly and childish) or just Mollyish(cool and quiet)?