We got to visit this week with M and her three kids from Pensacola, as well as S and her batch from Tennessee, and we were lucky enough to hook up with some free time with D, my daughter in town and her family too, for a wonderful BBQ chicken dinner in the neighbor’s garage [...]
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29 Jun
Two days, two zoos
In the few short days between the time Little Miss’s school let out and summer school starts, I wanted to take her someplace, you know, just Mommy and me kind of thing. So we went to the Erie Zoo. Compared to the Miami Metrozoo and even the Cleveland Zoo, Erie’s is pretty small. But it’s [...]
24 Aug
The last few days of summer
The back-to-school countdown is on. More so on our parts than on the children, sadly. Isn’t it time for school yet???!! It’s also Fair Week, which is the biggest event of the calendar year here. Thanks to my clients, I learned a lot about what it takes to enter and maintain cattle through 4-H, and [...]
3 Aug
The sunshine of life
But you got to have friends The feeling’s oh so strong You got to have friends To make that day last long… This weekend we hosted the Navy Girls Reunion Tour as my daughter M, three of her former Navy galpals, and their six children all descended on the house. Six adults and eight children, [...]
9 Jun
On the road again
The older I get, traveling seems to be one of my favorite occupations. Not that I get to do it that much. But each summer we seem to try to fit in more and more places to see. This summer we’ve agreed that the Captain needs some time away from us and vice versa, and [...]
9 Dec
It’s aboot the cheese, eh
I’m really looking forward to several visits from family and near-family over the holidays, including a first from the charming Canadian host of our stay in Toronto. He and B will be here for Christmas–i.e. he can meet the whole clan and decide if he ought to bail before it’s too late– and it will [...]
9 Oct
No place like home
I’m being evicted. By my husband. The Cabana Boy has decreed that I shall take my laptop and some things and take myself hence from these premises–for the weekend. The laptop is because I’m heavy into editing my urban fantasy. The things are because my sister is a good conservationist and keeps her thermostat low [...]
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