It’s time for the annual family camping outing and that means that everyone expects something fun and different when it’s our turn. I mean “our turn” because there are six families that camp and we get one night of the week to prepare dinner for all 34 of us. The rest of the nights we [...]
Well, despite my best wishing and hoping and thinking and praying (insert Dusty Springfield flashback here), it rained on the day of my son’s graduation party.
Thank God I cleaned out the garage, ordered that tent, and took my parents up on the offer to borrow theirs too. It keep the 200 people who arrive pretty [...]
Rain is in the forecast for Sunday. Yep, that would be the day that we have invited 200 people over to the house for a party. Now the debate about getting a tent seems moot.
So I am getting ready for this party, baking something, and I just happen to mention to my husband that in [...]
Last night, I drove over the curb going into a Subway for a late dinner. It was late and I was new surroundings and that is my excuse. After I drove over and felt the first “thump” of the car over the curb, I began to hear voices.
Yes, the voices at first sounded like those [...]
This is a sign. Yes, a sign that there might be some hope for my child at college next year.
You see, this is a diagram of what he wanted his poster for a project to look like, and it actually contains signs of pre-planning the placement of the photos and text. As it was done [...]
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I picked up my son from his job at the ice cream stand last night. I was so glad that he was able to inform us about the woes of being busy at work. Yes, he as actually tired! There were lots of people wanting to be served. And one of his co-workers was snippy and bossy when things got busy and out of control. The people were mad at things taking a long time. His feet hurt and he was hungry and thirsty himself.
Can you imagine? I never...
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