The season is changing outside. The ground is thawing. Trees are budding. Flowers are blooming and it is gorgeous. I love the changeover from winter to spring… Read more “Season’s Change…”

Stan’s birthday was a couple of weeks ago and he is FINALLY getting his present. Yesterday we went to a restaurant supply store which looked like it… Read more “The Big Green Egg Experience”

I am not sure there anything more frustrating than seeing your kids grades at times. What drives me crazy is the inconsistency. I look down rows and… Read more “Grades”

Blown Away! That is how I felt last night. I can not imagine how the kids who participated in the Marathon Dance felt. Last night at 7… Read more “Marathoning Continued”

I dropped Zach off last night at his school’s Marathon Dance. The dance last for 27 hours and is the brain child of one of the teacher’s… Read more “Marathoning”

You know how down through history some people have gotten some pretty rotten words and iamges associated with their names, like Vlad the Impaler and Attila the… Read more “Lucas the Generous”

…and why we don’t. I don’t mean saying no to our kids. I know for a fact I say NO about 200 times a day. I mean… Read more “Saying No…”

I guess I was one at one time. I am sure I was just as much of a pain in the ah, rear as my own teenager… Read more “Ahhhhh, Teenagers”

I was at Lucas’ middle school today and I saw a couple I haven’t seen in a while. They moved to Richmond about three years ago and… Read more “Loneliness”