Happy Thanksgiving!! I started my day with my own little turkey trot 5k and then a giant cup of coffee. We tried to make beignets but they weren’t good. HA! So, we settled for bacon and some Monopoly Deal for breakfast. I didn’t make any turkey today, but I did sing this song until the… Read More
Ten years is a long, long time. A decade is a great milestone in the passage of our time here on Earth. And, while on most days of the year I couldn’t tell you what I was precisely doing ten years prior, today is one that left a little hole on my heart that I… Read More
John celebrated his twelfth birthday Friday night with six other sixth graders from his lacrosse team! I thought three hours of black light trampoline jumping and dodge ball would tire them out … … but not so much :-) We retreated to the house for pizza and our favorite ice cream cake. Then the crew… Read More
Attention all Star Wars fans… Find the Force Friday II is rolling out on September 1 in conjunction with the worldwide launch of new products inspired by Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The three-day event will take place at over 20,000 retail locations across 30 countries. By downloading the Star Wars app, you can join in… Read More
As y’all know, we headed up to Hiawasse, Georgia this past weekend to enjoy some fun in the sun and to have a viewing spot of the eclipse from the path of totality! The kids swam in the lake and did some fishing in the morning while most of the adults squeezed in some work,… Read More
I’m a little late on this post because we spent a wonderful low-tech weekend up in Hiawasse, Georgia at Lake Chatuge where the scenery was gorgeous, the water sports were awesome, the company was wonderful and the internet was bad. :-) We had a group of 14 at the M family lake house. The lake… Read More
Back at the very beginning of summer when we first started talking about middle school, John asked if he could get a big bed in his room rather than his “baby beds”. I admit, they are babyish – not the size necessarily, but the scalloped head and foot boards that I chose when he was… Read More