I’m pretty lucky because I was born in March. Living in the South meant that I regularly had swimming parties on my birthday and luckily for my parents the parties took place outside rather than inside. I feel really badly for the people born near Thanksgiving and in December in general. No matter how hard [...]
I had to go back to her blog multiple times to make sure it was true. I admit it. I hoped it was some hoax. Perhaps a hack. But it wasn’t. A blogger with whom I’ve participated in many virtual showers and events, a blogger with whom I’ve emailed many times and battled with on [...]
It is interesting seeing how groups of friends go through stages. First we’re all hot and heavy dating. Then we’re all getting married (and all our extra money is going toward weddings, gifts, and showers). Now we’re all having babies. Well, I’m not. But Amy is! Yep, Amy is the next one in my long [...]
“Let me tell you something,” the principal of the high school where I teach mentioned to me on the first day of school, “these are just a bunch of Southern country kids.” And that sentiment rang true when I asked them what dessert, if any, they could have me bake for them and they responded [...]
I love ice cream. When I lived in civilization and my husband traveled out of town for work, sometimes I’d drive to the grocery store with a spoon and buy a half gallon of ice cream and eat it out of the carton on the way home. I lived 1 mile from the grocery store. [...]
