The Pool In The Woods…2

This Spring has started out drizzly and windy and cold. It’s a Spring season like this that make me happy we don’t have a swimming pool anymore. And it’s a Spring season like this that remind me of all of the grumbling and extra work that my husband put into that swimming pool. Before he …

A Few Of My Favorite Things…

Favorite Harry Potter Movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire...which is Year 4 at Hogwarts. It’s also my favorite HP Book. Favorite String Instrument: oh Dang, my hillbilly is going to show with this answer , but it’s a tie with a Banjo and a Fiddle/ViolinFavorite Country you want to visit: Japan...TokyoFavorite Breed of …

Locking It Down

It’s day “I’ve lost count” of the Coronavirus lockdown. The kids and I don’t go anywhere we don’t have to. We were running low on milk and fruit, so Zoe drove us to the grocery store a few days ago. She got her driving permit at the end of February. Which was lucky now that …

A Controlled Burn

“They’re burning next door” she said when she walked into the room. Were they? I hadn’t noticed. Sure enough, when I looked out of the south bedroom windows the sky was full of smoke. Zoe was referring to a controlled burn that was happening next door to us on conservation land. I saw the flames …

Did You Know?

Did you know that if you let your teen daughter (who isn't officially a teenager for two more weeks, but it's close enough so I'm just going to call her a teen from now on) go online to Amazon to buy something with her Christmas gift cards that she will, without a doubt, buy something …

Giving Advice

My friend is doing some online dating. I started the ball rolling during the summer of 2017 as I was the one who sat in my house almost 200 miles away from her and made a profile on Match.com in her name. I had spoken with her about going online to look for love.  She …