Life With Boys

The mis-adventures of two crazy boys and their bleary eyed parents.

  • Life with boys … spring break fun

    Life with boys … about a month ago, the boys both came home for spring break … we were lucky that the girlfriend generously offered to save us the 12-hour round trip by picking up the boy after class (she is about three hours away) … About 10:30 pm, I hear the motion detector alarm Continue reading

  • Life with boys … private edition

    Life with boys … private edition … sometimes you just have to laugh … a few months ago my car was hit in a parking lot but could not get in for repairs until this week so I’ve been cruising around in my rental which we were planning to drive up to Iowa this weekend Continue reading

  • Life with boys … scouting

    Life with boys … scouting has been part of my life since I was in the first grade when I attended my first brownie Girl Scout meeting … I was lucky to have the support and initiative to earn the highest honor, the gold award … and even through college I helped deliver the program Continue reading

  • Life with boys … kinda … stuck in an elevator

    Life with boys … kinda …earlier this month I joined several amazing women for a weekend of laughter, silliness and “crazy southern love” as my sister put it … we were all there to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Sweet Potato Queens participation in the Jackson, Mississippi St. Patrick’s day parade …. I came Continue reading

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  • Life with the Beck family …

    Life with the Beck family … life on Lucky John Drive was always in motion … people in and out … projects in process … critters underfoot …. which was the case one June afternoon when 20 girl scouts and their parents were due to descend for the end-of-the-year court of awards … While preparing Continue reading

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  • Life with boys …

    Life with boys … the man boy has finally succumbed and is now locked in the bedroom isolating with COVID … actually he tested positive a few days ago … and the isolation is getting to him I think … he sent me a note at 7:30 a.m. on the first day to tell me Continue reading

  • Adventures in Craigslist … private edition …

    Adventures in Craigslist … private edition … A few weeks ago, I made arrangements to purchase a box of stained glass scraps to play with … you see, a square foot of glass sells for anywhere from $10 to $100 … so I’ve been trolling online trying to find stashes that people were willing to Continue reading

  • Life with boys … another bedtime story to share

    Life with boys … another bedtime story to share … a few nights ago we were settled in for the night … the cats had finished their rituals … the boy and I had come to a temporary truce about blanket coverage … Alexa was playing the calming classical for cats playlist (yes, that is Continue reading

  • Life with boys … and an expensive lesson was learned by the boy

    Life with boys … and an expensive lesson was learned by the boy … apparently the dryer at the dorm is a bit more temperamental … out of service … broken … than the one at home where he was perfectly capable of doing laundry without catastrophe … but last night when the call came Continue reading

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  • Life with boys … life is getting back to the new normal-ish

    Life with boys … life is getting back to the new normal-ish … two boys are safely back in their dorms … no one is preparing a six-course midnight snack … no one is bingeing the latest season of something on the TV below my bedroom … the back door is not alerting us to Continue reading

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I started this site so my mom could get news about her grandkids without me having to walk her through the process of trying to open and email attachment several times a week.  Since then she has passed away and I’ve fallen off the blog wagon, but I’m inspired to pick it up again now.

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