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Pig Pen … In my house …
Tyler is a messy kid. It’s not totally intentional, he just does not see the trail of destruction he makes throughout the house. So I asked him, “Hey, what are we going to do about this Pig Pen quality of yours?” Tyler looks at me with his big, puppy dog eyes, and asks “Embrace it?”… Continue reading
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She Remembers Pearl Harbor … Dopey
She Remembers Pearl Harbor On November 15 AraBelle Fuller (my grandma) departed San Francisco to serve as a Red Cross Nurse at Tripler General Hospital in Hawaii. She arrived on the 11/20 and as we know, only a few days later (12/7) the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Working alongside any and all survivors she witnessed… Continue reading
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Professor Life: The Flash Drive Is in Illinois
Today’s student problem had layers. He was away for a cross-country conference meet and would miss class. Also, he had left his notebook and flash drive back in Illinois. Also, the coding project was due before he would be home again. At that point there is really only one answer: “If you can access Blackboard,… Continue reading
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Don’t call football clothes costumes
OK – I get it, don’t refer to the football players clothes as costumes Continue reading
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Mom …
“Can broccoli melt into a liquid?” The questions never get easier do they? Continue reading
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Wrong Quicksand Mom …
“Guys, why are you watching this show about quicksand again?” “We’re not, this is a different quicksand show.” Thus proves that we watch a lot of science TV. Continue reading
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The Time Mom Used Shellac as Hairspray
OK people, I need your help. I’m looking for all of your favorite Beck-ish stories. I’ve created a Facebook group to collect them all. Let the crazy story sharing begin. Here’s a start: the time Mom used shellac on her hair thinking it was hairspray, but it wasn’t. Because everyone keeps shellac on their bathroom… Continue reading
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Why are there chickens …
Time for my blogging hiatus to come to an end. So here’s a story to start us off. As I was driving Tyler home from school today we saw a pair of missionaries talking to a woman on her lawn. Tyler then wanted to know more. I told him missionaries would go door-to-door to help… Continue reading
About Me
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.
