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Alien style cacti …
Life with boys … he says they will be alien style cacti … no idea why he is making them … Continue reading
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The Spring Break Purse Hunt
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
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Life with boys … private edition — 2023
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
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A Life in 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
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Stuck in an Elevator With the Sweet Potato Queens
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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Don’t I Deserve a Whole Pie?
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
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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
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A Bedtime Story With Cats
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
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The Christmas Card That Took Two Years to Arrive
Recovered from a January 2023 email exchange. In January 2023, Gabe Bell sent a note to say that my 2020 Christmas card had just arrived on his desk at work. Whoa, just whoa! Not sure where that was hiding. We are well — two kids in college, no idea where the time goes! 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.
