Monthly Archives: November 2007

When Andra started kindergarten and the kids were at different schools, we split car duties and I picked up Andra and Phil picked up Grace.  Thus started “Drive Time”.  Every day when Phil picked Grace up she would talk non … Continue reading →

Our Thanksgiving day this year was a little non-traditional.  We had no family over.  We ate steak.  We sat in the hot tub.  All in all, it was a beautiful day.To make up for the lack of traditional activities on Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

Tonight, as we wanted to run songs on the jukebox at Waffle House, I had to borrow money from Grace for the second time this week.  Responsible parenting at its finest.And yes, you heard me right, we had dinner at Waffle … Continue reading →

As a public service, and because according to a recent article about blogging, I am so vain and narcisstic that I think you all care what I have say (and if you believe in everything you read – contributing to … Continue reading →

We have totally worn ourselves out this weekend.  The girls and I cleaned and decorated and crafted with purpose.  Phil is hunting.We cleaned front and back porches, rearranged the outdoor furniture and dusted the taxidermy (a really irritating and dusty … Continue reading →

Tonight I tried something new.  I try all kinds of things to encourage Grace to clean her room – everything from requests, to demands to outright bribes.  We have the “superfast cleanup” program, where you have a timed event and … Continue reading →

When I was in junior high, we watched a movie about the Five Cow Woman.  It was a self esteem movie about a woman who wasn’t pretty or otherwise remarkable, who didn’t have many romantic prospects.  Her father was despairing … Continue reading →

Grace was a cat.  Meow.  Andra wanted to surprise me.  And she did.  She was a Marine.We trick or treated in Phil’s old neighborhood, and it was fun to see how times change.  Grace was in costume and in character … Continue reading →