by Robin | Feb 26, 2011 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Personal
"It's not a contact sport" my behind. Thursday a song about unrequited love kept running through my head as I tried desperately to fly over traffic to rush my 16-year-old to the hospital after he broke his wrist in a soccer scrimmage. Funny how a...
by Robin | Feb 22, 2011 | Camp Days, Favorite things, Kids, Mom stuff, Nostalgia, Personal
Sometimes I miss, even long for, the naïveté of youth. Then is the time for free and innocent expression… before you realize sometimes words have dual meaning. For me, summers at the all-girls Jennie Arnold Edwards Y Camp in the 70s...
by Robin | Feb 21, 2011 | Animals, Nature, Personal, Photos
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.~ Jacques Deval On my way home today, I saw a leaf twirling in the center of the road. Except it wasn't a leaf; it was a peculiar little bird spinning in circles. I stopped and reversed...
by Robin | Feb 12, 2011 | Around/About {weekly link-love}, Chattanooga, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Chattanooga/Tri-County Area), Good causes, Personal
Typically Around/About is a collection of links I love, sites I like, interesting reads or cool happenings nearby, but since Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is in town (the family will learn who they are TOMORROW!!!) I thought it'd be fun to share how you...
by Robin | Feb 8, 2011 | Family, Kids, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal
"I just wanna tiss, it, kay?" It was her standard line to get away with murder of the four-year-old variety. Earnest eyes, furrowed brow and nodding head, practiced assurances she'd deliver on that promise. Saucer-sized baby blues have...
by Robin | Feb 3, 2011 | Kids, Personal, youtube ROCKS!
Maybe I'm biased because Volkswagen's new North American production facility is almost within spittin' distance of my house. Or maybe it's because I'm in love with a bug. Or maybe it's because they're kinda crunchy. Or maybe...