by Robin | Jul 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Freedom is not free. My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! ~ Thomas Jefferson We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil...
by Robin | Jul 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
One of my greatest joys is serving family and friends around our dining room table. It is the place we sit face to face or shoulder to shoulder, and connect in a way not otherwise possible. Our dining room table is an anchor, an altar, the place we often return to...
by Robin | Jul 2, 2011 | Family Traditions, Fourth of July
{Originally posted two years ago, but the tradition is still going strong and ended with a yummy barbecue potluck at our club house. And we almost missed it because I was thinking it was going to be MONDAY!!} Our neighborhood resurrected a years' old...
by Robin | Jul 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
When I think of Shaun Groves, I always, always think of Annie Wilkes, Paul Sheldon's "rescuer" in the Stephen King novel, Misery, perhaps better remembered as Kathy Bates and James Caan in the movie adaptation of the book; which incidentally I never saw...
by Robin | Jun 30, 2011 | Family, Friends, friendship, Funny Stuff!, Great quotes, Humor, Kids, Life Philosophy, Mom stuff, Personal, Teens & Tweens
Sometimes I do or say things my kids don't care for. Like when I tell them "Do (or don't do) ________, or I'll take a baseball bat to your knee caps." For example, "If you or any of your friends ride your RipStick down our VERY STEEP...