Reason #117 cell phones are good

Texts from my son give me unexpected smiles: The text?  "Mom vivacious" The picture: It actually had a voice message, too…I’ll spare you those details…:/.  When I texted him back and told him he cracked me up, his return...

Live-blogging my sub day ~ CONCLUSION ~

While I’ve got the kids working, I thought it’d be fun to live-blog my day; if I’m getting eaten alive and regurgitated, I’d want it memorialized (blogger to the end!).  What can I say?  I’ve got a computer, the internet, and...

“They’ll eat you up and spit you out”

It doesn’t take Jedi mind tricks to persuade me; you might just say I’m easily influenced if I think your perspective has merit. This weekend, we entertained some of our oldest friends from South Carolina.  It has been years since we spent substantive...

Mom, Interrupted

My back is turned to him, but I hear his steps as he approaches. Without turning to look at him, he says, "Mom, can you tie this?". I’m in the middle of a cleaning frenzy–company’s coming tomorrow, friends we haven’t seen in years,...

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