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Happy Black Friday

Can I get an amen?  I don’t know about y’all, but I’m staying in today!  And if you do go out today, y’all be safe out there!  View Post

Thanksgiving Day

  I hope your blessings are too many to count.  Happy Thanksgiving! View Post

Goodbye Hostess, Spoiled Cats, and Sinful Desserts

Friday at 3:15 PM, my 9 day Thanksgiving holiday break from work started and, let me tell you, I was TOO excited to see it coming.  I’ve been very busy at work organizing two closets in my library, lesson planning, the usual classroom work, and also View Post

Put A Pumpkin On It

Last weekend E.B. and I were doing our weekly shopping at a local grocery store and I saw what I thought was an “ok” wreath for our door for Fall.  My very favorite wreath is still in storage and I have been lazy about going out to get our Fall View Post

Memorial Day- 2012

In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt View Post

Memorial Day Freebies and Discounts for 2012

Once a holiday known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day was created to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War. While we take time to remember all those who serve or have served our country, there are also some great freebies and View Post

Mother’s Day Thoughts

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty If I have learned anything about being a mother, I think the above quote View Post

Laziest Mom Ever

My son’s teacher gave his class a cute little fill-in-the blank questionnaire about their moms as part of their Mother’s Day happies they made at school.  According to my son, I’m quite the lady of leisure.  Apparently, all I do is View Post

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