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Walking In a Winter Wonderland

Well it’s been an interesting week in our little part of Mississippi, to say the least.  We only get a good snow every few years and the forecast called for up to 5 inches on Wednesday, which is a lot for our part of the country.  On Monday, the View Post

Happy 2015!

It seems like I blinked and 2014 is gone!  It’s been a good year for our little family.  We rang in the new year exactly like we did last year…on the couch watching all of the New Year’s Eve shows on TV and trying to stay awake until midnight.  My View Post

Seasons of Change

It seems like it has been forever since I updated with a personal post, so I thought I would document some things here for posterity.  That, and my blog has become a real snore! I have a third grader now.  Here he is on his first day of View Post

Polar Vortex of Funk- Winter Marches On

Hopefully by now everyone is thawed out from last week’s Polar Vortex.  You would think living in the South, the cold air that we got wouldn’t be all that bad, but even though we didn’t see any snow, the temperatures were pretty View Post

Back To School- Nervous Librarian Edition

  Well, tomorrow starts another school year for me.  I’m really excited and nervous.  Last week was filled with professional development and trying to unpack my things in the new library and get somewhat settled in.  I still don’t feel like I View Post

Million Mile Driver

I’m a little overdue posting this, but in April, my husband received his Million Mile driver award.  My husband is a truck driver and he has worked for the same company for 12 years.  In those 12 years, he has driven over a million miles accident View Post

Packing Up And Moving On

So, when I last left off, I was gearing up for the end of the school year and dreading packing up my library.  My school was being changed into a 9th grade academy for the next year and I was having to pack up EVERYTHING to be moved out of the View Post

26 Days

I feel really terrible about how I’ve neglected this blog lately.  I’ve been trying to keep up with the business side of my blogging obligations, but life since the holidays has been extremely hectic.  Shall we count the ways? WORK View Post

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