The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
It’s been a scary few days in the Mississippi Delta. We’ve fared much, much better than our neighbors in Arkansas, Northwest Mississippi and the Memphis area, but it has been really alarming hearing the tornado sirens go off in our town a few View Post
It has been March of 2008 since our little town has seen any sort of significant snowfall. The snow has danced above and below us over the past two years, but nothing to cancel school and work which is THE GOAL. The Weather Channel started View Post
A few weeks ago we attended one of our town's biggest festivals, OctoberFest. It's a huge display of arts and crafts, great live music, and a Memphis in May sanctioned BBQ competition. Several of the high schools also hold their class View Post
Today, let’s pretend that it’s still October and you’re still interested in seeing pumpkin patch pictures! Last month, E.B.’s class went to Farmer Jim’s Pumpkin Patch in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. It was blissful (ok, so as blissful as it can View Post
This past Friday night E.B. went to, hands down, the best children’s birthday party we've attended yet. I normally tolerate kiddie birthday parties just for his sake, but I actually found myself enjoying this one so much, and it wasn’t because View Post
Last weekend E.B. and I spent a little while at the Crosstie Arts & Jazz Festival. I've been going to this particular festival since I was a little girl and always look forward to it each year. The best part about going now is getting to share it View Post
It's tough being a small child in our small town. Besides the city parks and organized sports, there aren't a whole lot of options for entertainment. We certainly don't have the huge indoor play gyms and inflatable bouncy places. We don't even have View Post
It has been extremely cold here in the Mississippi Delta for the past few nights. Last night was no exception, so I cranked the heater up before going to bed and watched the local forceast on the Weather Channel. I could see light snow dancing all View Post
