Santa Hats 2022

Every year I try and take some pics of the grands in Santa hats. Honestly, I've never understood why people take exception to Santa. He's not real. I'm not going to lie to my kids. Believing in Santa will traumatize them later. They will feel betrayed. I call Bulls#!++. The original inspiration for Santa was …

August Photo Challenge

How the heck did it get to be the end of August/first of September already? Do you realize Christmas is only four months away?! But for today, we're recapping the month with PJ's photo challenge. August's prompt was Adventure. Merriam Webster defines an Adventure as an undertaking usually involving danger and unknown risks; an exciting or …

The Return to Learn 2021

Last Tuesday started another school year. It doesn't look significantly different from last year here in the district where Peanut and Twix go to school. They were in-seat  with masks for 2020-2021 school year and did very well overall. This year, masks are required for grades K-5 and highly recommended for grades 6-12. Every year, …

June at warp speed 2

Yesterday, I posted the beginning of my June at warp speed month. It continued when we took our oldest daughter and the grand girls to Branson, Missouri. Entrepreneur spent weeks organizing this vacay as an end-of-the-school-year trip to congratulate them on doing so well academically in school through a very tough pandemic year. Dogwood Canyon …

June at warp speed 1

June was literally a blur; which is my excuse for being absent in the blogosphere. School let out the end of May and we didn't waste any time at all with the extra curricular activities. This is how it started...... For Columbia 2021: June 5th For Columbia an an annual city-wide service project. This year, …