She’s Baaaack

Call us crazy, but Entrepreneur and I have agreed to have Twix come back to our house during the weekdays while Mama is at work. Last August, when Entrepreneur was in the throws of oral chemotherapy and life was more unsettled than normal, we all decided it might be better if Twix went to an …

Pardon me while I brag a bit

Caution: this post contains shameless and excessive grandparent bragging. Last week we went to Peanut's school for the end-of-semester awards ceremony. Now, normally, non-eduction types don't voluntarily attend these ceremonies...unless given the heads up that their child is one of the recipients. A little background info: Peanut started a new school this year after moving …

The unimaginable has happened

We sent her off in style at the end of summer, 2010. After graduating college, our youngest daughter announced she was going to move 18 hours away because she wanted to live in the Sunshine State. Independent and determined, you all know her as The Floridian. Well the Floridian may need a new name because................... …

Teach. Evaluate. Adjust. Repeat.

The first part of May ended my 8th year as an adjunct instructor for the journalism school in town. And while some years seem more successful than others, every year offers new insights into the minds of twenty-somethings, who are less than 15 weeks away from being unleashed onto the advertising industry. This is their …

On second thought….

OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! THERE IS A HUUUGGGEEEE SPIDER IN THE LAMP SHADE! WHO LET THE GIANT ARACHNID IN THE HOUSE? It's got to be the first cousin of HP'S Aragog or LOTR'S Shelob! GET THE EXTERMINATOR! QUICK! BEFORE IT ESCAPES WITH THE DOG! Oh, it's not a spider after all, is it? Hmmm, it …