"I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string." L.M. Montgomery
After arriving in Homestead, Florida, Momma got a job as a teacher while Daddy performed his duties as a "nozzle jockey" for the air force. He refueled planes, which basically meant riding up and down tarmacs on fuel tanks that amounted to humongous bombs on wheels--not the way one would prefer to spend their early …
Continue reading The Sunshine State Part 2
My parents married at the end of December, 1962. They took off for a honeymoon in Colorado leaving my Granny in tears, because Momma had forgotten her winter coat, and Granny was just SURE she was going to freeze to death. It was a nice coat too--very expensive black wool with a fur collar bought …
That was this week. Seriously. Four. Mondays. It was a long week. I wasn't the only person who thought so--at least not among the other teachers on my campus. I think I wrote an entry on Monday. . .and then silence. It wasn't pretty--but I made it through. The week ended with my students endeavoring …
It has been a day. It was a day full of promise that culminated in me losing my temper with my 7th period class. Granted. It was not solely their fault. It was the build-up of an entire day's worth of whining, chattering, eye-rolling, huffing, muttering, But-I-Didn't-Say-ANYTHINGing (except for what they said to their friend …
Thad struggles with writing. He is a great story teller. He gives a plethora of details that become tedious at times. He has a vocabulary bigger than he can spell. And there-in lies the problem. Thad also has dysgraphia, a tracking issue, and Irlen Syndrome. I haven't told the Irlen Syndrome story yet--but will. All …
If you have never seen an episode of Phineus and Ferb, well, you should. My sister got Thad hooked a couple of summers ago, and now that we have Netflix on demand with our fancy schmancy Wii, he watched them all--ALL THREE SEASONS. . .OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK. Tony and I are watching our way THROUGH …
Continue reading He’s a semi-aquatic, egg layin’ mammal of action…
We've had a lovely, lovely weekend. LOVELY because there was NOWHERE that most of us had to go. Tony DID have to go somewhere for a bit on Saturday, but the kids and I never left the house OR our pajamas until it was time for church this morning. After church we came home and …
