Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
This question (the one in the title, not the one in the cartoon :-)) was asked of me last week by a friend thinking of jumping into the blogging world. "I blog therefore, I am!" I teased. But really it is more complicated than that. I'm sure many of you who do have a blog... Continue Reading →
The Secret History by Donna Tartt My rating: 4 of 5 stars What a truly well written book. I adored this writer's voice so much. The phrasing and language and pace just worked very well for me. Rich & descriptive without being overbearingly so. Characters fleshed out deeply and artfully within the unfolding tale. The... Continue Reading →
Can someone explain to me why I was so unprepared for the heat in Menifee yesterday? Even though it said temps would be in the triple digits? Even though they moved our original 5pm start time to 3:30? (which helped in terms of less traffic getting out there, but meant it was at a hotter... Continue Reading →
Kenny Chesney - The Boys of Fall, posted with vodpod Dare you to watch that video without getting chills - or a little mist eyed 🙂 Dropped my boy off in his Game Day jersey today. To walk those school halls with pride. Please note that the locker room scene at the end with the... Continue Reading →
I had to drop him off at 7am. Let me say that again - I had to drop him off at 7am!! Something about having to pick up their full schedules with teachers names & rooms and such...why would they need that? 😉 And - thanks to football - he was still ON the campus... Continue Reading →
I've freely admitted my entire adult life that I am not a very 'phone friendly' person. I can't explain it, it just is what it is, but I've never been comfortable talking on the phone. Yet I do have a compulsion towards returning calls. If you called me about something - and left a message... Continue Reading →
Journey Into Darkness by John E. Douglas My rating: 2 of 5 stars Being a devoted viewer or shows like CSI & Criminal Minds I thought this book would be interesting since it's written by one of the original Criminal Mind profilers for the FBI. Of course it was more hard to follow these crimes... Continue Reading →
Which means offline unless for work 🙂 I've got the dreaded vacancy in That position at work which is the hardest to cover & must BE covered so I am on double time + interviewing so Facebook & blogging are out for awhile, at least for trivial brain dumps. Which I do have clogging up... Continue Reading →
Ah, THIS is what Saturdays are supposed to be! When I first arrived I had no idea where SportsBoy was. He's no longer #55. Now his practice jersey is #81 and his game jersey is an #88. I had no idea which ones they were going to wear today. Remember, this is high school so... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 