it’s been a good day of family time. mama’s feeling a bit better recently, so she was more herself today. she took this as a good sign (which it is of course) but then got a little carried away and...
A campaign volunteer for the Jim Vincent reelection bid spoke with TennesseeTicket.com recently, and reported a good turnout for the candidate at the Rhea County Strawberry Festival in Dayton. Former Rep. Vincent is challenging freshman incumbent Rep. Jim Cobb in the...
The American Hiking Society's National Trails Day is June 7 this year. AHS offers a link to NTD events nationwide. Some of the events scheduled for 2008's NTD along the GET are:...
New Zealand stopped jailing persons engaged in "the world's oldest profession" five years ago, and studies now show that the industry (which, of course, existed in full force prior to the legislative change) has changed very little, with a few...
Apparently Bush has given up on any dignified ambitions he had regarding his last months in the White House and has given himself over entirely to being a clown. I'm so embarrassed. Dear World, Yeah, I know you were used to seeing composed...
A long and sometimes contentious meeting of the national Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) has essentially ended, and the two state parties who brought challenges concerning delegates to the national convention walked away with the results they sought. Supporters...
This time last week, I was in full freak out mode. In a moment of complete and utterly ridiculous melodrama, I wrote a post declaring (in between the lines) I had months...days...minutes to live. After reading it and concerned our...
really?rREALLY iI am alwys suprized but iI cantcan't remember why iI ever woulwould be. iI am so dizappointed. iI should have gone to tampaTampa. iI am so so very sad and lonely. why does she always do this to me....
Went shopping today for the first time in I-Don't-Know-When. Matthew's new employer doesn't provide a uniform, which is very odd since the last two apartment complexes he has worked for has at least had an embroidered logo-type shirt. Seems peculiar...
We met our newest, little neighbor today! We have had several baby birds born in/around the house, and lately we've noticed more movement/sounds in a shrub which is right up against the side of our porch where we spend...
Brogan and Henry are pals.They got along well enough for us to enjoy dinner and conversation with our friends without the usual interruptions/meltdowns. Thanks guys.Here they are getting excited about AIRPLANES!!!!Esther doesn't look impressed....
from "In This Kind Of Love, As Emerson Said, Do You Love Me? Means Do You See The Same Truth?" by Dan Carlson "Because the biggest problem facing my alma mater is the misconception that there's something special about the school...
Carl was a quiet man. He didn't talk much. He would always greet you with a big smile and a firm handshake. Even after living in our neighborhood for over 50 years, no one could really say they...
One of the things playing sports (now watching sports) teaches you is that you have to learn to play through the pain. For me in cross country it was the inevitable pain in the side that came about mile three...
So we are attending a friends wedding this weekend and I’m having a debate about my dress. It’s a 6pm wedding and the things I had selected are not quite formal enough, or are to business-like. I have procrastinated on...
So disregard the previous blog about my "knowing this was a girl. I can feel it." I was way off. I will soon be the lone female in a sea of Lewin men. It's a good thing...
I finally have some pics of the stuff I have been preoccupied with this week.
Here is a picture of my first foray into portrait painting. I still have a lot of work to do on her, especially since I mistakenly...
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