When you’re a parent you have to get creative about keeping an eye on the adolescents. It’s not so easy these afternoons with cell iPhones & wireless internet to keep your children & teenagers in order, and when I was a kid, we only had a household iPhone so it was not easy to be
This week is going to be a afternoon of no exercise plus no drumming or singing so that I can rest this weary body a bit. The past week I have either played beach volleyball, or drums plus singing in the band, for a total of five afternoons out of seven. So needless to say,
When I was graduating from college I felt like I had made a big mistake. I wasn’t gleeful about my degree or the job fields that it supposedly empowered me to enter. I started second-guessing my educational choices before I had even flipped my tassel. Within a few months, I was back in college. This
My best friend has had difficulties with finding a job. Him and I have been out of college now for four years. He has been working at small jobs but nothing that correlates to his degree. I was lucky enough to get a job out of college, unfortunately he was not. It took him pretty
Today is just another day. another hot, humid, miserable summer day. I don’t know about you, but I’m sick of it. So it’s just about everyone I know. It’s been a month on end of this pounding, endless Heat, and everyone is at their wit’s end. Yep, it’s the end of summer in the South.
If you’ve ever been through a break-up you know exactly how nasty it can get it… For years you can spend so much time with somebody as well as feel like your lives are actually aligned, only for everything to completely fall apart the moment that they feel hurt, however their emotions completely overwhelm the
We have unquestionably been celebrating the Christmas holiday recently. Last weekend we made gingerbread houses. We like to make gingerbread houses early so that we can keep them up longer. However while we were making our gingerbread houses the heat started going up. I could feel it it was getting warmer inside. I could also
Our nights have been cooler, okay, cold over the last few weeks so it was time to turn on the boiler. Normally we try and wait until the beginning of November to do this but the house was getting down into the low sixties at night and I wasn’t up for lighting the fireplace each
Sometimes my sibling really doesn’t guess things through before he makes immense decisions. He tends to get caught up in finding a unbelievable deal or thinking something looks “cool” plus jumps before he understands the entire situation. This is precisely what happened recently when he decided to update his central heating plus cooling system at
Well Thanksgiving is finally over; Now it is time to celebrate Christmas. My friend and I have been celebrating Christmas for quite some time. Christmas is easily one of the greatest holidays of the year. I have even already went out shopping. However now that Christmas is on its way that means so is the
Sometimes my brother really doesn’t think things through before he makes large decisions. He tends to get caught up in finding a good deal or thinking something looks “cool” and jumps before he understands the entire situation. This is precisely what happened recently when he decided to upgrade his central heating and cooling system at
I have a really sizable family! I insist that my husband plus my five kids sit down with me for dinner in the afternoons. It’s the perfect time to chat about the afternoon, share what’s going on with everyone plus cherish each other, finding a sturdy plus attractive table sizable enough to accommodate seven people
When I was graduating from college I felt like I had made a large mistake. I wasn’t gleeful about my degree or the job fields that it supposedly empowered me to enter. I started second-guessing my educational choices before I had even flipped my tassel. Within a few months, I was back in school. This
Everyone always says that your children’s first five years we’ll go by incredibly fast. The next thing you know, they will be full-blown teenagers who hate you. You’ll spend the next ten years dealing with unfathomable emotional responses and hormonal outbursts. I have to say, I truly didn’t believe that this was going to be