Where is my bleeping brain?

There comes a point in time when you realize that it is not possible to pay to become smarter. In common sense that is. I graduated from college, I really did, with honors even. That proves that I have some kind of book smarts, or at least I know how to study to pass aContinue reading “Where is my bleeping brain?”

We crashed the Walter Reed Thanksgiving meal

Our intentions were good: let’s go visit the wounded troops on Thanksgiving and help them feel appreciated and loved on a day when many might not have family around! There were seven of us. I had even called in advance to make sure we were allowed to visit on Thanksgiving. The lady on the otherContinue reading “We crashed the Walter Reed Thanksgiving meal”

The children’s brains are mush

Alternate title: Sometimes sitting your kids in front of the tv for a multi-day movie marathon can be a life saver. Our girls normally get to watch one movie a day and sometimes they even forget to ask for one. Since we don’t have cable or the new antenna thingy to watch HD tv there’sContinue reading “The children’s brains are mush”

I don’t care, you’re still going to school

When I was growing up I never missed a day of school because I was sick. Not that I never was sick, mind you. In order for me to miss school there had to be blood, or a dangling eyeball, or something kind of serious like that. And unfortunately there never was. I remember timesContinue reading “I don’t care, you’re still going to school”

Traveling through history

History is fascinating, and I think it takes getting through high school and possibly college history courses for most of us until we actually begin appreciating it. Am I alone? It took me moving to Germany and having the ability to see places in person. And they may have been just local castles or centuries-oldContinue reading “Traveling through history”