Here I am, yet again, late for my own date! I was gone all day long today, without internet, and even sporadic cell phone service, as the hubby and I drove 3 hours, 47 minutes over the mountains to check out a 99-year lease campsite my parents have that they wanted to know if I…
I had a sobering thought the other day. Summer break is almost here! How’d that happen?! Only 14 days left for one, and 16 for the other! Now I’m really regretting filling this week up with doctor and dentist visits for everyone, which has me running around like a crazy person and driving all over…
So that happened. The eclipse. Were you in an area that experienced it, or was that pretty much us on the West Coast? Where we are currently, we had 95% totality or something like that. I’ll have to let you know next week how it was (or whatever), since I’m writing this post in advance…
I don’t know about you, but the weeks seem to be flying by this summer. How did August get here so soon? And more importantly, why are the stores stocking Halloween items already?! You just know that in a week or so, the inundation of Christmas will begin. It used to be that you wouldn’t…
You know how when you’re a kid, all the adults tell you how fast time flies when you get older, because as kids we were always lamenting about how slow time seemed to be going? But now that we’re adults, we’re wishing for a slowdown of time – isn’t it ironic? I know I’m not…
It’s time once again for some Friday fill-in fun, the perfect way to wrap up the week and kick off the weekend! From Ann of McGuffy’s Reader: “The Friendly Fill-Ins are four fun and easy statements to complete. Ellen of 15andmeowing provides the first two statements and the final two are offered by myself. We try…
A couple of weeks ago when we were camping in the mountains, the hubby ran to the closest place to get more ice for our coolers. He snapped this picture with his phone: Wonder how long before those are removed? How long has it been since you’ve seen (or used) an actual phone booth? Have…
