Open House

Twenty years ago when we moved to Kansas we rented a townhouse.  Coming from the D.C./Maryland area, the idea of actually buying a home was absurd.  It didn’t take long for us to figure out that here in the heartland, home ownership was a real possibility. The Big Daddy was all about scouting out a … Read more

New Favorite

“How long til my soul gets it right?”    Maybe not so long. Or an eternity. My new favorite video and I found it without kid intervention.    I got that right 😉

The Teacher Girl

When Maggie was little, she liked to play school.  As is often the case with the bossy first-born, she was always the teacher.  She’d gather her brother and kids from down the street into the basement to educate them, and why they put up with it every day when they’d already spent all day in … Read more

The Reverend

My favorite priesty friend came blowing into town last weekend, and geez, he’s like a light in the dark.  While higher-up Catholics are all about the uterus, he’s about loving your neighbor. Go figure. These past two years he’s been in South America and he sees more than his share of despair every single day.  … Read more

Oh Taylor

Before Mallie Bee went off to school, we were in the car and a Taylor Swift song came on.  Oh Lordie, I really can’t take her.   After the song, they were talking about how she writes her own stuff and wow, really?  She might consider turning that over to somebody who’s interesting. When a … Read more

The Bus Stop

The first time I ever rode a bus was when I would visit my Grandma.  She didn’t drive and counted on the bus to take her everywhere.  She let me sit by the window so I could watch the scenery, and when it was time to pull the cord to ring for our stop I … Read more

You’re Hired

As if the universe couldn’t have timed this any better, I started working this week.  I had an interview more than a month ago for a place I previously worked at that is opening a second store.  I think I’ve become an expert on interviews and if I ever wrote a book it would be … Read more

Burquas & Bat-Shit Crazies

A couple of weeks ago, I looked up the campaign website for Claire McCaskill.  She does not represent my state, but the Missouri border is a mere five miles from my house.  Since Kansas is a lost cause for electing smart representatives, I thought I’d volunteer for one even if I couldn’t cast a vote … Read more

This Ain’t My First Rodeo

On Friday morning, we arrived on the Campus of Higher Learning and Mallie Bee’s new home.  Since this is my third time moving a freshman into a dorm room, I know what to expect. We loaded the car the night before and it seemed to me that it was the smallest load we’d ever had.  … Read more

Video Friday

Today is move-in day for the Beester.  The Big Daddy is out of town and Nathan has oh so kindly offered to help us haul stuff up to her dorm room.  Last night, he and Maggie came by and he told us how he started bawling on his move-in day of freshman year and “it … Read more