Month: June 2011

About ten years ago, we did some landscaping.  I told Big Daddy that we should hire a landscape architect to draw the plans for us and we could do the work.  Landscape architect?  Little woman, he says, do you lay in bed at night and think of ways to spend money.  Sometimes it’s the only … Read more

You might not know this, but Branson doesn’t have a real book store.  I wanted to buy a book while we were there and couldn’t find one on the shopping center directory so I asked somebody working in one of the stores.  She told me they have a Books A Million at one of the … Read more

There’s this fancy shmancy thing you can do to post on your blog when you’re gone.  You set it up for the day and time you want it to post and it automatically does it.  Oh, technology.  Is so techie for me.  It works like a charm unless you save it as a draft instead … Read more

Mallie Bee and I are going to Branson for a few days with her dance team for a national competition.  Branson?  Seriously?   A few years ago when she got big into the dance thing, Big Daddy and I went to her first competition.  Oh sweet Jesus in a leotard.  It was like watching Toddlers … Read more

I have a white slip-covered sofa.   People always tell me that they’d never have a white sofa, but once a month I throw that baby in the wash and problem solved.  It’s taken a hit from a glass of red wine and blueberry pie and came out just as purty as ever.  I love when … Read more

Big Daddy goes biking every Saturday and Sunday morning in the wee hours with his buddies.  They ride fast.  Big Daddy likes fast.  Makes him feel like he’s not a geezer.  Like he’s got some gas in the tank and some man in the manhood.  When  he comes home, he thumps his chest and says … Read more

Last year, Big Daddy and I drove to western Kansas so he could meet up with a group of bikers from our church that were doing a cross-country bike ride to raise money and awareness for poverty.  We drove out on a Wednesday, BD would ride with them for three days and I’d drive home … Read more

A few days ago, we attended Mallie Bee’s dance recital.  I believe I’ve been to about fifteen of these, first with Teacher Girl and now the Beester.  We love watching the kids, from itty bitty ones to the older girls.  Over the years, it has become apparent that Mal is pretty good at this dance … Read more

We moved to Kansas City from the Washington D. C. area with a five year old and a two year old.  We rented for awhile before we bought this house so our little Teacher Girl went to kindergarten in one school and then 1st grade in another.  I did not know a soul when we … Read more

Nancy and I had a really good sale.  We saw old friends and neighbors, we sold a bunch of our stuff and we made some new customers.  It was an incredible amount of work but when you get to be creative and make some money at it, it’s good work.  Behold the photos of the … Read more