I have received a lot of phone calls from my daughter who is a senior at Niagara University in the four years she has been there. There was the distraught call her first week at school that I missed and was on the answering machine when I got home from an outing with her younger… Continue reading A Call From College
Last night was a wonderful evening of music at the Owego-Apalachin Middle School. The Dallas Brass, after a day of workshops and practicing with the music students at O-A Schools – the middle school and high school are next to each other, possibly even connected, played a concert by themselves and then, one song each… Continue reading Dallas Brass
I was going to start this post a while back but it, instead, turned into a post about pantries. I have several friends who freezer cook. You may also hear it called Once A Month Cooking. It is extremely popular with busy families as your food is in your freezer. One group of friends even… Continue reading Freezer Cooking
This blog entry has been floating around in my head for a few days. I would toy with talking it through into my mp3 player, which also has a voice recorder, as I ran because that is when the difference in seasons really hits me. The colors are so vibrant. The breeze is stiffer and… Continue reading Fall …
Not only is my fifth child graduating high school and going off to college in 2009, he is attending the presidential inauguration in January. His economics teacher also teaches an AP Government class. The class is taking a bus to the inauguration. Because one AP class does not fill up the bus, students who were… Continue reading Inauguration 2009
I know, you are thinking I must be drinking early in the day. Who has ever heard of an email alarm clock? I turn my computer off every night and, well, how would that work? No, that is not quite the method I am looking at today. I open my email first thing every morning… Continue reading The Email Alarm Clock
Well, last weekend was homecoming at my two son’s high school. This means there was a week of events at school and then homecoming Saturday. All fine and good but the weather, for the first time in my memory, canceled the annual parade. Homecoming week starts off with the Junior-Senior Reversal game. The junior and… Continue reading Homecoming
People all over exercise and do it for a variety of reasons. It has been just about one year since I wrote about how you measure progress. At that time, I did not have the ability to weigh myself at home so did it every couple of months. I seriously still do not weigh in… Continue reading What do you keep track of?
We all have them – morning routines. Yours will differ from mine. Mine differs depending on the season and the day of the week. It is fall – almost even on the calendar – and that routine includes a pot of tea. Now, a lot of people drink tea on a regular basis but I… Continue reading A Morning Routine
No, I am not talking about the dinner I made for myself this past week. This post has been brewing much longer than that. I am talking about my youngest’s request for his birthday dinner upon his return from Boy Scout Camp this past summer. If you have never seen the local Boy Scout Camp… Continue reading Birthday Dinner
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