I noticed something a few weeks ago - "love" was not in my frequently used tags on my blog's home page. The tags that show up in the tag cloud on the right-hand side of my home page indicate first by their appearance and second by their size the number of times the tag has been [...]
Author: Ms. C
Saved by the minivan…
Today when Mike (a.k.a. Jersey boy) and I went to pick Cheyenne up from school I noticed a boy waiting under the tree who had not yet been picked up. From his body language it appeared to me that he was a bit worried so I told Cheyenne we were going to stay parked at the [...]
Uh, sorry…there is no texting allowed from jail.
The 19 year old woman (Kayla Carry of Browerville, Minnesota) who was charged with criminal vehicular homicide after killing someone because she was texting and driving entered a guilty plea yesterday. Under the plea agreement she will only serve a year in jail. Carry's car crossed the center line and hit another car head on. Lucille Vogt [...]
Food for the soul…or not.
Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs (who was convicted of sexually assaulting underage female followers) is now in a medically induced coma because he has been fasting for the past few weeks (see the article on InForum here). Jeffs likely is hoping he'll die, but apparently the State of Texas is going to nourish him whether he wants [...]
Limited appeal…
As Cheyenne has gotten older my role in her life has changed. At the age of 12 my role seems to be to serve as a never-ending embarrassment to my child. I accomplish this role quite easily - often all it necessitates is being within her general vicinity in public when her friends or other non-related [...]
The curve.
The curve??? When the heck did it pass me and how far behind it am I? Wait - don't tell me. Perhaps ignorance is bliss. Perhaps I am better not knowing my exact location as it relates to the curve. Perhaps the effort in trying to get ahead of the curve is futile. Perhaps I [...]
Irene…the annoying little sister?
The good news is Hurricane Irene's personality was taken down a notch before she went out to meet the neighbors. The bad news is she still was less than pleasing. Make no mistake though - Irene served as a reminder of our vulnerability. Hurricane season, which began June 1st and ends on November 30th is [...]
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