The Boy and I were sitting at the dining room table this morning after he’d eaten breakfast but before it was time to leave for school. He had just finished writing his spelling words for the test today. Me: Go put your belt on. The Boy (making sarcastic quote marks in the air): Put your …
Background: If you’ve never seen Galaxy Quest, first – what’s wrong with you, and second – you just need to know that Captain Taggart (Tim Allen’s character) is the star and he’s a big ham, stealing all of Alan Rickman’s lines (in the “show” Galaxy Quest, not the movie itself) and showing off. In one …
Doctor Who invades Mass at our house.
I’m a major procrastinator, in lots of things, but this year, I’m turning over a new leaf. On New Years’ Eve, my brother and sister-in-law, who had been visiting us for a week, left to go back to Ohio. I think partly because of that and that I felt like I hadn’t had enough time …
Christmas EVE!! So excited. Tonight I have the privilege of sitting or kneeling in front of the Blessed Sacrament as Christmas morning (midnight) comes to Baton Rouge and the Central time zone. However, before that I have to clean a little, make dinner for the whole family, go to church to hear people I love …
When I was probably about 6 or 7 years old, my father was in the Army and our family was stationed at Fort Monmouth, NJ. I loved Barbie dolls, but my parents couldn’t afford to buy any accessories for her, although probably back then there weren’t as many things for Barbies as there is now. …
This weekend was one I look forward to every year, even if part of the time it’s with trepidation. The Heart of Louisiana Chapter of Romance Writers of America held their fourth annual Readers’ Luncheon, Fall in Love with Romance on Saturday, 6 Nov. S Sherrilyn Kenyon was our main speaker. She gave a wonderful, …
News in the Brandt household: Beloved is finally finished with business travel for a couple of weeks. This is a busy time of year for him. He went to Brussels the week before Halloween, and actually had a Belgium Waffle. He came home Halloween night almost in time to take the Boy out trick or …
The longest Beloved and I have lived in one place since our marriage nearly 24 years ago was 8 years in Urbana, IL while he was in grad school. Actually, that’s not totally true as we lived in Champaign, IL for one year before moving to the other side of “town” and being in Urbana. …
Seriously, some day that needs to be written. Today I went out to the bank to get my weekly “allowance” and on my way home I saw a sign for a huge garage sale down the road from my house. This house has regular sales and there’s always a lot of jewelry from Claire’s. I …
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