Last night was spent in the company of my dear family. Mombo and I made Hoppin’ John, and Dana brought cabbage rolls. Jerusha and Clay brought lots of snacks, and I had my first taste of Bud Lime thanks to Clay. We put on the ’40’s music station ( later switched to the ’60’s), and […]

The race this year was held after church on the day after Clan Christmas. Again it was held at THE KEEP (Jeff and Lea’s house). The track this year was unbelievable–or as play-by-play announcers John and Seth declared, “BIZARRE!” Mombo started the race with her usual “Let the races begin!” Here are some pictures. I […]

We got up early the next morning and drove to Greenup to see Pops and Edie for Christmas. We were fortunate to have Kyle’s dad offer us his van so that we could be comfortable for the drive. After a nice visit and lunch that Edie fixed (home-made rolls, ham, green beans, mashed potatoes, pecan […]

I’ve decided to write short blog posts. Maybe I’ll write every day that way. I am heading across the pond on Wednesday. I promise to let you know about the wonderful trip that Caitlan, Kyle and I are going to take. Anyway, here are a few highlights from this weekend and the past two months: […]

I love weekends. I actually slept in late (for me)—8 a.m.!! I headed off to Richmond to my favorite mechanics (Jay Edward excepted, of course)for an oil change on the Camry. They were able to replace my rear wipers (windshield, that is), but when they replaced my rear left turn signal bulb, lots of corroded […]

Over the weekend I took two long walks. The first, on Saturday, was at dusk. I tried to walk my Kelley Ridge property line to the west of the lane coming back to the house. This is the only time of year to do it. I so wish I had the ability to clean up […]

Oh, the woes of taxes! I worked all day. At first I almost had a heart attack when I couldn’t find my W-2 or the interest statement on the 4th Street mortgage. In a last ditch effort, I checked my Clan meeting bag, even though I knew that nothing would be in there. Turns out […]

What a wonderful time with all my sisters!! And what a wonderful Mommy I have! For more pix, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/7136010@N02/

After Hayley’s game last night ( a valiant effort in a disappointing setting), I brought Mombo back to the Valley since it was after dark. We had quite the Clan contingent at the game (me, Mom, Jerry R., John, Dana, James, Susan, and of course all the Hellyers). This morning I took her back to […]

After the first week of school, I am trying to get back into the swing of a routine, and I hope that can mean dong regular blog postings. We started out with disappoinment at a scuttled attempt for stateside private adoption at Yorkshire Estates. But the week ended with a fun Clan Shower Shindig in […]