Today I took the kids out on the concrete area outside our school’s side door. It’s kind of nice because it is shaded and relatively clean for a concrete slab. And the weather was too beautiful to be inside. I gave them each a huge 36″ X 24″ sheet of newsprint, a big paint brush, […]

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 […]

Don’t leave your purse in your car overnight on the front seat, even if your car is parked in front of your house. I got home from Bible study and was so tired, I had determined I would go straight to bed, which I did. I could not even tell you whether I locked the […]

It’s Saturday, and after a grueling week at school, I’m off to visit Nancy. Caitlan is coming along, and I can’t wait to leave school behind for a little bit. In addition to fighting a cold last week, I had to get 30 fifth graders ready to put on a readers’ theatre presentation for our […]

On Monday, I had to drive the van to school because the truck had to go back in the shop–they had put in a new clutch, but it wasn’t right. And I couldn’t drive the Camry because the front tire was sounding funny and so Jay wanted to check it. And then on the way, […]

Whoa! I just read the family blogs. I guess I’d better get going. I’ve been lazy about my blog responsibilities!! Blogs are very important if you are a mother, and your children are living all over the world. If they like reading my blog even one tenth as much as I do theirs, I should […]

Today I got to go to Horse Cave’s Kentucky Repertory Theatre to see A CHRISTMAS CAROL as a field trip for the 3rd grade. The principal at Calvary had booked the trip, but she wanted me to go along since I teach drama. OMIGOSH, it was so good! I was so surprised. This was a […]

So I put on my dark green suede Christmas shoes, and then on the way into school I accidentally walked through a puddle, and about 15 minutes later one sole felt sort of flappy, and then the other one did, and then they both just fell off. So I went around all day with green […]

Th whooping crane people came to our school to talk to the kids today. I didn’t know about the whooping cranes. Of course they are endangered–they were almost hunted into extinction in the 1950’s. There were only 15 left then. There is still one totally wild flock that migrates from Canada to Texas, but they […]

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 […]