Yeah, I said it.
Here’s why.
Seven years ago, I had a retirement account valued at over $250K…that’s a quarter of a MILLION smackers, folks. I was sittin’ pretty. It was all in stock options of the company I worked for, and in February or so of 1999, set to give birth in May to my [...]

Oldest Son’s dad called this evening asking if PDD was home. I said she was. He told me he was coming by with a surprise for her. I asked if it was what I thought it was, and he said it was.
(There is a short little video of her ride around the front yard over [...]

I have a visitor this weekend. She’s quite the high maintenance guest, I might add. And a bed hog, too. But I’m not complaining, not in the least.
Having spent almost 24 hours with her now, let me go on record by saying I’ll be floored, shocked, amazed and any other appropriate adjective you want [...]

This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-grandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago.

Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.

The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed nonetheless for picketing the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote. And [...]

Roads Driveways have always been significant in our family for as long as I remember. It started with a picture of the winding dirt road driveway up the mountain in West Virginia atop which lived my Grandpa and Grandma (my dad’s father and step-mother.)
I don’t remember when (it was WAY back in my childhood) [...]

What’s not an aberration, you ask?
That others really like this site! That’s what! (Pinching self…)
You see, last week, when Wander (bless her heart!) sent me my very first blog award, I was…well…ok, I know you’re probably not going to believe this coming from me…but…I thought it was an aberration of some sort…certainly not worth getting [...]

Two important blogging events coming up: Blog Action Day, October 15, 2008, where bloggers will blog to bring awareness to the issue of poverty, and Bloggers Unite for Refugees United on November 10, 2008. I will be participating in both events, and I encourage you to, too.
First up is Blog Action Day on October 15th. [...]

I was watching Craig Ferguson the other night (of course) and he and his guest were talking about TV shows in the fall line-up, and they confirmed the rumor I had heard earlier in the year that yes, Boston Legal will be back, but

For the first time in my adult life, I’m paying attention to the election process with more than a yada-yada-yada attitude. Here are three things I’ve had just about enough of in this election.
People saying Obama’s experience as a community leader leaves him lacking as a Presidential candidate.
Really, now. That’s a good one! Come on, [...]