Maxine on Halloween – Too Many Options

Oct 31

Maxine on Halloween – Too Many Options

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Maxine on Halloween – The Neighbor’s Kids

Oct 30

Maxine on Halloween – The Neighbor’s Kids

Uhhh…yeah… Won’t mention any names, though…

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Maxine on Halloween – Something For Free

Oct 29

Maxine on Halloween – Something For Free

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Maxine on Halloween – Witching Hour

Oct 28

Maxine on Halloween – Witching Hour

Uhhh…I’d say this applies year-round.

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Maxine on Halloween – Vampires

Oct 27

Maxine on Halloween – Vampires

Amen! (This week of Maxine is brought to you by my BFF Patsy, who emailed me these great Maxine-isms one day last week. I’m doling out the Maxine-awesomeness, so that you don’t overload, like I almost...

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Weekly Winners – October 19 – 25

Oct 26

Weekly Winners – October 19 – 25

Sweet Pea is here for another weekend at Grandma’s, and it appears Callie has joined the Sweet Pea Fan Club. Callie has spent all the previous Sweet Pea visits eyeing the bundle of predominantly pink, trying to determine if this new creature is friend or foe. Apparently, friend is the conclusion, as Sweet Pea is yet another creature willing to pet and rub...

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PhotoHunt: Scary

Oct 25

PhotoHunt: Scary

In keeping with this week’s theme, I give you a Halloween past at our...

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Oct 24

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Easier said than done these days, it seems. Everywhere you turn, people are wiggin’ out. And I probably would, too, if I was facing foreclosure or had lost a my retirement funds in the stock market the last few weeks. Thankfully, neither are true for me. I’ve got my own barrel of monkeys I’m dealing with, though, and while they have diddly to do...

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Me and My Little Sweet Pea

Oct 16

Me and My Little Sweet Pea

Oldest Son called Tuesday evening, asking if he could come over and use the computer and do a little laundry. “If you can come and get us, I’ll bring the baby with me and we can spend the night,” he said. Oh yeah – he’s smart. He knows how to get a ‘yes’ out of mom now that she’s a grandma… LOL So I’m a...

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Stuck Sucks!

Oct 15

Stuck Sucks!

Today is Blog Action Day, and the topic is poverty. This is a topic I thought I knew something about, having been, at one point, a single mother, pregnant with another child, bankrupt and barely employed. In the years since, I’ve “qualified” as living at or below the poverty line a few times. But since I signed up to participate in Blog Action...

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