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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) but someone, likely Mom, framed that picture...

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...

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. Poverty is the topic and the Blog Action Day...

Second Son’s wild afro at it’s max height a couple of years ago. In this picture, it stands 6″ tall, and if we stretched the hair out, it measured 10″ all the way around. And yes, to find out, we stuck a ruler in it, just like you would to measure how much snow is on the ground. LOL His hair is still long, but he doesn’t wear it like...

Thirteen Things That Bug Me My single gray eyelash That I can clean a room and 10 minutes after the kids are in it, you can’t tell I did anything My bed not being made (don’t fall out of your chair on that one, Mom, but it’s true!) People who say one thing and do another My chin hairs…or how ’bout the fact that I have them in the first...

This is pushing the limits of Wordless Wednesday, just a tad, but have a laugh on (or at) me, anyway.

Thirteen Movies I Could (and Do) Watch Again and Again

PDD and Second Son had been watching a scary movie, but ended up watching the inside of their eyelids.

Thirteen Reasons I Write This Blog It’s WAY less expensive than therapy To connect and keep up-to-date those I love who are far away To know myself better To be heard To laugh on a regular basis To remind myself of what’s important in life It’s more fun than folding laundry or doing dishes To make new friends To express myself To practice what I...