Welcome to Spring in Oklahoma

Mar 20

Welcome to Spring in Oklahoma

We've a trend started, I think. Here is the first weekend of Spring in Tulsa, 2010: (click through to see...)

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So We Got a Little Rain Last Night…

Sep 22

So We Got a Little Rain Last Night…

Yeah, that’s my street…and my oldest and youngest children almost knee-deep in rushing water. Two hours later, we just had puddles. This is what happens when, as Second Son said when he slopped in from the bus, “Mom! It’s rainin’ out there like Jesus himself is...

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The Merry Month of May

May 09

The Merry Month of May

We’re going to have some major fun at our house this month. I know you’ll be wishing you could be here to share the joy, so I’ll do my best to post pictures and maybe even a video or two so you can feel included. The first bit ‘o fun on the schedule was opening our pool. This is a picture of our pool, taken oh…probably at least 4 summers...

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President Obama, the Economic Crisis, and Monkey Business in Tulsa

Feb 10

Did you get a chance to tune in to President Obama’s address to the nation last night? If not, here are his opening remarks: I wish this video included the almost 45 minutes of questions and answers that followed, but I guess that’d be too dang big for YouTube to handle. Of all the things I saw on the news last night afterward, the thing that most...

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Another Ice Storm, But We Keep Power and Internet

Feb 01

Another Ice Storm, But We Keep Power and Internet

It seems difficult to get into a groove so far in 2009. Too many interruptions, it feels like, though when I write it out, I sound like a big whiner. Here we are at the beginning of Week 6, and the kids have only been in school for two full weeks out of the 5 that have passed. Of course, they were out of school on the 19th for Martin Luther King day, but then this...

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