PDD with her sparkler in the dark on the 4th of July.

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Me and mine (from left to right: PDD, Second Son, Oldest Son) taken at my parents’ house yesterday afternoon. (I never pass up an opportunity to get impromptu family pics of my brood. Already, it’s getting difficult to get them all together in one spot.)

My younger sister and her family - in Oklahoma on vacation [...]

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Remember the art program PDD attended at the end of the school year? Well, when we went to her ‘exhibit’ the last week of the program, we found out that the art museum has special program on the second Saturday of every month (that’s free!) where families can go and participate in art projects.
Second [...]

In continuing birthday festivities, I had dinner with my two BFFs, Patsy and Kelli. We caught up, talked trash, laughed and solved the world’s problems over great Italian food and wine, peach frescos and margaritas.
These two women have known me for years and have loved me through all kinds of self-created hell. They cheer me [...]

Today is my forty-fourth birthday, and a grand one it has been!
Did anyone bake me a cake? Nope.
Did anyone throw me a party? Nope.
Did I get any presents to open? Nope.
Did anyone cook me dinner or take me out? Nope.
So, you might be wondering, with all this ‘missing’ birthday stuff, how come today was so [...]

We went out to Mom & Dad’s this afternoon for a leisurely Father’s Day visit, and I took the camera along with the intention of having someone take a picture of Dad and I for you all (I’m sportin’ a new hairdo, too, and wanted to show you that, too) but did I get that [...]

Wrapping up a week-long celebration of turning 9, PDD had her first ever slumber party last night. In attendance were 4 friends from school. That’s PDD in the middle. The two girls dressed alike are sisters, but not twins. The older sister (on the left) is going into 6th grade next year, while the rest [...]

Oldest Son, his girlfriend and her two kids spent the day with us. This is his little ready-made family, and though you can’t tell in this picture, my first grandchild is the unseen bun in the oven. However, these little ones call me Grandma, too, and that’s fine by me. You can click the [...]

A friend sent me the following yesterday via email, and I thought I’d share it with you all:

Just a Mom?
A woman, renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office, was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation.
She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
“What I mean is, ” explained [...]