This meme requires posting a picture that is powerful, that expresses emotion, and speaks volumes to me.
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So, most of you know my oldest daughter is in college.   She sent me a text this morning with this photo.   Their RA had covered all the mirrors in the bathroom with newspaper and on the paper stuck post-it’s [...]

My Middle Child cracks me up.   The other day she got some college literature in the mail.  It was from Deree College in GREECE.  The photos on the mailing were stunning.  In fact, I might want to go back to school.   There.   Anyhoooo….she looked at it and said…”I wanna go HERE!”   Doesn’t care what courses [...]

When I first learned to drive my father made me learn how to change a tire.   I remember thinking ‘you are NOT serious!’.   I was sure he hated me…for why else would he put me through so much physical exhaustion?   So, for about 2 hours….I struggled…me & my 90 pound frame… jacking up a [...]

To all you moms of toddlers out there who sometimes want to pull your hair out….brace yourselves.  One day they’ll turn into teenagers.    Remember when Linda Blair’s head spun around in the Exorcist?  Yup…it’s a whole lot like that.   Not that it’s like that all the time…but there doesn’t seem to be a happy medium.  [...]

So we were reading Eat This , Not That (great book btw) and came across reviews of cereals.   Fiber One Original was rated the best.  We’re a family who loves the cereal aisle…so I put Fiber One on the list.  The picture on the box looked a bit…um…gross…you know those little bran things that resemble [...]

I don’t know about you…but here one of our news channels will TEXT the school closings to your cell phone.   So the kids signed up for this.  Because, seriously, why walk to the television to watch the scrolling list when you can lay in bed and get a text?
I want to know WHO’S idea this [...]

Okay.  So.  (why do I normally start out with that?)  Anyhow….I was asked to do a review for eyeglasses.    Maybe someone thought I wasn’t seeing things clearly, I dunno.   But it was sorta weird because one day Middle Child asked me….”Mom…how much would a new pair of glasses for me, cost?”   Since money is tight [...]