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Our weekend plans changed abruptly this morning. Jim’s mom isn’t feeling well, so we decided to stay in B’ham and go down to Montgomery next weekend instead. Jessie was crushed — she’s been looking forward to this trip for the last month plus. BUT, a trip to Target’s toy aisles helped ease the blow a […]

Considering the way the weather has been the past couple of weekends (hello, tornado season!), this weekend is looking a LOT better. I can remember last weekend my co-workers laughing at the local meteorologists suggesting people gear up with bicycle helmets and medical ids “just in case” … personally, I thought it was good advice! […]

I finally got a few free minutes and uploaded the photos I took during my time chaperoning Jessie’s class trip to the Birmingham Zoo. I feel like a complete goober though because I didn’t charge up the camera the night before, so I had to take these on my cell. A lot of them turned […]

My Cotillion sister, Conservative Belle, passed this on to me. A very touching story, and since Memorial Day is coming up, it fits nicely for that. Even better, this story is TRUE. In September of 2005, a social studies schoolteacher from Arkansas did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with […]

I can’t remember if I posted about this already — Jim and I are heading down to New Orleans in a couple of months. His high school reunion is coming up, so we’re gonna take off for an extended weekend together. I’m really excited. I’ve always LOVED New Orleans, and this time I’ll get to […]

Growing up, my father used to say that PMS was something that women “made up” or that it was all in our minds. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. :roll: PMS makes us behave in very strange ways. The moody roller coaster from Hades. The bizarre cravings. Crying every time a certain commercial comes on the TV. God help me, […]