If you can't walk gracefully instead of teetering like you have a corncob stuck up your tush, don't buy the shoes. If you can't sit in it without showing the world the color of the cotton panel in your panties, don't buy the skirt. If you can't keep the straps up or the … [Read more...] about Just Sayin’
Dirt and Noise
Daddy’s Drink – 5:00 Fridays
Mac Daddy is the ultimate dad. He has been since day one. I never loved him more than when I watched him cradle newborn baby Bird in the middle of the night when we brought him home from the hospital. Our house was a disheveled disaster as we were in the midst of … [Read more...] about Daddy’s Drink – 5:00 Fridays
We Met Jimmy Carter
What an honor, what a privilege, what a mind trip to meet the person whom we admire so deeply. I die! While sipping margaritas in Key West many years ago, Mac Daddy and I agreed to name our firstborn child after Jimmy Carter. Somehow Carter had come up in … [Read more...] about We Met Jimmy Carter
Toasting Art and Ray Bradbury – 5:00 Fridays
First Maurice Sendak, now Ray Bradbury. There's one hell of a happy hour going on in a library in heaven right now. It's fitting that Ray Bradbury died on the same day I learned of art being discounted at my sons' school (literally and figuratively banished to the basement, or … [Read more...] about Toasting Art and Ray Bradbury – 5:00 Fridays
The Last Day of School is a Welcome Change
Here are my boys on the first day of school. Deal was entering first grade, and Bird was starting third grade. They are eager, happy, excited. My boys love school and are razzed about the prospect of learning. They share an interest in learning about other cultures and … [Read more...] about The Last Day of School is a Welcome Change
This is how we make cookies in the South. – Wordless Wednesday
Invisalign…Worth it for my vanity?
I have never felt beautiful. I don't wallow in self pity or anything but I have always regarded other women as prettier than me. I, like so many women, focus on my blemishes and jiggly spots. It's hard to see my good traits and it's hard to look at myself … [Read more...] about Invisalign…Worth it for my vanity?