Another year, another birthday, and hopefully…another year wiser. In 2016 I resolved to pay more attention to what life was teaching me, and to follow in the footsteps of my now-deceased Mimi who never stopped learning. Most bloggers have already turned their attention to 2017, but 2016 taught me a lot, so I’m not quite… Read More
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What Happened While I Was Off the Grid for Two Months
Happy New Year, my friends! Today is the day when I learn how many of you decided to give up on ever hearing from me again following my complete and total disappearance from this space for two months. When I was last here, I was sharing all about Sarah Kate’s wonderful experience with Eastern Shore Repertory… Read More
Theater Is For Everyone…and It Should Be
Longtime readers know that Sarah Kate once had a small role in a local children’s theater production of Shrek, Jr., and that she spent three semesters singing with the same organization’s show choir. She opted not to return to the vocal group at the end of the spring semester nor to do another play with… Read More
Virtual School: How It’s Going So Far
A couple of months ago, I shared here that Sarah Kate had opted to do virtual school this year. Virtual school is an online option offered by our school district to students from eighth grade all the way through high school. For background on why Sarah Kate chose this option, read this post. Now that we’re… Read More
Take Me Out to the Ballgame: #SpikeTBall Season Three
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have already seen that t-ball started last week. I wasn’t able to get photos at the first two games; Mr. Andi was out of town for work so I had to play the role of Nathan-herder/coach. Coach “Saint” Brian moved up to peanut this fall, so we… Read More
What I’ve Learned Lately
I woke up this morning to temperatures in the low 70s and low (for us) humidity, which gives me hope that fall really is just around the corner. It feels like school started a couple of days ago, but we’re almost six weeks into the new year already. I haven’t been posting as much lately (you’ll… Read More