I have been wanting to go to the “Secret City” since we moved to this area. Finally, I decided to just make a day of it and take a home school field trip to the American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (aka. the Secret City). I talked my sister into […]
The Witches Next Door
October 28, 2010 by
It was October when her husband moved her from Texas to West Virginia for his job. She knew no one in the area. She had a toddler and another baby on the way. She was overwhelmed. The first day in their new house was spent directing the moving people. She did not have time to […]
Creativity Runs in the Family?
August 30, 2010 by
My daughter is always doing something creative. She is usually drawing pictures or “blueprints, ” or building something (often from her “blueprint”). Tonight, while I was making chicken and noodles, she was making “Gingerbread Men Sandwiches.” She came up with the idea and executed it totally on her own. I think they were a cute […]
Domestic Diva? Your Thinking of My Sister
August 23, 2010 by
My sister is this crafty, every-kid-in-the-neighborhood welcome, do-it-all kind of mom. To say the least, that is not me. I am so not a domestic diva. Okay, she really isn’t a domestic diva either, but she is a cross between Martha Stewart, June Cleaver, and Oscar Madison (only because her house is not immaculate, thank […]