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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGHAN LEE, 2015
Having begun what is becoming the annual birthday post in 2011, it is time for the new round of my daughters’ birthday posts. I have fun with them and hope you and the honoree do, as well. Thirty years ago this evening, I met my younger daughter, Meghan Lee, for the first time. Weighing in…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!! 2015 EDITION
Regular readers know I favor Special Days. Often they are birthdays of people important to me. And that is the subject of this day – the fourth edition of a birthday blog about my mom, a woman about whom I have rarely posted, other than teasing about the habits I believe I inherited from her. Today, my mom, Carola…
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME!! 2015 UPDATE
Yes, indeed, I am one fortunate woman, sharing my story and my joy with y’all. Nine years ago today was Easter Sunday 2006; my visiting daughters stuffed me into my truck and headed to the small, local hospital, where doctors were stunned by what they found. A fairly large mass in my head, so big that the…
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Christmas Countdown 2014 – Seven Days
I began countdowns back in 2008, with the launching of this site; I kept them up for a couple years, mostly counting down to upcoming trips, holidays spent with daughters in fun places, things like that. Then came college completion – two undergrad degrees and now grad school, one semester shy of an MA. I…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HATTIE 2014
Today’s post is a rerun, first posted several years ago in honor of my paternal grandmother. The original post was a day late, and I said at the time, from what I remember of her, she would be happy to have the greetings and tardiness would be overlooked with…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIN LEE, 2014!!
Today we celebrate Erin Lee, my elder daughter born 30 years ago tonight, just shy of midnight, changing my world forever. I knew she was going to be Erin Lee, no ultrasound needed. When I told my obstetrician that I was embroidering her Christmas stocking and already had her name across the top, he reminded me…
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HAPPY 60th ANNIVERSARY TO MY PARENTS!
Regular readers know I celebrate special days. Last week we celebrated my mom’s 83rd birthday. Today we celebrate both my parents in honor of their 60th wedding anniversary. Yep, one week after my mom’s 23rd birthday, she and my dad, a not-yet-ordained minister, married in Rhode Island, a long way from a farm in Shawano County.…
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Happy Birthday, Mom – 2014 Edition!!
Regular readers know I favor Special Days. Often they are birthdays of people important to me. And that is the subject of this day – the third version of a birthday blog about my mom, a woman about whom I have rarely posted, other than teasing about the habits I believe I inherited from her. Today, my…
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Bunnies With No Heads – A Tale of Hope and Encouragement – 2014 Edition
Tonight’s post is a rerun and a favorite Easter story of ours. We shared it with a new group of friends today; told by Meghan Lee and me together, it was even funnier and our audience seemed to enjoy hearing it almost as much as we enjoyed telling and reliving it with much laughter Do…
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THE 4th ANNUAL LIST OF DAN – 2015
The first List of Dan was published in 2012 and numbered 19 items. The list has steadily grown, last year numbering 25. This year on Dan Meyer’s birthday, the 4th annual list has grown to 28 and I’m posting the complete list. Enjoy 🙂 Who do you call with computer issues regularly, sometimes daily? Who do you call…