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Yes, I know my birthday was months ago

Roger took me to Elevation Chop House for my birthday last year. The restaurant is next to the runway at a small airport, so you can watch the planes take off and land. We’d been wanting to eat there for a while, and it’s a cool place but unfortunately the food is overpriced and not [...]

The Great Experiment

Update: Thanks to everyone for reading my post and voting in the contest! I didn’t win, but I’ll probably try again soon. If I don’t see you before the holidays, Merry Christmas! I’m participating in a contest called The Great Experiment. It was started and is hosted by The Girl Who. Each month, a topic [...]

Our niece can kick your fanny

Last Friday Lauren graduated from Marine boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina. We’re so proud of her. As her mom said, she’s an adult now (and yes, there were tears soon after). I asked Lauren how the final test (known as the Crucible) went, and she told me it was “fun.” According to Wikipedia: [...]

One graduation down, one to go

This weekend Roger and I travelled to Charleston to watch our niece Lauren and our nephew Christian graduate high school. Here are the happy grads waiting to line up.

Ooooooooooooooooooooooklahoma!

The choir is performing a Broadway Revue this Saturday night with music from Oklahoma, Annie Get Your Gun, and The Sound of Music. Here we are practicing, with yours truly in the front row (the perks of being petite). I’ve got just about all the music memorized. Now if I could just find a costume [...]