How many of us will admit to being a little horse crazy as a kid? When I was a young ‘un, I lined the shelves in my bedroom with lots of little plastic horse statues, hoping one day I’d get to own a real one. When my parents took us six kids to a winter […]
A Big Beautiful Birthday Surprise
I was beginning to learn that Doug had a great sense of humor and was also good at springing surprises on me when I least expected. My birthday was no exception. As the date approached, I coyly I let him know I didn’t have any plans for that night. Being the gentleman he was, he […]
How I Met the Man of My Dreams
I wasn’t looking. And despite my sister’s encouragement, I wasn’t eager to meet the guy she kept saying was a very nice man. She’d worked with him for decades and had even showed me his Facebook Page. Nice smile. Good looking guy. But I’d gotten used to being on my own lo’ those many years […]
A Wild and Crazy Road Trip
Family road trips bring back fond memories, don’t they? Everyone would pile in the car and snuggle up together for hours on end. It was a bonding experience with our sweaty little arms and legs stuck to each other and the vinyl seat covers. Why, when I was a kid, we couldn’t wait for the […]
A Mechanically Challenged Cabin Mama
My husband brought home a tractor. It’s big, green and comes from Mr. John Deere. And he’s as happy as a pig in “you-know-what” moving dirt around. I was amazed at how many levers and controls are on the thing. The owner’s manual is about 3 inches thick, but he worked his way through it […]
Locking Little Sister In the Outhouse
We went camping last week and stayed at a campsite with no utilities or water, but quite conveniently it has an outhouse nearby. There was a sign on the door of this one-hole potty requiring people to wear a mask or else they could not enter. Let me say this again, it was a one-hole […]