Last Saturday, we packed up the kids (sort of) early in the morning and drove to the Webmaster’s hometown for the annual Loggers’ Jubilee weekend. Jubilee festivities begin on Thursday, but Saturday is a fun day to be in town because the parade is that day (the parade re-runs on Sunday, but everyone always tries […]

It is with sorrow that I have to report that the Webmaster’s paternal grandmother passed away last Thursday in Colorado. Papa (the Webmaster’s father) was with her. She had taken a bad fall a few weeks ago, and was diagnosed with a torn aorta after being found unable to get up at her own home. […]

Tad was trying to avoid bedtime last night with a passion. And his opinions are becoming quite clear – and quite clearly verbalized, to boot. For example, after I got home from the library yesterday afternoon, Tad meandered over to me as I was sitting on the couch, and casually said, “Mama, I wan’ Mickey […]

Grandma’s birthday was last Friday. The plan was that we would bring dessert over (peach cobbler – her request) to my parents’ house at about 7 pm. At 1:30 pm that day, I noticed that I had missed a phone call on my cell from the Captain. I called him back immediately, and he asked […]