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Crash Course #1: How to Bag a Man

As I rolled around on the exercise ball, Nathan said, "You probably don't want to ever do that again if you ever want to bag a man.""What do you know about bagging a man?""Well, I am one.  I could give...

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Monday, November 13, 2006

Lesson # 2Breaking the silence in which we were sitting, I said, "So when are you going to give me another lesson?""Oh yeah-well you should always have good manners," he said, while showing me a mouth...

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Thursday, November 30, 2006

Normally, when someone asks me to go to such and such meeting, I look at them like they just asked me to bite off my big toe and say, "Um... no."And that is exactly what I did this time when Laura...

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

In keeping with a non-tradition, I shall make a list of things I love.  Happy Chocolate-Lover's Day!1.Snowflakes2.Bubbles3.Horsies4.Gloves5.The Body Shop6.Weddings7.Being a bride's maid8.Not...

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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Today, it was close to 80 degrees in Central Texas.  Three days ago, there was three inches of snow on the ground.

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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Hello, my name is Dee Dee.  Mary Catherine has named me.  She is almost 3.  She is the third child of the people I work for.  The others are Benjamin, 9; Madeleine Ruth, 7; and Phoebe, 11 mos.  I come...

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Sunday, March 02, 2008

I have come to Minnesota in the dark, cold winter to meet my new niece, Clara Elise.  I didn't want to wait until June when the Baxleys would come back to Texas for the summer.  Clara will be 6 months...

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Well, I've been redecorating my room, see, and everything was just sailing along fine until I bought some red paint from Martha Stewart.  She said it was "Barn Door Red," but I think she should go...

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

The past few days have been very interesting. Tuesday night we had some rain.  Wednesday morning we had some tornadoes.  I don't mean maybe when I say that a tornado went right past my window.  Before...

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My Knee Hoots

Chapter 1One glorious Sunday afternoon, Adrienne went to the first soccer practice of her adult life. Then, she tried to kick the ball. Yes, I just thought I would let loose; get out of the monotonous...

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