Red Mittens

It’s her first day of Grad School at the University of Nebraska at Omaha! Yay Meg.

First Day of Classes at UNL!!!

…but the Years are Short.

I found this via The Happiness Project.
This subject is especially moving to me today. Both of my children are out of the house.
One is a college graduate, married, and starting her own business. She has several jobs and will begin grad school on Tuesday.
The other is testing [...]

…not that much different than cooking for THREE!!! Oh well.
Today, Sunday, was lazy, comfortable and filled with great smells. My cooking was so fragrant that it even got Dan off the couch and away from a fierce game of Solitaire for a swift moment.
Cooked all leftovers. They were GREAT!!!
Dinner was leftover Filet that had been [...]

is a 92 year old Army veteran who was in the 3rd wave at Omaha Beach.
He’s also Matt’s great-great uncle. He lives in Lincoln and is in perfect health, body and mind!
Bill Duane Bush attended the Welcome Back Picnic with the Navy ROTC unit Saturday morning in Lincoln. The weather was perfect and we all [...]

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic: That I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same: And that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.”

He survived the first week. Today [...]

The hardest thing I’ve ever done was give birth to Matt.

There are no words for this hug.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The hardest thing I’ve done is give birth to him. It was painful and scary and long.
And then he was here.
We made it through together.
Now, I’m thinking letting him go ranks right up there with birthing this boy.
But when [...]

For the first time in 16 years, I did not take a back to school photo of a child today.
I will get one of Matt, but I won’t BE there for his first day of college.
One of our new blog friends, Meg, posted the “most wonderful time of the year” ad from Staples and it [...]

is Sand Volleyball.
I
just
don’t
get
it.
Play volleyball OUTSIDE in the HOT SUN in SAND in a BATHING SUIT.
On Purpose.

I had the whole famdamly over tonight for a little Celebration Party. We all have SOMETHING to celebrate, and I wanted to have a nice evening. The weather cooperated, there was lots of food, and we sat around and chatted and ate. The celebration party was more of a…..well just a plain old party.
I wish [...]