Life In a Small Town

Well here it is...another year's end. The last day on the calendar. Time to put away the old and start with the new. A time to reflect on what was and dream of what will be. Since I've been so remiss in writing for the past several months, what better way to do a "catch up" entry than with my usual year in review style one. So...here goes. *January 2011 brought the biggest snowfall since I don't know when. We were out of school for several days as we frolicked in the winter wonderland we are NOT accustomed to. *February was a month of surprises. A couple more scattered snow days, haircuts for the kids (the boys had been sportin' long shaggy hair, so the minute they requested a haircut, we jumped on it!) and Molly had a school dance. But the biggest scare of all was my dad having to have emergency surgery. I got a call at school from John, (my exhub) that he was being taken to the hospital. It turned out to just be a gall bladder removal, but the condition it w...

Continuing where I left off last.... Saturday-Monday, August 6-8 NEVER TOO HOT TO GRILL The temps may have been in the 105-112 range all week...but that doesn't stop us from throwing some food on the grill! This baby has been the best investment we've ever made. some Ribeyes.... taters and squash shrimp, pineapple and stuffed mushroom caps Burgers and more pineapple Yep... do like to grill! Tuesday, August 9 ANOTHER DAY OF INSERVICE Today we came up with a list of what we believe about children. Wednesday, August 10 FIRE! FIRE! Along about evening, after we were all comfy cozy on the couch watching our shows, Greg's mom called to say she saw lots of smoke coming from what looked like the middle of town. So we jumped in the truck to check it out and sure enough...a house was on fire. It had started as a grease fire on the stove..a young man panicked and threw it out in the grass, and then came back in to find the kitc...