When my sister and I were growing up, we had a Friday night tradition. It centered around my mom’s homemade pizza, The Dukes of Hazzard, and sleeping bags in the middle of the living room floor.
Oh Man, how we lived for Friday nights!!! I can remember getting off the school bus in the [...]
Category Archives: Memories
Closet Sleepovers
January 17, 2010 – 12:56 am
Even After 20 Years
January 8, 2010 – 12:44 am
It still amazes me that this much snow can cancel school. But as I snapped this picture of my friendly little snowman, kids were shutting off alarm clocks all over the southeast.
Growing up in Illinois I saw this much accumulation by Thanksgiving and it didn’t leave our sights until sometime around Easter! For [...]
To Jeremy, Nine and Counting
June 17, 2009 – 7:36 am
A few things I’m thankful for as I think back 9 years:
~I’m thankful I took a job working for your dad, even though I took a pay cut to do it
~I’m thankful you fired a guy on your crew, even if you were afraid he was going to come and steal your check before you [...]
The Windy City
June 30, 2008 – 11:16 pm
Okay, so maybe we weren’t as far north as Chicago, but still, it WAS windy! Despite the gusty weather and the whole reason I went to Illinois to begin with, I really enjoyed my weekend back “home”.
It’s been 4 years since my last visit to my parents hometown. Some things have [...]
High School Memories
August 17, 2007 – 7:23 am
Saw this meme at Melanie’s blog and thought it would be something fun for Friday. Then I got to thinking back to how long it’s been since I graduated high school. Seventeen years. Know what that means? Babies that were born the year I graduated, are now graduating themselves. [...]
