And You Will Have Kids

Do you have trouble getting your child to clean her room? I do too.  In fact, yesterday, I went to open up the door to my older girls’ room and I could not open the door but a crack. There was so much STUFF up against the door that I literally could not open it up!  When I went to discuss this with my girls, they both confessed to me that if we could just move and get them a bigger room, they would promise to keep it clean!

 I am still shaking my head in amazement.  We have tried a bunch of strategies to try to make some progress on the room issue.  None of these strategies have worked, and so I called my grandmother for some wisdom and advice on the subject. More →

When I lived north of the Mason Dixon line, the imaginary line that divides the Southern and Northern USA, my favorite season was Fall.  I loved to watch the leaves change colors and I enjoyed the cooler days and nights. 

I now live on the southern portion of coastal Virginia and I’ve found that the leaves really don’t change color here.  They turn a sort of orangish-brown sometime in late October and then just give up the ghost and fall off the tree in January.  That’s pretty much it.

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