Last summer Little Boy Blue was looking for a car. It was a long process and needless to say the learning curve was steep. This thirteen originally ran back in August of 2008, but it still cracks me up. And since I’m in the middle of a visit from Beautiful Girl, diligently finishing my [...]
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Thirteen Used Car Buyer Tips
Published November 19th, 2009 in Children, Family and Thursday Thirteen. 17 CommentsA Little Advice From Mom …
Published August 27th, 2009 in Children, Humor and Thursday Thirteen. 7 CommentsSo tomorrow Little Boy Blue heads out to college. I am REALLY happy and excited for him. I absolutely loved college. I still have friends from both colleges I attended and that was alot of too many to mention more than a couple of years ago. Anyway, we’ve been packing up his clothes and reorganizing his room and since this [...]
I just couldn’t let the milestone of Little Boy Blue’s high school graduation go by without showing some of the pictures. This week I’ve got some words of wisdom I knew an 18 year old male could really appreciate. (And no, these aren’t mine, I found them from some anonymous person on the internet.) 1. If [...]
A Prom 13
Published June 11th, 2009 in Children, Life Observations and Thursday Thirteen. 8 CommentsSo the last two weeks the Pierce house has been in prom hell agony mode. Little Boy Blue attended not one, but TWO proms at two different schools with his girl friend. And let me tell ya … they were BOTH an adventure! Here’s the top 13 things (yes, I had to whittle it down for [...]
Glad College Grad
Published May 28th, 2009 in Children, Family, Fun and Thursday Thirteen. 7 CommentsLast weekend we celebrated Beautiful Girl’s college graduation. It was tiring and amazing and long and wonderful. So this week I thought I’d share thirteen things about graduation. 1. Getting to the football stadium 2 hours early guarantees you both good seats and a wicked sore butt! 2. Beautiful Girl should have stood on the [...]
A Whole Lot of Nothing
Published May 11th, 2009 in Children, Complaints, Husband, Life Observations, MERWA and Ramblings. ClosedSorry about the lack of blogging over the weekend. You’d think I could find 15 minutes to jot a little something down. I mean yesterday I was remiss in not giving a shout out to my mothers! I love them both. My own mom is amazing. She raised 5 kids, ( I really wanted to [...]
Okay, okay, I’m up already …
Published January 5th, 2009 in Children, Personal, Ramblings and Writing. ClosedThere is no denying my head has been faaarrrr away from all things writing. I’ve ignored my blog, turned my nose up at marketing, and writing new words? Puh-leeeease. Gifts needed wrapping and holiday parties needed to be attended! A girl has to have priorities. But contracts can’t be signed without finished novels. And novels [...]
Does Thursday Annoy?
Published October 22nd, 2008 in Children, Complaints and Thursday Thirteen. 8 CommentsThis week’s thirteen is compliments of Little Boy Blue who works at a local (sorta fast food) restaurant. It’s this cafeteria type place where you order and pay for your food and then it’s delivered to your table and there’s self-service drinks and salad bar. In the three years he’s been there he’s worked himself [...]
One Potato, Two Potato …
Published September 16th, 2008 in Children, Family, Personal and Ramblings. 8 CommentsToday’s blog has nothing to do with writing, but everything to do with where I live. Aroostook County, Maine … potato country. This is the time of year when everyone’s focus is on the weather and the fields. Months ago, the potatoes were growing in the sun. The scenery was beautiful. But a few weeks [...]
So school started today. If you have children you know that means … back to the routine of lunch money and homework; soccer practice and PTA meetings; school dances and fund raisers. There’s a nice rhthym (okay, and sometimes … insane scheduling) that ebbs and flows through the house when the kids are in school. But [...]
