oops!!!

Ok, I have 4 readers, my mother, my mother in law, my friend and my cousin in Alaska who is in blizzard conditions. Is it rude for me to tell her it was almost 70 here today???????

To answer a "readers" question........VMI is an hour away..........perfect distance. We can go down most anytime, but far enough away for him to be "away" from home. He will be 19 in less than 2 weeks........I can't believe it!!! Off to clean the kitchen.........

MSP

It turns out my faithful reader is NOT my mother or mother in law, but my sweet friend MSP........... she wins a prize............although I don't know what it is going to be yet. I am taking a personal day tomorrow to do...........whatever I want in a quiet house... I will probably clean a little and rearrange the tree a little............and hopefully watch a movie....... my friend Pam calls them mental health days..........and I need one.

Hi Mom, or Sue!!!!

As I was checking my email this morning I got a report that 1 person is checking my blog daily. So, I am sure it is my mother or mother in law...............2 very faithful people. I haven't written lately, and I am not sure why. Just life going by so busily I guess. Thanksgiving was busy and task oriented..........as usual. We have lots of leftovers, but everybody wants to go out and eat. Tucker is of course home from VMI prison and lives at Chipotle..........his favorite. He seems extra irritated with his family which I attribute to the stress of being a rat and also almost being 19 and ready to "get out of here"....... Emily also is feeling the need to "get out of here"............at 16 she thinks we are archaic. Jake on the other hand follows me around like a shadow and I wish sometimes HE would get out of here. I find I need more ME time than I used to need and have been loving the thrift shopping and sewing I am doing. But, that will have to wait. Yesterday I spent 7 hours doing the UVA football thing with Chris......not my cup of tea, but he loves it....... today we have church.........as a family...........should be a joy.......note sarcasm........and then we will put our tree up because Tucker is home. He goes back to VMI tonight and it is still up in the air if he has a ride or not or if I am taking him. I like to have a plan............which irritates him, so asked when he would know if I am taking him or not................that will probably be 5 minutes before he needs to go...................there is a sonic over that way though!!!! I can have that ME time in the car on the way back........:}

Parents Weekend at VMI

Tucker at Broadview Ranch in Lexington, VA.

Big Weekend

Mom was here for a long weekend. We wore her out! We traveled Fri. to T.'s first lacrosse game and then back again on Saturday for the parade and homecoming game. Sunday was a knitting festival and J'. football game. Monday was all about "thrift" shopping.....our new thing.......and teaching E. how to hem..................great time!

VMI Cadets

We had 11 VMI cadets at our house today..........watching football, napping and eating dinner. We loved having them and really hated to see them go back. 10 are lacrosse players and one is a football player...........such great young men, including the one we call son.

Tucker is 2nd from the left!