Month: August 2009
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Company’s coming. Time to clean house.
Nothing like knowing company’s coming to move the multitude of procrastinated household tasks to the top of my to-do list. Hearing the clarion call of “Company’s coming” I develop a penchant to clean, dust, re-arrange and assorted other tasks I have put off. I find myself pursuing them so vigorously that I want to greet…
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Let the talking begin
Last year my daughter worried about her son’s speech. Worried enough to have him tested. Worried uselessly – he met all performance expectations for his age. Last month, he leaped years ahead and quit calling her mommy or momma and initiated a loud, clear, teenaged “Mom” when he wanted something. Mostly he wants information –…
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not my usual column
I am adding this just because I keep a copy of my columns. The business manager asked if I would consider writing this column of information for the students and teachers. It’s that time again. Shake off the summer, slide into the new clothes, pack a lunch, find the keys, snatch up the text books…
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10th and 50th class reunions
This summer’s class reunions accentuated the 40-year difference between my husband and daughter. Both reunions began around picnic tables. Members of the Parkers Chapel Class of 1999 showed up at the Union County Recreational Complex to catch up and compare notes on their post-high school education, careers and families as they ate a picnic lunch…
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No TV, more get done
Nothing like doing chores for grandma to impress mom. “You do all that down there? How?” our visiting teenager’s mom asked “No TV,” the teen explained simply. And that is also an answer when folks ask me the same question. Yes, we have a television set – in fact we have two. One in the…