Lady in a Small Town

I have so many things to be thankful for this weekend. old friends who pop up out of no where eating breakfast at a local diner where everyone knows you real Vermont maple syrup a syrupy sticky baby bright beautiful sunshine my sister getting married to someone nice my parents’  great friends they also have [...]

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It’s probably not a very good apology if you say, “I am sorry you are so high maintenance and difficult to deal with I can no longer be friends with you.” How about, “I am sorry your pettiness and immaturity caused me to choose others to be my friends”? Or maybe, “I am sorry you [...]

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Twitter just added a new feature.  You can make lists of your friends.  I love making lists.  I love putting things into groups and categories.  I made 4 lists: People I know, Bloggers, Celebs, Companies. The Celebs, and Companies were easy.  And even the People I know started easy, but then I started getting confused. [...]

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Three geeks on a couch, originally uploaded by Lady Strathconn. My husband and 2 friends.

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I am going to a funeral today. No one likes going to funerals. No one enjoys them. No one looks forward to them. You are saying goodbye to someone you knew. Cared about. Loved. I am going to a funeral of a child today. I didn’t actually know Brady. His mom is the younger sister [...]

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Christmas night we were at my parents’ house opening gifts with our family and friends. Picky Princess opened the American Girl doll dress my mom got her and said, “O-M-G!  That’s so cool.” The Baby Boomers in the room said, “What?”  I sort of wanted to say, “No, it’s W-T-F.”

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I love living in a small town. T and I just went to the grocery store. I walked over to meet him as he came home from work. I took my iPod, cell phone and sunglasses. We shopped. As we got to the checkout I realized we were buying alcohol for an upcoming event. Remember [...]

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This has been a crazy, but nice week. I’ve had something nearly every day after school and then in the evening too! G!rls @n the R*n is going really well and the girls are having a great time. This week we did lessons on listening and gossiping. They are two of my favorite lessons (not [...]

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Monday was Best Lady’s birthday. She is 32! Lord S and I went shopping on Sunday and tried to buy her a gift. Here are some of the things we found. While at Oce@n St@te J*b L*t we found these great fish. They were unstuffed pillows. I thought we could buy some stuffing and make [...]

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It’s nice to know there’s someone who caresWhen you feel all alone and suddenly scaredYour mom and dad will make it OKWhen they give you a hug, the fear goes away.Chorus:It’s OK (It’s OK)It’s really all rightIt’s all right. (It’s all right)It’s really OKYou’re as safe in the night as you are in the dayIt’s [...]

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