http://hamptonroads.com/node/353320 Parenting en-us Copyright 2009 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:30:30 -0500 I am married to a football fan and this is okay. Doesn't bother me at all that he commandeers the TV every Sunday. In fact I am a football fan too and for years would be right there with him watching the games.   http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/tv-talking Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:21:12 -0500 I spent part of the weekend trying to clean  the den where my granddaughter had crushed Rice Krispies into the carpet.  Within moments, my vacuum cleaner died.  That's the good news.  The bad news is that my husband went to the store and purchased  a new vacuum for me.   http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/good-news-bad-news-thing Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:57:03 -0500 What a day I had yesterday!  If there is any truth to the adage that "you are what you eat", then I am sure my 2 year old Granddaughter must have eaten some "Devil's Food Cake" for breakfast!  For some reason her little horns were in full display yesterday.   http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/absolut-vodka-and-rope Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:44:11 -0500 I was telling my daughter on Friday that I had seen a mouse in the kitchen Thursday night.  I went on to add, "Thankfully, it was a mouse and not a rat this time!"   "What difference does it make,mom?  Both are rodents."  she said.   "It's the fear factor!  It makes a lot of difference!" I replied.   http://hamptonroads.com/2009/11/matter-perspective Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:43:10 -0500 As I said in a previous blog, my husband and I made a trip to Radford University last weekend.  I had actually  planned on doing some housework over the weekend...before the Health Department condemns this place as unfit for human habitation.  But,  the last minute drive-by to Radford put an end to my good intentions.   http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/momma-raised-me-right Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:41:44 -0400 We made a trip  to Radford University this weekend to visit with our daughter, Jaime.  She had wanted to come home but there was no way we could make the 10 hour trip there and back on Saturday, then repeat it on Sunday since her daddy works on Sunday night.   So we went there, got a hotel and spent most of Saturday running around the Radford area  with her.  We did t http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/driveby Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:12:13 -0400 My youngest son, Larry, worked until 3AM, yet he and his wife, Ann,  were up at 7:30AM  getting ready to go somewhere yesterday. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/chivalry-dead Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:02:09 -0400 Okay, I don't pretend to keep up with the voting process involved with winning a Nobel Prize.  I don't know the first thing about it.  Yet, usually I can figure out why a particular person was given an award.   Right now there are a lot of jokes about Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/and-winner-isme Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:57:04 -0400 This afternoon is the picnic with my former high school classmates. I am truly excited about seeing everybody again. And because I am excited about this get together you know something had to go wrong...right?    http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/todays-day Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:10:09 -0400 Some people say that I am the most empathetic person that they know.  So, tonight, when my youngest sister posted a note on facebook, saying she had "monkey brains".  I immediately felt it was my job as her big sister to let her know that I've always been aware of this and had great empathy/sympathy for her. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/10/being-empathetic Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:21:57 -0400