I decided the best way to tell Addi Claire about the passing of our dog was to tell her the truth, since I am still having to hedge after telling her King, our Border Collie (who died last year), is “at the vet.”
High school baseball always been colder than football; We will miss Daisy
March 6, 2013 By
We had quite a few snow flurries over the weekend– Friday and Saturday. It was never enough to stick, but was enjoyable to watch anyway.
Valuable recipes have gone missing
February 27, 2013 By
I have torn my house apart looking for some recipes. I know they are there, I know the paper they are printed out on and what the CD looks like that is attached to them. I can see them in my mind, the 8-1/2×11 sheets are folded in half and the CD is between them, I just can’t find them.
Celebrating 14th wedding anniversary this week
February 20, 2013 By
Joel and I are celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary today. We were married Feb. 20, 1999 at Puddin’ Place in Oxford. Our anniversary gift to each other – a couple of days in New Orleans and a speaker for our iPods.
Great night with Addi Claire at ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in Oxford
February 13, 2013 By
Some of the fondest memories of my childhood were the time I spent with each of my grandmothers– Maggie Ellen Denley of Bruce and Myrtle Scott of Macon, and I desperately want my granddaughters to have those memories of time with me.
Our yard filled with signs of early spring and broken water lines
February 6, 2013 By
We woke up Sunday morning to water going everywhere in the front yard. There was a big leak at the meter at the empty house on the hill and it literally flooded our yard.
Really enjoyed “Silver Linings Playbook;” Love my Nook
January 30, 2013 By
The last time I gave a movie recommendation in this column, I swore it would be my last. I don’t remember the movie, but I remember the phone call I got the next week. A subscriber had gone to see it and “could not get beyond the language” and “couldn’t believe that I had recommended it.”
Dora overload at our house, craving HBO
January 23, 2013 By
We are on Dora overload at our house. Addi Claire has been with us for a week while her parents have been out of town.
Closing of Tupelo mail facility will impact delivery of The Journal
January 16, 2013 By
We got some disappointing news for subscribers to The Journal with 388 zip codes. The post office tells us that due to the closing of the Tupelo mail facility, newspapers that were arriving in one day, will now take two. That will affect subscribers in Houston, Pontotoc and others with 388 zips.
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Two Calhoun Countians came home from Gator Bowl happy with the result
January 9, 2013 By
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