A very happy birthday to the best sister ever. You are an amazing daughter, sister, Aunt, mother, friend and nurse. I am so amazed by your strength; It has been a rough year. There have been rough years before and there will be more ahead. And you and I will be side by side through […]
Continue reading →I write about a lot of different stuff on Dogwood Girl. One of the things I write about is what it’s like to live in an SEC mixed marriage. In a word, it’s hard. You love your spouse, you love your team. You have many, many friends on both sides of the ball. No matter […]
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Just wanted to take a second to mention the wonderful trip we had in August to LA. I kept on thinking i would write a big post about it, but i will never have time, so Mom! Here are a bunch of photos! Todd spends a lot of time in LA. At Five Star Hotels […]
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“A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.” Markus Zusak, The Book Thief I’m reading The Book Thief. Well, actually, i am listening to it as an audiobook. I haven’t finished it, but i am enjoying it thoroughly. I just had to write about this one line though, before […]
Continue reading →Say “ghouls” over and over. Awesome word. Sounds funnier the more you say it. I almost totally forgot to post these photos from Halloween. Tills was a black cat, Rollie was Freddie Kreuger – No, he hasn’t seen A Nightmare on Elm Street, but he saw a Freddy Kreuger fight some aging wrestler at Six […]
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Not a whole lot to say about the trip to Blue Ridge. It’s the third year in a row that I’ve been (thanks, Robin!) and I always laugh a lot, and sometimes there is crying, but the good kind, and well, there’s a lot of vodka. We go through a good bit of firewood, and […]
Continue reading →I thought i would post an update about my cousin Jane’s murder case. The man who killed her was sentenced today. I was going to just put the link on Facebook, but I know there are some folks who read my blog who aren’t on Facebook, and also, I just felt like i needed to […]
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I’m no longer one of those moms with babies. Or toddlers. I’ll never have a preschooler or a kindergartner again. It’s sad, but so so sweet, too.
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No matter how many times I look at this, it fails to become less funny. And this is a little freaky. . . Afraid this is just a taste of the awkward middle school years. Uh, yeah. . . We’ll be doing a retake.
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Dogwood Girl needs your help. Decorating is not Dogwood Girl’s strong point. Mr. Dogwood Girl complicates matters by being color blind.
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