Africa, or How About Paris?
Last Saturday, Meagan departed DC at about 6:30 pm headed for the Ivory Coast on another business trip. Upon landing in Abidjan on Sunday at about 3:30 pm our time, she turned on her phone...
The Fireballs
To be perfectly honest, I never thought Heather and her team would make it to the finals of the 3-on-3 tournament. Since they did, and since they had us laughing most of the weekend, I feel...
The Final Final
Dave and I have watched the girls play basketball for the past 15 years or so. I think we watched our last championship basketball game ever this past week. Here’s a short recap of those...
Scrapbook: Meagan’s Room
This scrapbook post comes pretty quick on the heels of the previous scrapbook post, but that’s because I finally wrapped up the transformation of Meagan’s room at the same time I finished the redo of...
A Jumble of Thoughts
I rarely make it through the night without waking up at least once or twice. Sometimes, I get back to sleep fairly quickly. Other times, not so much. During the times I can’t fall back to sleep,...
Scrapbook: Heather’s Room
I finally worked up the nerve to completely redo Heather’s room. It was pretty frightening since she insisted I not change a thing, especially the Summer Blue paint color. I did not share any of...
Trials and Tribulations
The Moody’s were on vacation last week, and, as usual, it wasn’t without its trials and tribulations. The first being the weather. It was good, but not great. When we are on vacation,...
A Branch of the Tree
While writing that story about my great-grandmother, I may have become ensnared in the claws of Ancestry.com. It started off with a free trial, and then I got sucked into paying for a month’s...
An Alum and Some Students
It’s all her fault. My friend Susan’s. Even though I really don’t know her all that well, she manages to get me to do things. No one ever gets me to do things. One...
An Attempt at Being Political
I tried to go see Hillary yesterday. I stood in line for two hours. I was just about at the front of the line when they closed the doors because the fire marshall deemed the...