A few weeks back during one my far too frequent trips to the vet, I noticed a poster. “K9 Adventure Race!” it advertised. A local company organized a race at the local police SWAT training facility. Cool. The race is actually part of a fundraiser for an organization, which provides service dogs to wounded and recovering veterans. Interesting race,…
Frog and Toad All Year Author: Arthur Lobel © 1976 Publisher: Harper & Row Genre: Children’s Books Subgenre: Friendship, Animals, Frog & Toad, Beginner Readers Reviewer: Sara Reviewer: Sara Synopsis: Four tales of best friends, a frog and a toad, as they share many adventures, meals and holidays through the seasons of the year.…
I’ll start this post with a sage piece of unsolicited advice…for EVERYONE. Keep only those things you are comfortable knowing someone else (a child, a spouse, a well-meaning friend, relative or neighbor) may see. If you choose to forego this advice and keep say, a racy picture, a journal, raunchy magazines, some scandalous letters or a…
One night a few weeks ago, Big Dude made his way into my room a little after 2 a.m. There had been an incident. Hubby was away on a business trip, so I shook off the confusion from my middle-of-the-night sleep disruption and hustled Big Dude to the bathroom. One bath and a striped bed later, we made our…
I’d say make it strong…better yet, this week, you might want to add some adult flavoring. If we were having coffee, I’d sit quietly a lot. My smiles would be fewer. I’d struggle mightly against tears and tidal waves of sadness. If we were having coffee, I’d tell you my mother died on Thursday. And I would…
The sun was not shining, but it was a beautiful day for running a 5K! For my second race of the season I picked another VA Momentum sponsored event, this one at a functioning quarry. Granted, the race was on a Saturday and no work was going on, but it was a big deal to host a…
We recently stopped at a local restaurant to pick up lunch. It was ordered ahead of time and ready to go, but this particular establishment doesn’t do curbside delivery. No problem. The food is worth unloading Big Man and Little Dude, so in we go. While waiting in line, the older gentleman in front of us…
Greetings, from The Peak (Massanutten mountain, elevation 2922 feet)! It’s the start of my 2016 racing season and I’m two months into training for hiking Half Dome! Up first: Pound the Peak. A team race, 2.1 miles up a mountain with 2 challenge stations. Team Escaped Moms Club is back in action! We started training in the late…
It seems like most every mother I know posted rosy pictures and sweet notes on social media yesterday. This is not one of those posts. It’s not a soap box post about the history and the commercialization of Mother’s Day in the US, either. It’s a little snippet of our day, and hopefully one that will…
This is my first week joining the weekly #weekendcoffeeshare hosted by Part Time Monster! I discovered this weekly blog-post-sip-drink-and-catch-up this past week on the blog of AmieWrites74. As a coffee lover, I couldn’t pass it up a chance to sit with a brew (decaf though it may be at this late hour) and catch up! Without…
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