What a strange holiday. The post office and the banks are closed. But the schools are open. I don’t know if the courts are open or not. Is this holiday just a waste of time for everyone? there’s not parades, no officials making speeches, no special ceremonies anywhere. Why do some of us have the [...]

The kids had a really long winter break this year. With the holidays falling at the end of the week, it made sense to give them the extra days off and then go into the weekend so that they can come back and have an uninterrupted schedule. It is so hard to go to school [...]

Today the kids came home from school all excited. There won’t be any more school for two whole weeks! They can sleep late and play at home for several days, and then it is Christmas, and then they can play with their new toys for a whole week before they have to go back. It’s [...]

There was an advertisement in the local paper about a class at the University coming up at the end of this month for grant writing. It is just a two day class, so I might be able to do that. I’ve always wanted to learn more about grant writing. I think that is something I [...]

It’s funny how kids go back to school at different times, depending upon where you live across the country. In my neighborhood, the kids went back to school the second week of August and they finish up the middle of May. But my sister’s kids go back the day after Labor Day, in September, and [...]