Today is the Eleventh Day of Christmas.  It is also my cousin Katie’s birthday.  Happy birthday, Katie! This is also my 100th blog post. Congratulations to me! Jeremy says, “But there are only 77 comments.  Y’all need to work harder!”  I did 100 posts in 58 weeks.  Hmm…maybe I need to work harder too.  I [...]

Today is my youngest nephew’s birthday. He is four years old today. He is my brother’s son. His mom regularly writes a blog called “Where the Wild Things Are.” There’s a link to it in my sidebar. I’m sure she will be posting birthday greetings. You can also see pictures of “his cuteness” there. I’m [...]

Today is Nathan’s birthday. I didn’t forget, Nathan, aren’t you proud of me?  Nathan, my youngest brother, is twenty-five today. I think that’s a nice age to be.  But it’s also an age that you tend to get your first “mid-life crisis.”  I think it’d be more accurate to say “quarter-life crisis” since I hope [...]

Groundhogs Day is also the official birthday of Jeremy’s sister, Jessica.  I know she got born on that day just to make it easier for me to remember when her birthday is.  And it works. And Jessica likes sunflowers too, and everybody knows that the groundhog is looking for his shadow (meaning the sun’s out) [...]

Today is my brother Jeff’s birthday.   Today he is the big 3-0.  (Three-oh)  Welcome to the club, Jeff!  Now I’m not the only one (of us siblings).  How does it feel to be 30?  Do you still feel it is the new 20?  Or do you feel older, say in your bones?  Slowing down any?  [...]

I almost missed Timothy’s birthday! So let me give him public birthday greetings. And I hope he has a very happy day. I love you, Tim. Have a happy day. Love, your sister.

Today is my nephew’s birthday. He is six years old. His mom has a party planned and my mom, his Grandma, is coming along with my brother, his uncle. So I hope he has a very wonderful day! It’s hard to believe he’s so old. I remember when his mom was expecting him and now [...]