Reason for Thanks:
Things I am thankful for:this move finally getting underwayStudly's squadron voting on what they want to do today for team building and decided it will be to help us move and take down our fencetwo high school friends calling me up out of the blue and even though it was a challenge and bad timing, meeting up with them for dinner last nightStudly being able to meet us for that dinner also, even though he needed to do about a million other things for workour boys and her girls getting along like peas and carrots during last night's impromptu dinnermy brother is emotionally healthy from last week's robbingmy mother is done wit

Reason for Grunt Work:
So we are finally moving. We have over a week, so we are pacing ourselves.Studly and the boys have been using the dolly and moving furniture. Not fun, but you notice furniture. It's the big manly stuff that manly men move.I spent all day yesterday moving the little stuff. Closets and cabinets and the little flotsam that you don't notice everyday, but the crap you do notice if you go to look for it.Grunt work.Last night when my manly men can back from moving all the manly men stuff, I asked Studly if he noticed I hung the curtain, secured the bookcases to the walls, brought the pillows, cushions, laundry items, lamps, rugs, china, board games,

Reason for When to Say When:
There are many many many reasons why I don't drink hard liquor socially. Please don't confuse my confessions with bragging; these tales are told with my tail between my legs and a shout out to God for the safety of those who crossed my drunk ass path and my own continuing existence.Back in undergrad, I began a love affair with bourbon. Maker's Mark specifically. Once you begin to request a certain liquor in your drinks, it is definitely a love affair. If I simply said, "Bourbon and Coke," we may still only be acquaintances. But no, I was a Maker's Mark gal. I lived in an extremely small college town and was extremely lucky that me and Maker's Mark escaped any scandal. It d

RTSF: Erie Canal
I like how my boys sing modern songs. And sometimes, not so modern songs. And sometimes the song is "Erie Canal" because it was stuck in my mind, they listened, and continued the cycle of singing about endless work. It's a beautiful thing.

Reason for Superheroes:
My brother just may be a superhero.While in college, his testosterone laden head thought it would be a good idea to jump off the Apalachicola River bridge. Because it sounded like fun. Instead of dying, he threw out his back.Once he was hit by a car while riding his bike. Instead of dying, he managed to roll over the hood and land on his feet. And then proceeded to yell at the driver about how not everyone drives a car.While managing a restaurant, two dumb ass employees were goofing around and mistakenly tossed a LIGHTER into the fryer. My brother didn't know what the tossed item was, went to retrieve it, and he was covered on his face, shoulders, and dow