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Thrifty Hunter Thursday: Practice, practice, practice. . .
) My husband keeps telling me that I need to practice if I am ever going to get a deer with my bow. I have been resisting because of the incessant Texas heat, or because I’m not dressed, or because it’s the wrong time of day, or because I’m not in the mood, etc.,…
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CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY:
I must confess. I did very little wedding planning during August. I don’t know why. I guess because we have bought, ordered, and altered the dress, tasted and paid for the cake, ordered and received the Save the Dates and invitations, mailed the Save the Dates, reserved the tent, arch, and chairs, lined up…
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TEACHER TUESDAY: Lest we forget. . .
I left my classroom during the break between classes and headed to a colleague’s door. We were chatting when another teacher stopped and asked, “Did you hear about the World Trade Center? A plane crashed into it.” Hurrying back to my classroom, I switched on the television and as students entered the room, our attention…
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AT HOME MONDAY: Book Fest Report
I had great fun on Saturday sitting at a table piled with my books and talking with other authors. I felt like a REAL writer! And the East Texas Book Fest organizers treated us all like kings and queens, treating us to a tasty continental breakfast with coffee, complimentary bottles of water, box lunches, and…