April Coker, Author

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  • THRIFTY RANDOM HUNTING FRIDAY: Can I do that?

    I skipped blogging last night in favor of going to bed early after an all-day last minute wedding shopping day, so I will do my best to combine the two today!  If you don’t mind. . .or if you do. . .A couple of days ago hubby and I grabbed our hunting rifles and headed…

  • CHEAP WEDDING WEDNESDAY: Suspense builds. . .

    Yes, the suspense is building.  Will Natalie and Bryan REALLY tie the knot in less than two weeks?  Will all the friends and relatives who returned their RSVP cards REALLY show up?  Will the weather be beautiful as we are hoping?  Will there be enough food, music, favors, flowers, etc.?  Will Mama Wedding Planner be…

  • TEACHER TUESDAY: Teaching is spooky these days!

    Tomorrow is Halloween and the natives (students) are getting restless.  I know this because I spent many a Halloween doing my best to keep my young charges busy as they squirmed like they had ants in their pants.  And they were teenagers!   Before standardized testing and its ensuing universal lesson plans where all the…

  • AT HOME MONDAY: To the East Coast from a Southerner

    Today was not a good day for those on the East Coast of the U.S.A.  Tomorrow may be even worse farther inland.  Hurricane Sandy wobbled into our homeland today, and she did it with a vengeance.  Not only that, she chose the most heavily populated region of the country to make her appearance.  The cities…

  • RANDOM FRIDAY: Huh?

    “Did you say something?”  This question usually follows the exasperated look Jimmy gives me when I happen to glance up from my laptop or the TV.  That look usually means I didn’t hear what he had to say. “You never listen!”  he says.  Then he refuses to repeat himself even after I explain that I…