The Glamorous Life Of The Modern Day Soccer Mom
The Glamorous Life Of The Modern Day Soccer Mom
Thanks For The Daddying
by Gina Valley
In honor of all of you who do the daddying here are some words of wisdom from both those who are wise and those who are wise-cracking.
Know that all of your efforts for the children in your life are appreciated and world changing, even if they aren’t acknowledged. On behalf of those children, please accept this gratitude.
What My Dad Was REALLY Saying
by Gina Valley
My dad is the sweetest man alive.
While I visited my parents this winter I needed to drive from their tiny mountain village to the closest big city to pick up The Professor from the airport.
My dad wanted to serve as my chauffeur, but that would have left my mom with no one to help her.
What They Don’t Sell At The Flying J
by Gina Valley
Yesterday I decided it would be a great idea to herd my pack into our van and drive 3 hours to visit my great, great uncle and aunt. It seemed like such a simple thing to what I now realize was my clouded mind. About half way there we stopped at
a Flying J Truck stop.
Playing Hide & Seek … With Your Gardening Tools
by Gina Valley
This is the time of year when so many of us are busy sprucing up our gardens. It is invaluable to have the right tools. I recently came upon a supposedly helpful list of twenty-seven essential items to assemble prior to beginning to revitalize one’s garden for spring. That’s right – TWENTY-SEVEN!
The thing is,
How To Make Ice Cubes – An Old Family Recipe
by Gina Valley
Like most people with a refrigerator with a built-in automatic ice maker, our automatic ice maker is beyond repair. So, we’ve had to revert to making ice cubes the old-fashioned way. And, by “we” I, of course, mean “me.”
I decided I better write down the recipe for this old family favorite after my husband,
Do Turtles Wear Deodorant?
by Gina Valley
Each night before I go to bed, I toss the load of laundry I put into the washer after dinner into the dryer. It’s really one of those on auto-pilot “do it without thinking” kind of things.
But, for some reason, last night I guess I was 
a little more aware of what was going on around me,