Flashback Friday: The Origin of My Wanderlust Part I

September 27th, 2007 at 4:34 pm » Comments (10)

Somewhere along life’s path, I was bitten by the travel bug.  Actually, if you ask my husband, GR, it was more like I was attacked by a swarm of the little buggers.  And they have infected me with an incorrigible and costly disease of which I’m not sure that I want to be cured.  I [...]


Flashback Friday: On the Charts in 1988

May 11th, 2007 at 12:01 am » Comments (6)

Gosh, it’s funny that with all of the nostalgia going on in my head with Gus graduating and with me thinking back to when I graduated, I found out yesterday that I was tagged by the super-cool Superkimbo over at Follow That Elephant with a nostalgic-like meme. 
But first, let me just say that if [...]


Flashback Friday: Lulu Knows Sports

May 4th, 2007 at 12:00 am » Comments (3)

So, for those of you who think that Lulu doesn’t know diddley?  You would be mistaken.  Lulu knows sports.  Well, at least I used to. 

Tiny Lulu on the far bottom right; wearing a sweat band on the wrist.

Somewhere around the time that I was in the 3rd grade, I decided that I wanted to [...]


Flashback Friday: High School Graduation

April 20th, 2007 at 12:01 am » Comments (4)

So, I got quite the varied responses to my list of 13 Unforeseen Expenses of a High School Senior yesterday.  Seems as if we Americans go quite a bit overboard on the graduation festivities as compared to the Europeans.  But is that really such a surprise?  Aren’t we Americans known for our excessive spending and gluttonous [...]