Archive for April, 2009
My Vote For Best Video
Not about a single parent, but a lot of talent!…
Brenda & The Grand Canyon
It is that time of year again to start thinking about national park vacations and day trips into state parks. Last Thanksgiving I spent several days at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon (my 3rd trip to the big canyon) and currently am taking a 4 session evening weather class at Denver University. Although these two items seem unrelated, it immediately prompts me to think about taking precautions to avoid weather-related disasters when vacationing in national parks. National and state parks seem such peaceful benign places, but they do …
Single Parents And Customs
A single parent wearily arrived in the airport in Germany with four children under age 11. Collecting the many suitcases and rounding up the four kids, they entered the cramped customs area. A young customs official stared in disbelief and said “Do all these children and this luggage belong to you?” ”Yes, sir,” replied the parent with a sigh, ”they’re all mine.” The customs agent began his interrogation: ”Do you have any weapons, contraband or illegal drugs in your possession?” ”Sir, if I’d had any of those items, I would…
Are You A Twit?
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A Great Idea…Pass It Along
Georgia schedules snow days. OK, so Georgia is not the snowiest state of the Union, but it makes a lot of sense. In a nutshell, planned snow days are placed on the calendar and as they are used for snow, they are removed. It keeps the end of school and the beginning of school in tact. Now if we can only get all schools to adopt a common calendar, my life at SPT would be complete!…
A Born Again American
Here is a dose of “good feelings” for a grey Thursday morning. It is a bit long, but well worth the watch!…
A Rocking Round Up
Rocking Horse Ranch Recap What a beautiful weekend! Highland, NY and the Rocking Horse Ranch was ready for our small group of single parents on Friday March 27th with sunny skies, a ready stable, tons of fun, and lots of great grub! Saturday was a full day of fun with sunny skies and plenty of trail rides, a pie eating contest, indoor swimming and roaring bonfire, a wagon ride through the trails, a magician and ice cream party for the kids and a great comedian for the grown ups! Sunday,…
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