by Mary Carver | Feb 11, 2013 | My Life
I can’t quite remember where everyone else went that night – ice skating? a slumber party? the mall? What I do remember is that on the night of my eighth grade Valentine’s dance, a bunch of my classmates had a scheduling conflict and chose to attend...
by Mary Carver | Feb 5, 2013 | Books, Movies & TV
Awww, baby horse! When I was a kid, my family took many road trips from our small semi-rural town into the city to visit family. Both sets of grandparents, plus all of my aunts and uncles and cousins, lived an hour away from our house. In order to entertain us and/or...
by Mary Carver | Jan 31, 2013 | Books, Movies & TV, My Life, What I'm Into
It’s winter so I thought I’d use a winter photo for this post. Of course, as I’m writing this, all the windows in my house are open and 70-degree winds are blowing my curtains around. It’s supposed to get cold again in a couple days, but for...
by Mary Carver | Jan 25, 2013 | Books, Movies & TV
Dear Friends, You know that song about making new friends and keeping the old? Brace your electronic selves, because, it’s not always true. VCR, we’ve had a good run. Nay, a great run. I mean, you have served this family so well for more than two decades....
by Mary Carver | Jan 16, 2013 | My Life
I love taking personality tests. The day Smitty and I found an old book about personality types based on astrological sign in her parents’ attic was one of our most fun sleepovers. I still remember laughing so hard as we read about our supposed destined traits...
by Mary Carver | Dec 12, 2012 | Books, Movies & TV
My brother posted on Facebook several days ago, saying that he is a Christmas music purist and rejects the idea that decidely non-Christmas songs such as My Favorite Things and the Charlie Brown song are holiday favorites. Fair enough. Until this year, I’ve also...
