Over the past week or so, there have been a few times when the school bus has driven through a “stinky” pocket of air.  Last week it was a pocket of the odor of fertilizer, today it was a dead skunk in the road.  It has been so funny to observe the reactions of the [...]

There is some layover time between school bus runs, and the bus drivers sometimes congregate and chat for a few minutes during the layover.  Such was the case today, and as I joined the group one of the ladies was talking about decorating her new house.  She was complaining about how hot her house was [...]

This afternoon I was driving the school kids home on the bus.  The day was very warm, so the windows were down.  I really could not see the farmland we were driving past, but I could certainly smell the odor of chicken manure fertilizer on the breeze!  The kids were all complaining “what’s that smell?”  [...]

I generally like to make as many Christmas presents as I can for the people on my gift list, but there are some people that simply don’t appreciate hand made items.  So I don’t want to waste my time making really nice things for them if they would rather have something “store bought.”  I like [...]

It was so weird - a few minutes after writing my post last night about home security, a car we didn’t recognize pulled up our driveway.  It made my hubby and I both a little bit nervous.  We weren’t expecting any kind of company, and it was after 8pm.  We’re usually in bed starting to [...]