On Wednesday evening at about 6:30, Sweet Pea was in the bath when we lost power. Everyone on my side of the street lost power. This would ordinarily not be a big deal except for two reasons 1) the people directly across the street from us did not lose power and 2) if it so [...]

My mother-in-law chose a name for herself years and years ago that she wanted her grandchildren to call her. You know, instead of Grandma Insert-Name-Here. Now I don’t know if this whole grandparents-choosing-their-own-grandparent-monikers is a new trend or if it’s a southern thing, but I went with it. I mean, I grew up calling MY [...]