Charlotte my sweet Charlotte

I can’t stop thinking about you…

…why would I even want to my precious, precious baby…

your sweet little paws…

…you went through so much…

I am just not whole without you.

…you are my inspiration…Charlotte.

-thotlady

Who makes the decisions in your family?

I have been married for almost 13 years.  Bogie and I met in 1994 while we were both teaching at a private school in Wisconsin.  I was teaching Math and he taught History.  But I digress.

I was 38 years old and had been making my own decisions about my life for 20 years.  Probably more, [...]

The family

Our Family…in all its glory (January 2, 2010)

I am in the middle-front, Bogie is in the Virginia Tech sweatshirt and our Bramwell has his head in Bogie’s lap.
Also in the photo, Bogie’s brother and family and behind the couch are my wonderful MIL and FIL.

Great times!

-thotlady

All over but the crying…

I always hate to see the holidays depart.  So much expectation and then…splat!  It’s gone.

We had a wonderful holiday with my husbands family.  It was especially festive this year.  We traveled to the D.C. area over the Christmas weekend to spend time with Bogie’s family.  All were present.  Bogie’s parents, brother, sister-in-law and his two [...]

Happy New Year

Off to a state park cabin with the in-laws.  There will be eight of us.  We have never done this before.  Here is the to do list:

hiking
smoring
reading
knitting
baking
laughing
canoeing (if weather permits)
sitting by the fire
eating (lots of it, I am sure)
visiting
counting down to the New Year 2010

HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR!

I will let you know how it [...]