Quote of the Day “Clutter is the physical manifestation of unmade decisions fueled by procrastination.” — Christina Scalise
Swinging, Restringing, and Treesearching
Moving Day – Our New Home in Summerlyn
Quote of the Day “There’s no hot water.” – Bo, on move-out day, once I realized that the hot water heater was not heating our water.
Last Day of Packing and the Too-Short Moving Truck
Quote of the Day “It’s not all going to fit.” – Traci, upon seeing the size of the moving truck when it pulled up. “It’s not all going to fit.” – Moving guy, after getting 3/4 of the truck packed
Final Friday
Quote of the Day “Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things were and are, you hardly need anything else.” – Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down The Bones
Final Saturday Family Walk and the Worthless Waltrip Road-Side Service
Quote of the Day “William Carlos Williams, the famous American poet who was also a children’s doctor, wrote many of his poems on prescription pads in between office visits by his patients. Detail Doc, I bin lookin’ for
Easter 2020 – The Last at Jupiter Forest
Quote of the Day “When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.” – John 19:30
First Day of Third and Fifth Grade
Quote of the Day “[George Orwell wrote] for four basic reasons. First, sheer egoism. The desire to seem clever and to get talked about. Second, aesthetic enthusiasm. The pleasure he gets from playing with sentences and words. But Orwell has
Last Day of 2nd and 4th Grades
Quote of the Day “Man On Cusp Of Having Fun Suddenly Remembers Every Single One Of His Responsibilities” – The Onion (referenced in Free to Focus, by Michael Hyatt).
First Day at School
Quote of the Day “Here’s the great secret about leadership: it’s not about you. It’s about making other people better. Leadership is more about trust you have earned than the authority you have been granted. You must earn the right
Last Day of First and Third Grade
Gratitude: New granite desktop. Boys playing basketball, and wanting to fall asleep in our bed. The Pits: Today was a little bittersweet as the boys are no longer 1st and 3rd grader, and the knowledge that I’ll likely never be