What a year!

The most beautiful baby I have ever seen made me a grandmother a year ago - and she's even more beautiful at a year old! Happy Birthday to sweet Lea Campbell Johns (a few days late!)

Happy Birthday to my firstborn

Twenty-eight years ago today, I didn't get to vote, since I was kind of busy getting ready to give birth at this very time of night - 8:43 p.m. - to my precious son. I also missed covering a couple of football games the next few weeks. Today this sweet boy is busy - covering elections as a newspaper reporter. Am I proud? Oh, yes.

Happy Birthday, Eric!

Finally fall!!!!

After what seemed like an endless summer - and, to be absolutely candid, I really enjoyed that - we are now having crisp fall weather. I went out and bought long sleeves and sweaters in response, kind of a delayed back-to-school shopping spree. One fun thing about having fall come late is that it isn't too long until Thanksgiving (which is the earliest it can be) and, ultimately, Christmas.

I was selling tickets to the football game Friday night and had my little space heater in my booth - one of my favorite fall experiences. High school football is still one throwback to the last century - the pageantry of the band, the cheerleaders, the parents of the band, cheerleaders, and players, the oldtimers who haven't missed a game in 50 years.

Of course, fall means leaves on the ground and I have yet to bring out the rake. I think my strategy this year is to wait for ALL of them to fall and then rake them all. It might be a tough job, but I'll only have to do it once.