There is a saying in Texas where if you don't like the weather, then wait a few minutes. And summer in Texas usually lends itself to only one thing: hot heat. Occasionally, though, you might encounter an event like the one I experienced.

This had to have been a last-minute forecast change, since no rain had even been predicted for my area outside of a wafer-thin chance. Clouds darkened up over the 102-degree parking lot at my apartment complex when the skies...

Last weekend, I had decided to take it upon myself (after years of procrastination) to attend the annual Parker County Peach Festival in Weatherford, Texas. It was a hot Saturday afternoon, and had I not gone and done some extra work at the office that morning, I'd have gone then. That's not important at this juncture; we'll see what transpires next year.

Boy, was it hot out there! Upon arrival from a nearby school bus shuttle that transported this writer from...

It’s been a while since I’ve sat down and wrote a blog. I remember when I started my blogs I had so much free time, worked and that was about it. Now I am getting married next June and working full time and going to school part time. Life feels like it speeds up as you get older. I feel like I have very little free time, kind of a bummer really how fast time goes.

It’s a sunny summer Friday here in Madison Wisconsin. The last 6 weeks have been rough, we are in a drought and highs...

I wanted to finish my Cost Accounting homework today, so I could work on the Income Tax over the weekend. I've got two problems left to do -- huge problems. I got them set up in Excel -- and bonked. I cannot put one more number into one more record. I am kaput.

DH just brought Bigun home from the school where he threw the ball for him for over thirty minutes. It's rained all day, so that's going to be his exercise. I am curling up with my fantasy novel and retiring from the world...