Hidden Treasures

Dear Mom and Dad: I have to tell you, being a substitute teacher is always an adventure!  At 5:30 a.m., a computer rings our house with an assignment for the day.  A mixture of students, from kindergarten music to high school algebra awaits a visit from the next “sub”… like a special appearance behind the…

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Not Just Another Birthday Party!!!

In case I haven’t told you, I am the mom of four children ranging in ages from 6 to 21.  Not only that, I live in a small rural community in West Virginia.  Suffice it to say, the Hott calendar is filled with many birthday parties on the weekends.  Sometimes, there are multiple friend’s birthdays…

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Make Mine Another Double-Shot, Please!

Oh yeeeeeeaah!  I’ll have another double shot, please!  Bring. It. On!  Make mine a double shot of the best you have from your top shelf!  Again and again!  Are you thinking Crown Royal?  Jim Beam?  Or, maybe Jack Daniels?  Chase it down with six pack, or two!  Surely it has to be a double shot…

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