Rechelle Unplugged

Just When My Parents Thought it was Safe to Read my Blog Again….

Rechelle — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:48:35 +0000

An atheist’s perspective on the bible. Loved this so much that I had to post it. Got it on Reddit. Made me laugh really hard. Would certainly credit artist if I could figure out who it was. Can’t seem to put subject in sentences today. Enjoy!

Son Jack Gets Kicked off School Bus!

Rechelle — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:46:50 +0000

Not really! Jack didn’t really get kicked off the school bus. I was just practicing my Huffington Post front page tractor beam article title writing skills. But Jack did get in trouble on the bus today. I know! You are so dying to hear about it! Especially after I published that scintillating story on Ethan and the theater make-up and Calder’s prom photos! But seriously! This Jack bus story is sooooo worth telling. Plus extremely brief! Jack took a water [...]

Ethan Explores the Mysteries of Make-Up

Rechelle — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:41:17 +0000

Ethan’s show debuts this weekend. He needed to bring his own stage make-up to dress rehearsal. I had a bag of make-up stored away from when my kids were still cute and little and in some children’s theater programs. Ethan located the bag and brought it downstairs and began to rummage through it asking me all sorts of questions about what to do with it. “What is this stuff mom? How do you put it on? Are any of these [...]

Rechelle — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:05:44 +0000

This is what the “new” garden looks like right now. Would you seriously look at that picture? Look how tidy those rows are! Just call me Mr. McGregor! The black urn in the center bed came from my house. It has been sitting on the upper landing of the stairs for years, but I decided to haul it down to the garden and fill it with flowers this Spring. It looks so much prettier in this setting. In this bed [...]

I Toured a Design House with my Mom

Rechelle — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:41:39 +0000

This house… I insisted on pausing to admire the urns. My mom and I both loved the curtains in the dining room. The plates and bowls were from TJ Maxx. This living room… I loved this living room… Everything about it. ‘Tis perfection to me. And once again, we both loved the curtains. I tried to take a photo of the bathroom without getting my reflection. However, I seemed to be unable to accomplish this simple task. So then I [...]

Sherlock!

Rechelle — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:41:03 +0000

New Sherlock episodes this Sunday. Anyone else ridiculously excited about it?

Prom… Again.

Rechelle — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:59:15 +0000

It’s that time of year again! Time for prom! Calder opted for a red plaid vest this year. After two years of pink, it was a nice change. This is his third prom. He told me that he is NOT going to go to prom next (his senior) year. I guess he’s had enough of the prom experience. Getting ready for the group photo… The group photo… I loved the frothy hem lines on many of this year’s dresses. So [...]

A Free Kitten with Every Plant Purchase

Rechelle — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:18:20 +0000

We have a feral mama cat who hangs around the Garden Center. Because we feed her. And talk to her. She won’t let us touch her or get closer to her than a few feet. But she seems to like our company enough to skulk around making demands and sleeping in sunny spots in the greenhouse. She had a batch of kittens a few months ago. She hid them in the sale barn which is located behind the Garden Center. [...]

A Visit to Central High

Rechelle — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:59:04 +0000

During our recent trip to Little Rock, Arkansas, we visited Central High School. IN 1957, Little Rock’s Central High School was the site of the historic forced integration of African American school kids into an all white school. Nine kids were chosen by a small group of Little Rock’s black community to attend Central High. Those nine kids endured a year that began with the Arkansas National Guard forcibly keeping them out of the building, to daily withstanding physical assault, [...]

Catch

Rechelle — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:34:25 +0000

This year I will only have three boys out for baseball. My eldest is looking for a job and is going to focus his free time on summer basketball. Never fear, I will still spend way more time watching baseball games than I ever could have dreamed possible in my life prior to having sons. Weeks, months, entire years of my life have been spent watching my boys play ball. By the end of the season I will be have [...]

Garden 2012

Rechelle — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:58:17 +0000

Way back during Spring Break, I started my seeds for my garden. I potted up eggplant, bell peppers, black cherry tomatoes, San Marzano tomatoes, as well as a few other varieties of tomatoes. I also started a few perennials from seed including poppies, dwarf hollyhocks, and an heirloom daisy. We have had an unusually warm Spring. It got to 95 degrees today! So my seeds have spent most of their time on the deck instead of on the kitchen table [...]

The Singing Slugger

Rechelle — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:41:38 +0000

My son Ethan is batting over 700 at this point in his baseball season. (772 to be exact). When Ethan told me this, I didn’t really know what it meant. I figured it must be good, but I didn’t really get exactly how it was good until Ethan explained it to me. Very slowly. As if he were speaking to a small, inebriated child. They’ve played eleven games so far. He also got a very small part in the musical [...]

My 90 year old Grandma Went on the Price is Right

Rechelle — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:08:22 +0000

For my grandmother Lela’s ninetieth birthday, all four of her kids including my dad, took her to Los Angeles to see The Price is Right. Together with all the other people who had tickets to see the show the same day, they stood in line for six hours. Everyone chatted and got to know each other during those six hours so that by the end of the ordeal, everyone in line to see the taping of the show that day [...]

You can only pick one

Rechelle — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 03:09:11 +0000

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Converting to the Sax

Rechelle — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:22:07 +0000

My youngest son will start school band next year. He really wants to play the saxophone, but I really want him to play the trumpet. His brother Drew plays the trumpet and between the two of us, we have been tag teaming Jack to give up his mellow, mournful saxophone dreams and switch over to the brighter happier notes of brass. Sadly, we weren’t making much progress. Jack is a stubborn little stick. So naturally I did what every parent [...]