Category: Family News

  • Birthday 1

    By Andrea Menzies

    My daughter Alexandria and I have birthdays close together in the year, and so we had two big combination parties with our family earlier this month. Here is the first set of pictures.

  • Real Halloween

    Real Halloween

    By Andrea Menzies

    It is not a real Halloween unless you watch The Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy on HBO Max streaming service in October. It is the zenith of vintage Halloween mayhem, and my yearly tradition. My review is The Grim Adventures is the best show ever made.

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  • Tough Week

    It has been a tough week, but at least it is almost Halloween time.

  • Not Injured

    Not Injured

    By Andrea Menzies

    I am not injured, but the school I was working at had a real gun lock down today. I thought it was a drill as there are so many yet the guns were real. Teaching is somewhat simple and nice until it really is not in scary ways.

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    https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/meadowbrook-high-school-lockdown-oct-11-2024

  • Birthday Day

    Birthday Day

    By Andrea Menzies

    Thanks in advance for well wishes.

  • Birthday Author Anne

    Birthday Author Anne

    By Andrea Menzies

    Happy Birthday to the late great author Anne Rice. A New Orleans icon to this day.

  • Travel to 1970

    By Andrea Menzies

    It was scary watching the vice presidential debate part where they tried to blame illegal aliens for housing prices. It reminds me of this joke on housing prices. No candidate blamed greedy house realtors, construction, or greedy land sales policies welcome to capitalism. Instead they victim-blame buyers for being bad at budgeting for ever buying fancy brunch or lunch.

  • Adjust Sails

    Adjust Sails

    By Andrea Menzies

    It is an adjustment of sails sort of a week. You can choose how you handle things sometimes.

  • October 1

    October 1

    By Andrea Menzies

    Let October begin!

  • Change End

    By Andrea Menzies

    It is a change at the end of a week’s time.