I’m beginning to understand why my mother spent so much time pulling weeds.

She pulled weeds in the noonday summer sun. She wore shorts and an elastic halter top, her clip-on sunglasses and sometimes a visor, not always. She waited for it to be hot. It had to be broiling. That’s when she ventured out, sat on our concrete driveway and inched herself down one side and then the other. It was the weeds that grew between the edge of the lawn and the driveway that were her focus.

And she really did focus. Thinking back, she almost seemed hypnotized by the task of pulling the weeds as if pulling weeds was a place she was going rather than a task she was doing.

It took her all afternoon to pull the weeds. And then, I suppose, she had to wait for them to grow back.

For a long…

Let’s get organized for summer.

Kiddos are home all day. Out of school what is a mom to do?

Maybe I can help by sharing some useless trivial knowledge that you might find is not so useless after all.

• Drive in movie night.
  • Take a TV & DVD Player outside. You can throw Blankets on the ground; Mom and Dad may want comfy lawn chairs. Let the kids bring out their beanbag chairs outside.
  • Set up your own concession stand with drinks, make popcorn and grab a pizza. (Don’t forget flashlights.)
  • Make it a triple feature. A fun animated one for the little’s, then one for the Tweens & one for Mom and Dad.
  • You can put the little’s to bed or just let them crash in the yard.
  • One person suggested piling a blow up pool with blankets and pillows. That sounds so fun
• Visit the fire station. You…