August 2008

22 years and going strong

August 29, 2008 by Mara Burke · 1 Comment 

This weekend my sweetheart and I will celebrate our 22nd anniversary. It’s so hard to believe – not that we’ve made it this far but – that it’s gone by so fast. It seems like just yesterday that we were getting ready for our wedding. I still remember the mess we had the day of [...]

A dismal failure

August 21, 2008 by Mara Burke · Leave a Comment 

We started school on Monday.  It was a dismal failure.  I’m not ready and the kids aren’t ready.  But we trudged on.  I was hoping things would get easier.  Unfortunately, they didn’t. I was trying to work and help the kids with schoolwork and it just wasn’t working.  We need to step back and I [...]

Busy Day Ahead of Me

August 11, 2008 by Mara Burke · Leave a Comment 

I have a full plate of things to do today, how about you? I have some articles that are due today that I’ve been having problems with.  It seems some of the information I need is proprietary and not too easy to find.  I guess I have to leave that one until last. I also [...]

Where does the time go?

August 4, 2008 by Mara Burke · Leave a Comment 

My oldest son will be getting a year older this week.  My baby’s going to be 11 years old.  Man, time sure does fly by! We had a birthday party for him and my sister-in-law’s foster child yesterday.  We had cake, ice cream, and the kiddos played in the pool.   Oh, yeah, there were presents, [...]