by Francie | Mar 21, 2013 | Celebrities, Francie
Dear Pope Francis, Congratulations on your new post! You made your parents so proud. From everything I read about you, I think you will make a fine pope. I love the name you picked, after Saint Francis. I am named after a great guy too, my dad, a Francis Leo. He...
by Francie | Mar 7, 2013 | Family, Travel
On vacation, moms don’t want to pack their superhero capes. We work hard during the week doing dishes faster than a speeding bullet. Managing multiple schedules in a single bound. Tackling heavy bags of groceries with more power than a locomotive. Next family...
by Francie | Feb 26, 2013 | Family, mom, Movies and Books
Meanie Head Mom is back. She is forcing her boys to watch a movie, in the theatre with popcorn. It’s a day before the Academy Awards and Lincoln is the only movie mom has not seen of the Best Picture line-up. She calls the movie Stinkin’ Lincoln because she’s tried...
by Francie | Feb 13, 2013 | Family, Holiday
I love the holiday for love: Valentine’s Day. In the olden days, we received our Valentine cards in decorated white paper bags with red and pink hearts cut from construction paper. Paper doilies added flare. We wrote out Valentine’s for every person in the class,...
by Francie | Feb 8, 2013 | Celebrities, Fitness, Francie
Yes, Lance and I have a lot in common these days. I felt the biking connection via my husband’s amateur cycling races. And now, I’m spinning two days a week at the gym. I pretend to hit the flats at record speed and climb the steep mountains with hairpin turns. ...
