Five years ago I was at work. It was a cold day with flurries. I was six months pregnant with my son. I hear from my husband about a shooting at a dorm. We were under the impression it was … Continue reading
Four years ago today 32, people lost their lives at the hands of a psycho would was not content to just kill himself, but take others with him. Today I focus on the positive to come out of that day. … Continue reading
Forget Wisconsin and the Middle East, Blacksburg is shaken up! Coach Beamer is making some coaching changes and we’ll see what will happen in September. http://www.roanoke.com/sports/breaking/wb/277879 Add Cornell Brown to the mix and it will be an interesting year. With … Continue reading
Virginia Tech’s game last night against Georgia Tech was a nail biter. And as frustrated as I was with my Hokies, that game is what college football should be about. VT was down 14-7 going into the locker room at … Continue reading
Good thing I bought term life insurance online because my family almost needed it last night. I almost had a heart attack thanks to the Cardiac Kids, aka the Virginia Tech Hokies football team. They lost to Boise State (Ranked … Continue reading
Next week will be the one year anniversary of the Heidi Childs and David Metzler murders at Caldwell Fields in Montgomery County, VA. August 27, 2009: A passerby walking through Caldwell Field near the Montgomery County/Craig County line discovers the … Continue reading
This is a group from Virginia Tech that was on “America’s Got Talent.” Now I will admit, a lot of my Hokie friends on Facebook have been posting about this, but I didn’t think much about it. I never bothered … Continue reading
Folks have been asking me how the fear study went with DD. Here is the information in a nutshell. A couple of weeks ago we brought her in to be evaluated for her fear of costumed characters. She went about … Continue reading
When I came to Virginia Tech in 1990 I came for the diploma. I sure didn’t come for the athletics. Our football team had this fairly new coach by the name of Frank Beamer and our team, well, sucked. Then … Continue reading