by Michelle Lasley | Dec 4, 2011 | Family, One a Day, Post a Day 2011
Four of us could sit on it. It came to my shoulders. It was moss-covered. It was an icon. It was “The Big Rock”. I was less than 7 years old. Every time we drove down my grandparents road, we would stop and see the big rock. I still do this, even though I...
by Michelle Lasley | Nov 23, 2011 | Family, One a Day, Post a Day 2011
What’s even funnier is that the husband just called. “Wanna know what I was doing?” Hmm, thinks I… I just checked traffic… “Getting stuck in traffic?” “How’d you know?!” Yup. That’s right. Poor guy was...
by Michelle Lasley | Nov 23, 2011 | Family, One a Day, Post a Day 2011, The Green Life
I would normally be driving in this. Well, not on the freeway. I’d take the green/gold line north of the Freeway — my consistent 45 minute drive to the bridge and 1 hour 10 minutes to pick up Levi. But, today, I took a vacation day. Thank you vacation...
by Michelle Lasley | Nov 23, 2011 | Family, Food, One a Day, Post a Day 2011
I love Thanksgiving. It warms the heart with memories, and it stirs the soul with the coordination it takes. It’s a perfect blend of my culinary dreams and project coordination skills: married on one delicious day. That is, if all goes according to plan. This...
by Michelle Lasley | Nov 22, 2011 | One a Day, Post a Day 2011
I have always loved stories. Give me a good fiction any day of the week. For example, I just read the Millennium Trilogy (over 2,100 pages) in less than two weeks. It was that good. But, I didn’t get the point of some stories until I took a little independent...
by Michelle Lasley | Nov 21, 2011 | Family, One a Day, Post a Day 2011
I’ve heard it said that a true test of character would be if a camera (unbeknownst to you) were to follow you around, capturing moment by moment, everything you did. All your faults and virtues would be on display. Then, if you could see that video, you would...