Sonja Stotler
Dave’s friend and co-worker at Herald-Times
So, everyone tried to sleep in. Nothing doing! Dogs were barking and whining. I went to Fresh Thyme with Ashley to get stuff for a Greek dinner. Lesa wanted fresh cumcumbers and tomatoes so we stopped at the stand on Hwy 54 and they didn’t have want we wanted or Read more…
We slept in! Lesa got up first, followed by myself, then Bruce, Dwyane, I woke up Dillan, and finally Ashley. Got dressed and ate a bit of breakfast before returning the rental. Then we stopped and paid Sonja for pet sitting. Then Lesa dropped me off at my truck at Read more…
We all slept in this morning, it was nice. I sat outside and watched fish and bugs jumping around in the pond while Lesa made everyone breakfast. After a lazy morning we all went to Pine Lake and swam at the beach, it is a very small beach but it Read more…
Got up early this morning, Bloom was barking at the other dogs trying to get them to play. Got up, Dillan and Ashley still in bed but Dwyane and Bruce were up. Dwyane fixed lesa breakfast, Lesa fixed Dwyane, Bruce and my breakfast. Dwyane had one of his puzzles he Read more…
Got up with the alarm this morning. Lesa made sure we all had breakfast and then we started packing up to come home. Left about 10:30a and was on our way. Missed our 31 South exit, not sure how, definitely not very well mark, we missed it going north too. Read more…
Slept through my alarm, got up an hour late, could barely move. Coffee, and lots of directing kids to get dressed, brush teeth, pack clothes, get a jacket, etc. Eventually we got the house in order and our stuff packed, I loaded the truck, and off we headed. The kids Read more…
Took the kids to the bus stop, thought about working but took the day off instead, did do some email and the Scrum meeting but no one was on. Lesa took PTO again. I spent a lot of the morning online and she spent hers working. We listened to music Read more…
Went to work again today, same as the other days, calls and complaining. Either Lesa complaining about the kids, or the kids complaining about Lesa. Marcy Cook offered their French Lick Villa for the week so we’re going to go for it. Sonja is wiling to watch the animals on Read more…
Lesa woke up to Dillan. I woke up to Lesa, the rest of the kids woke up to me. Ashley’s rash is back – on her back this time. Spent the day in the Smokey Mountain National Park. Started off at the Townsend entrance sign, then some little overlook with Read more…
Finished packing and loading the truck. Headed for the Smokies. Sonja is pet sitting. Took us 7 hours to get here. Had a decent trip. Kids are driving us crazy and I swore I was going to whip all of them – multiple times – but never did. Got to Read more…