Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mom is a Nursing Instructor who commutes 50 miles each way a day, takes yoga, sings in the church choir which involves a practice on Wednesday nights. Dad is a Digital Imaging Specialist at a regional university with a short commute, active photographer. Junior is an active teenager, in the Scouts, a rock band,the school orchestra school jazz band, and takes music lessons. Older son is a Junior at University, member of a jam band, has own apartment, works three nights a week but likes home cooking, thus joins us several times a week. This family sits down at the table for breakfast every morning except Saturday. They also have a sit-down-at-the-table-Supper seven days a week, unless they eat out. Sometimes those suppers consist of Popeye's Fried chicken, with Red Beans and Rice as a side and coleslaw.. Sometimes supper consists of a smoked chicken from the Tin House, and occasionally is a Pizza from Beaudoin's, where senior junior works. Most of the time, it is a home-cooked meal with entree, vegetable and salad. We have eaten supper in front of the TV about twice in the past year, and we were all there, having served our plates from the table in the adjoining kitchen. If you think that living in little old Natchitoches is the reason we can do it, I would explain that we did it in New Orleans too. It is not Norman Rockwell at all. This balancing act is kind of like a picture a week project. It really is not hard to do, if you make it a part of your life. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, B. D. Colen wrote: > > I know - Junior, Juniorette, and Dad, can wait and eat with Mom around > midnight - or J,J and D can eat around 7:30 - that's likely. > > This is not a pretty picture. In fact it is an ugly picture. But it is > reality for countless families in 2005, and has been for decades.