Vivienne / February 11, 2024
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There are a lot of fields surrounding us but since our land is bordered with trees ...
Vivienne / January 8, 2014
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Hubs and I went to stay at my friend’s house. She just happened to be out of town, we hadn’t planned it but it couldn’t have worked out better. I offered to look ...
Vivienne / January 3, 2014
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I like to walk around one of the lakes here at Hideaway. It takes about an hour now that I’ve discovered the direct route. I used to get all muddled up by trying to navigate the ...
Vivienne / December 31, 2013
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Yesterday was my birthday and I celebrated by taking it easy. After adding all those years a gal needs a break. I yawned and took a nap. I read several pages of a variety of books. I ...
Vivienne / December 30, 2013
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I broadcast a show for Christmas over at The Sociable Homeschooler. I invited a few friends to tell me about their plans and tips for beating the stress, enjoying fellowship and loving ...
Vivienne / December 26, 2013
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When we go to town we try to do as much as possible to make it worthwhile. There is no sneaking in without our children finding out, “You’re coming to Dallas?” Daughts ...
Vivienne / December 25, 2013
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Christmas 2013 The McNeny Year in a Column We all turned a year older except Vivienne! We became in-laws. Simon married the woman of his dreams, Lindsey, and they are embracing the ...
Vivienne / December 24, 2013
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Nutcracker was a family tradition with our children and hubs and I participating in various roles both on and off stage. For the last five years, while emptying the nest and traveling, ...
Vivienne / December 23, 2013
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Sometimes we need a break. Just a few hours to get away from it all. The commercials in England when I was growing up invited us to have a Kit-Kat with a cup of tea. Our breaks today ...
Vivienne / December 19, 2013
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Perripoppins, my nanny daughter ended up in the hospital over the Thanksgiving weekend which isn’t the ideal place to go for your turkey and dressing; hasn’t she heard? She ...
Vivienne / December 18, 2013
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Daughts modeled for a photographer; they went outside to shoot, under a bridge close to the Trinity River where all these lovely trees were turning a host of daffodil yellows. In these ...
Well hello there! My name is Vivienne McNeny.
I am an empty nester exploring life as a Boomer…you could say I'm happily Boomering along!
As a homeschooling Mum I have finally quit the job of role model and mentor to my four children. I do what I want to do, eat when I feel like it, enjoy life with my blue eyed cowboy and clean my house once a month or so whether it needs it or not!
In true English form I write about the emergence of my true identity now that I can no longer hide behind my children as their Mum.
Recommended Reading:
Dominion
1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany. The global economy strains against the weight of the long German war against Russia still raging in the east. The British people find themselves under increasingly authoritarian rule--the press, radio, and television tightly controlled, the British Jews facing ever greater constraints.
Hannah’s Child
In this award-winning memoir Stanley Hauerwas gives a frank, transparent account of his own life interwoven with the development of his thought. Unique to this paperback edition is a new afterword that offers Hauerwas's reflections on responses to Hannah's Child.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
