Shannon Stacey

I’m off to a lazy start this morning. The boys don’t have school, so once I made my husband’s lunch and sent him off to work with a grumpy monosyllabic grunt, I was free to go back to the couch and curl up with my dog. Now it’s 8:00 and I’m still curled up on [...]

When this post goes live, I’ll be on my way to the Chevy dealership to have the fan motor resistor thingy in my truck fixed. And I can’t wait! Why? Because, thanks to the wonders of preorder and digital reading, Stephanie Tyler’s Hard to Hold will be magically appearing on my iPod in the morning [...]

One of my favorite new blogs is writer/law enforcement veteran Lee Lofland’s The Graveyard Shift. An excerpt from his “About” page: Lee Lofland is a veteran police investigator who began his law-enforcement career working as an officer in Virginia’s prison system. He later became a sheriff’s deputy, a patrol officer, and finally, he achieved the [...]

My husband says: “I know you probably want to work this weekend and since I love you and totally support your career, I’m going to go four-wheeling with the guys, okay?” Smooth, isn’t he?

Today’s my husband’s birthday. This is not something he really cares about but the Short Kid will settle for nothing less than a major event, so we’ll be having a little family party later. That means I have to make a cheesecake today because that’s my husband’s once-a-year guilty pleasure. All three of my guys [...]