COUNTY LIFE
Family vacation is a time to let go, soak up each moment
The Blackburn clan holds an alligator on a recent vacation.
By DANI BLACKBURN
As a mom, I often feel like a WWE referee for my three kids.
I spend my days breaking up arguments about who can jump the highest, making sure everyone has pants on, that teeth have been brushed for more than two nanoseconds in the morning, the three little mouths have eaten at least something resembling a vegetable each day and that all three heads are accounted for.
This is hard enough at home during the normal routine of everyday life, but on a vacation that stress can be multiplied.
It’s easy to let the stress become overwhelming and you forget to enjoy the happiness of a family vacation, but as we prepare for our upcoming trip I am making a promise to myself to enjoy every second.
I may be singing a different tune just 20 miles down the road with 700 more to go after answering no less than 32 questions just from my middle child alone, but peaceful bonding is the plan for this vacation.
As a working mom, a family vacation means so much more than a trip to the beach and actually going to a restaurant to eat a meal. For me, it’s about not having to leave my kids for a full week. I get to spend every single second with them.
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The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council met this past week making plans for budget and tax rate hearings.
Councilors received a brief update on the 2024-25 budget preparations. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the final proposal is almost complete and they now await the arrival of the no-new revenue tax rate that will be reviewed by the council after it is calculated by the tax collector.
The proposal includes a tax rate increase of about 3% similar to last year and there will be a small increase in water and sewer rates, but Hardison said the final crunch on those will come after the tax rate projections arrive.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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