For real? Suppose you get a call from the pastor of your church asking if you’d be interested in having a young man rent a room from you — for, say 3 months or so. Oh, and your pastor has never met this guy…but he has talked to him on the phone. And let’s say … Read More
This is how we roll when we gather the family each Spring – in lieu of Easter dinner We play lots of cards Game of choice this year: Nertz On Saturday we head to the gym where we literally climb the wall and play ping-pong & carpet ball, volleyball, basketball and kickball. We also take … Read More
Hello? Is this thing on? Tap-tap-tap……. Anyone there? Ok, good. I’ve been gone so long I wasn’t sure. So much to say, so little time. Here’s what’s been keeping me away: weekend in rural Illinois at Dickson Valley Camp with my family 21 of us in attendance 13 offspring 8 parents Missing: two families … Read More
I saw this picture on someone’s blog over a month ago. I didn’t know what to “do” with it or what to think….so I copied it into my files. It has haunted me ever since. Jean-Yves-Lemoigne-Photography I keep going back to it and looking. What do you think when you look at this photo? … Read More
It’s what we do…almost every evening . . . We practice our West Coast Swing steps because if we don’t, I will forget every last step and because, I like to dance with DIY Guy DIY guy is a good dancer — I think it’s the percussionist in him! The last few nights DIY Guy … Read More
Last October I posted the 1st Edition of my version of “Kid’s say the darndest things” — Today, Miz Booshay at Quiet Life shared her “darndest” story…and asked readers to share theirs too. I figured this was as good a time as any to do my 2nd Edition: On Sunday morning, March 8, 1992 our baby girl … Read More
My grass seed project: Day 5 Day 7 see the dew on the tips of the grass blades? This green grass growing inside makes me smile in one short week – grass! I definitely recommend growing it!
It was time for a new hairstyle. Going short crossed my mind…I did that a few years ago. But I’ve got kinda used to longer (medium) length hair. Nate is home for the weekend. He took these photos so I could send them to Cara –then we ended up talking to her on Skype, so … Read More
Do you have ANY idea what this is? How about this? It’s this! I’ve wanted to grow grass in a container for spring/Easter since our kids were little, and never did. I guess I just needed some of my own personal spring this year!