When people find out (or finally realize) that our nest is empty they usually have one of two responses: 1. How are you doing (handling) having an empty nest? 2. So, how is it? (What’s it like?) To which I respond: 1. We are doing great! 2. It’s awesome! The truth is….sometimes it feels very weird having the (quiet) house … Read More
Bunny Rescue
Kirk went out to skim the leaves from the pool this morning and found this little guy sitting in the skimmer. It was a pretty pathetic sight Nate and Kirk came to the rescue but little bunny didn’t like the idea of being moved and kept trying to crawl away Finally pulled out of the … Read More
Are Chickens Chicken?
We can leave our 2 older chickens in the yard and Gabby won’t go near them. However, one of the younger chickens and Gabby tend to “go at it” now and then. I can assure you that chickens are not “chicken” — at least not this one! These two have some anger issues with each … Read More
Pink.
Floodlights turned the north side of the White House pink on the evening of October 7th to raise awareness about breast cancer. The World Health Organization says that 1.2 million people worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer and it is one of the leading causes of death for women. Ladies…those of us over 40….have you … Read More
First Attempt
Recently a student (that was involved in student ministries at our church when I was on staff as student ministries director) asked me to take his senior pictures. Because I like to take pictures I agreed. However I made sure to tell him, and his mom, that am VERY much an amateur novice beginner. And, … Read More
I like cold cereal.
As a young/new mom I was very careful to avoid giving my children any of the sugary cereals. Cheerios & Kix — that was it. I was a hypocrite mom — because I ate the “bad” sugar cereals while depriving my children of them. I grew up with the likes of Lucky Charms, Captain Crunch, Frosted Flakes, … Read More
Crappy day
Blech. I hate it when the nasty funk-monster takes up residence in my psyche. Never appearing all at once in a sudden attack – the funk-monster always creeps in inch by inch, thought by thought, barely noticed until all the sudden the tears are barely held back by the eyeball. That’s what’s happened over the … Read More
Let’s show ’em
My friend, Mark recently posted on his blog about the Popular Mechanics 100 Things Every Man Should Know List. I read the list and decided I knew how to do SOME of the things on the list. Then my curiosity kicked-in . . . was there a list out there on the web of things … Read More
Home
This was word cloud was fun to make. It did take some effort to get it on my blog, including downloading a trial version of SnagIt. I used SnagIt at my last job and absolutley loved the program. Of course when my trial version is over, I know I’ll want to buy it! You can make your own word cloud here http://wordle.net/create … Read More
October evening
Tonight was the perfect night for gathering with friends for some warm chili and snacks by the fire… enough said.