I’m in the middle of a good cry this morning. I miss my mom. I miss her everyday, but on certain days I feel the ache more deeply. Today is one of those days. Today is a happy day. Can I briefly share why? Stephie & Mom~Cracking up! My daughter Stephanie and her husband [...]
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I finally get to tell people…I’m a grandmother! My daughter, Stephanie is pregnant with our first grandchild. She and her husband, Jon, have just lifted the “gag order”. They wanted to wait until she was 3 months along. So here we are! I have been looking forward to being a grandmother forever! I’ve always told [...]
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“Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.” That keeps going over and over in my head. I think maybe God is using those wise words to help me with my budget. Mike and I do not spend on big things. But boy we spend a little here, a little there… and [...]
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Mike and I have been talking about money all weekend. After last weeks bail-outs we’ve tried to take an even closer look at our budget. It wasn’t a newsflash that times are tough. We got a huge pay-cut in August and have been adjusting and readjusting our lifestyle ever since. I admit it, before August, [...]
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Pumpkin Carving Contest 2007! Everyone brought their A Game to the 3rd annual Autumn Celebration! I ordered the invitation from Snapfish with a picture of a pumpkin I carved the year before. We had Barbecue (pulled pork and turkey breast) catered by Smokey Bones. This year we even had a trophy for the best carving! Take [...]
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In October 2005 we had our second Autumn Party. We focused a little bit more on the pumpkin carving this time. Everyone brought their own pumpkins and planned ahead what they would carve. We kept the food similar to the first year and my daughter hired a photographer to come take family pictures. Our time [...]
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Okay…so this is my first week as an empty-nester. And you won’t believe how it’s going!!! My second daughter, Stephie’s husband Jon, is out of town for the week. So Stephie, who is 11 weeks pregnant with our FIRST grandchild, is staying with us for the week! Yesterday, Emma (the baby who just moved out with [...]
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It’s 4:45 on Sunday afternoon and I’m still in bed in my pa-jay-jay’s. The Sunday paper is stacked next to me. My blackberry is somewhere in the covers (the girls have been texting me today), the remote is under there too. The book I’m reading today, The Tea House on Mulberry Street, sits next to me [...]
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Early one Sunday morning, I was picking up some groceries. We were skipping church. Mike was having a particularly bad weekend. I hadn’t seen him smile once. “I can’t find anything to smile about” he told me. My cell phone rang. It was Mike, “I want you to go to North Carolina to get me [...]
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