Saturday update!!! First, I want to say that last night when I went out onto my back deck this is what I found! This is my old dishwasher. On it's tired old back...The husband deposited it here. That's all good. Buuuutttt, it is FULL of dishes! (This is some kind of passive aggressive behavior on … [Read more...]
If I go missing talk to the husband…
So it's Friday evening and my husband Mike is putting in granite tile counter tops! Great huh? Awww shucks, it was my idea but he'll get all the credit. It was also my idea for him to replace the back splash which he's going to do on Sunday. If you've been reading my stuff you may remember that … [Read more...]
~The years I spent picnicking on a railroad bridge~
This morning I've been thinking about seasons. Autumn is my favorite season, but just around the corner, comes Winter. I know it may seem a bit crazy, but I don't live in dread of Winters any more. Not the seasonal Winters or the Spiritual ones... It wasn't always this way with me. There was a time … [Read more...]
Advent Garland!
I thought of this easy little project that you may want to do with your kids this Thanksgiving or whenever! Advent calendars are fun for building up excitement during the holidays~ This isn't a calendar, more like an Advent Garland or Advent Clothes-line! This uses some of the same supplies as the … [Read more...]
Take a stroll with the ghost of holidays past…
Well, I've been with the ghost of Thanksgiving's past today. I wanted to talk a bit about our family Thanksgiving traditions as I planned this years holiday, so I went back through my memories and my pictures. I laughed some, and I cried some. But I'm thinking it's not a bad thing. The crying, … [Read more...]
The girls in my family hate the Pilgrims, I blame the outfits!
Thanksgiving is just around the corner! I'm not hosting Thanksgiving Dinner, my sister Debra has that honor. But I'm helping plan. And I love it! Imagine that, me loving a party! Now, in my family we always made a pretty big deal about Thanksgiving. My girls have actually said that they like … [Read more...]
Priceline…kinda like buying crack in church!
Have you ever Pricelined a hotel room? Price-lining is not for the faint of heart. My daughter, Stephanie and her husband Jon do it all the time. Most recently they got a swanky hotel room in the NYC. It's just 1 block away from the starting point of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. They got … [Read more...]
~I’ve got them…those joy butterflies~
Our Halloween night was yummy. We ate white chicken chili and saw a few trick-or-treaters. But there weren't that many last night. Not sure what happened, but I am sure that I have an obscene amount of chocolate left. This could be a problem. We went upstairs and snuggled in bed pretty early … [Read more...]
Hopping on my broom…
Okay, so this week, I've been praying about and thinking over what God may want me to do going forward in my life. I looked back at my old journals (from when I was working outside my home) and it was a little scary. One entry in October 1993 said this: "I hopped on my broomstick at the end of … [Read more...]
Work I’ve done for actual money…
“Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that." Galatians 6:4 (Message) That's what I'm doing this week...making a careful exploration. Today I thought about some of the jobs I've had over the years. Jobs that actually paid me real … [Read more...]
A Careful Exploration…
"Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you've been given, and then sink yourself into that...you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with you own life." Galatians 6: 4-5 (Message Version) I've been thinking a lot about that. The 'who the heck am I and what … [Read more...]
4th Annual Pumpkin Carving Party!
4th Annual Pumpkin Carving Party! We had a great time on Saturday. It would have been perfect except my dad got sick and he and Brenda didn't come, and my boy, Timothy was out of town~ I thought I'd just put some pictures up... Mike and I getting ready for the fam~We were up early and I was … [Read more...]
Twas the night before the Pumpkin Carving Party…
It's the eve of my party and I think we're ready! I've been running errands all day. It's colder than it's supposed to be here in the ATL and it's been raining buckets. Both of these things are great. If you can be home, snuggling in. Just a quick note to show you the little favors I did for … [Read more...]
Heaven help me! My sins have found me out!(not all of them just this one)
I had a strange feeling something like this might happen! But I shoved my "worse case scenario" thoughts aside and looked the other way. (I have a worse case scenario thought about absolutely everything. It's a curse!) Here's the (very unimportant) thing: I'm getting a new oven and microwave. … [Read more...]
Don’t ‘cha love party favors?
I hate being left out of Tablescape Thursdays over at Between Naps on the Porch...so I'm linking an older post that focusing on party favors BUT DOES show several little table settings I've done in the past...I hope that's legal!? love to you peeps and I hope you get an idea or two! Today I'm … [Read more...]
Setting the stage for more important things…
Up at 4 am! Thoughts and more thoughts. My to-do list jumping up and down in my head demanding attention. I took some time to read the Bible and talk to God. My question for Him this morning was: why do I put so much effort into these family things? Am I focusing too much on the unimportant? The … [Read more...]