Love Is All Around

Tonight we watched Love, Actually. It was sweet, but I don’t believe I’d watch it again. I was glad when Stormy left the room because, HELLO, embarassing. We never have rated R movies in this house, so I wonder how this one filtered through the Netflix Queue. Hmm.
It was a great day today. Stormy had [...]

This Would Be….

And this, Nastia Liukin, would be why I so love to watch gymnastics during the Olympics. I am a “landlubber” who doesn’t move gracefully or beautifully, or flexibly like this.
And as my momma always says when I express jealousy of someone else: You just don’t know what their problems are like or what they’ve had [...]

Knight in Shining Armor

Reading a book this morning and my mind flashed upon scenes from my childhood…

Mary’s Cucumbers

I’m sitting here, still reading “Little Women” and the girls are talking about returning visits from their neighbors… and Rob and I, having lived here 14 years barely know our neigbors, let alone “visit” with them.
And it just struck me: I grew up a mile down a gravel road. There were seldom more than 10 [...]

Fullness of Time

Rob baptized two little ones today. I know that many churches believe many different things about baptizm, but ours allows for parents to choose to have their children baptized.
In the service, there were many things that Rob said as the pastor and the congregation was to respond. In one segment, Rob said the words, “In [...]

V is for Victory!

V is for Victory! Sing it out! It’s a glorious word!V is for Victory! It is ours through Christ our Lord!Some days may be dark and drear;In Christ the Way is Clear!For we have Victory!Victory in Christ our Lord!
When I was a child at church in Branton, we sang that song. I can’t remember if [...]

Adventures in Lunch Lady Land

My mom is a wonderful woman. I love her so much and I’m very proud of her. At a young age, I recall vividly her telling me to pray myself to sleep when I had gotten up in the night with the stomach flu. I’d awoken her three times already and she was exhausted. Finally, [...]

Kids and Basketball

It’s now been nearly 2 weeks since our big party, but I wanted to show photos of Rob and me playing basketball with Andy and Will.
 

 Andy is the cutest kid ever. I think he’s just turned 8, and he only wants to do everything in the world that his older brother does. Such a sweetie, [...]

No Gnus

No Gnus is Good Gnus, says Gary Gnu.
Not pregnant. But that doesn’t mean anything… yet.
I’m soooo tired. Got the HP book but am only in chapter 2 because I was sewing all day. Rob was painting all day. And we ALWAYS read HP together. We’re our own book club.
**hugs**
 
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R-E-S-C-U-E

R-E-S-C-U-E Rescue Aid Society
Head held high, touch the sky
You mean everything to me.
Just thought I’d share that bit of fun from The Rescuers. I started thinking about it this morning while I was getting ready to paint my back door. I wanted YOU to have the fun of it running through your head, too!

Grandmas Peonies

When I was a small child, my Grandma C would babysit us while Mom ran errands in town. We loved it, Grandma loved it, and I think especiall Mom loved it. When all the running was finished, Mom came back and she and Grandma talked and shared a drink: iced tea for Mom, black coffee [...]

Things I Keep Forgetting To Blog

1. A little over a week ago, it was after dark and Rob and I were driving down our road with the windows down. I asked Rob if he knew what “that smell outside” was and he said,
“Dirt?”
“Nope, it’s the smell of corn in the fields. It’s starting to tassel out.”
“You can smell that?”
“Come on [...]

Morning Walk

It’s 9:28 AM on Wednesday as I sit down to write. My heart is happy and sad over a million things:Happy – The wonderful walk I just had with my two dogs (I’ll elaborate in a minute).
Sad – Rick and Randi are really leaving.
Happy – Progress has been made on our addition.
Sad – Not enough [...]

Terri’s 5th Child

From 5th grade through 11th, I was best friends with Terri. We were literally inseperable through track, basketball, 4-H, and LIFE. Terri’s parents (mostly her father) pressured her always and demanded, “Why aren’t you more like Jayleigh?!”
Terri’s dad forced her to put her all into homework, basketball, discus and shotput, weightlifting, running… As a result, [...]