Meanwhile, back on his home planet, Forno, in the town of Ziti, Biff's best friend Neal Parmesan sat in his comfortable recliner, watching the news. His phone began to vibrate, the first notes of the popular song "Lasagna" sounding tinnily through the room. Grabbing the device, he wiped the screen [...]
Read MoreI asked my kids for words... they gave me the following: word, chivalrous, peanut butter, Yoshi, pony So what follows is what I came up with from those words. The light brown pony, who was just about the same color as peanut butter, stood chewing calmly by the fence as [...]
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This week has been all convoluted! Yesterday felt more like a Tuesday; today has definitely not felt like a Saturday! Part of it is probably the fact that we haven’t had any company this weekend. I think I need to figure out some sort of solid routine for my household. I think having a routine that includes certain things on […]
My husband got me a Wii Fit Plus for my upcoming birthday (by my request). While I haven’t really done enough yet to see real *results*, I do like that I can get exercise and it’s FUN! I love the Baby Stats that I can use to keep up with Sarah’s growth, too. Best birthday present EVER! (Timmy, Robert, Rachel, […]
An hour south of us, they’re getting snow – they have about an inch so far – and we have nothing. It isn’t even raining, much less snowing! Rats. Added a couple hours later: it DID snow here… but quickly changed to sleet/rain and no accumulation. So far.
I got a loveseat a while back for the living room that includes a pull-out twin sized bed. Everyone really loved it, so I have been looking for more. We are hoping to put three of them in the boys’ room to replace the bunkbed that is in there, making more playing room in the room during the day, but […]
Wow! I’m so sorry I haven’t written since September!! I have no excuse. I hope you have been well! In October, Rachel got a little dog – a Jack Russell terrier she named “Buddy,” and Timmy turned 14. In November, John Luke turned 5! December was busy with Christmas and related activities – which DID include addressing Christmas cards (which […]
A friend challenged me to post every day in February. We’ll see where this goes 🙂
May God bless you and your family throughout 2011!
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It’s amazing, really, that little thing we call a smile. I’m sitting in my van, waiting for my husband to finish paying for the gas with which he just filled up the tank. A lady came walking across the parking lot headed to her car beyond us with a sweet smile on her face, and caught my eye. It surprised […]
I can’t believe it’s the middle of September already! I apologize that this is the first letter since June! I really did not mean to take off for the summer – it just happened! So, what’s been going on since June 30? Let me see. On July 2, my parents came to visit. It was very nice to see them, […]
Isn’t it hot this summer? We enjoyed the cooler weather but are now enduring the heat of a typical southern summer. I am so thankful for air conditioning! We have had a few very nice days, though, for which I am grateful! At the end of May, we took a trip to Fort Smith, AR, and Poteau, OK, where we […]
Sorry this month’s update is so late! It’s been a very busy couple of weeks, getting ready to go to Arkansas for our niece Amber’s wedding. We’re very excited about getting to go! We haven’t been back to Arkansas since we moved here December 1998! We got Sarah a toddler bed. It is cute, and she seems to like it– […]
I hope this finds you healthy and comfortable. We are finally almost back to normal after having some sort of cold go through the family. I have John Luke signed up for a “preschool club” at Publix, and they send him something in the mail every month. In March, it was a chef hat to go with the apron they’d […]
This story is about Anna, whose broken engagement in a previous town caused her to guard her bruised heart; and about the community into which she moved and how the people there and their loving relationships helped draw Anna out and into a loving relationship of her own. Anna also has a secret that she fears will cause a breach […]
My 4-year-old, John Luke, has an interesting habit. When I ask him a negatively-worded question, he answers differently than most of us. For example, I might ask him, “Are your shoes not in the shelf where they belong?” Most of us, if the shoes were NOT there, would say, “No,” in agreement that the shoes were NOT in the shelf. […]
I seem to be getting later and later with the monthly updates! Sorry about that. I hope you are doing well! On February 19th, I turned 39! (I’ve finally caught up with Jack Benny :D) We celebrated with our friends (he turned 43 on the 21st). We actually put 39 and 43 candles on the cakes! And Robby got relighting […]
The Flowering Cross is a beautiful children’s story about how a little girl’s love impacts a crochety old man’s heart for Christ. It tells how a family’s service to a neighbor showed him the love of God. This is a light, sweet story, geared to children of all ages. When we received this book from Thomas Nelson publishers via BookSneeze, […]
Started our day with green eggs… …don’t they look yummy??
OK, so we like lasagna. However, since we have been trying to eat modified-McDougall, we decided to adjust it a little. And this is NOT, by the way, a McDougall-friendly recipe, but it also isn’t quite as bad as “real” lasagna. Saturday, I boiled 10 pounds of chicken. I used part of it in chicken pot pie (that recipe will […]
Beautiful Mess is the story of the band Diamond Rio, starting with each member’s story from a child up, and finishing with “where they are now,” and including their rise to fame, triumphs and struggles in the middle. It is a comprehensive look at six different (very different!) men and how they became not only a group, but a wonderfully […]