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Why I bother with a Blog

  I write this blog because my hubby, (the one giving the thumbs up; the other one is Billy) works away from home.  And three of our kids live in other states, and so does my dad and his wife,  and all of my brothers, and most of the in-laws.   So this is one way [...]

I’m a reader ….. so I read The Reader

And I wish I had not.  They took a story with sex, war, the Holocaust , a trial, a death and made it b-o-r-i-n-g!  HOW DID THEY DO THAT?  I say “they”, because I don’t know if the author or the translator is responsible…but somebody did it!  The only reason I will watch the movie [...]

Sew, Sew Happy!

I decided I wanted some long skirts to wear with boots this winter, so I went to Stage, Dress Barn and a few other places thinking it would be easy to find a long plain black or brown skirt.  Guess what? I couldn’t find one anywhere.  So on my next trip to wally world, I [...]

It is a Holiday, not a Holy Day

I’ve noticed on other social networks that many Christians are against the term, “Happy Holidays”.  While I admit to being among those who expressed this  predominantly evangelical opinion in the past, “Happy Holidays” seems perfect to me now.  Why?  Because the Christmas holidays have very little to do with Christ anymore—and that’s okay.  Why again?  [...]

On blogging…

I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on what I want from the internet and what I don’t want to spend my time doing. While I would like to maintain a small blog of some kind for my far away family and friends, the time it takes to upload pictures on wordpress is way too long. [...]

Feathering the Nest

After a summer of gardening and babysitting, the time has come to finish decorating and settling into our home.  We’ve been here just over a year, but it doesn’t quite feel like home yet.  So, I’ve been enjoying every minute of trying to remedy that. I’ve rearranged and changed the decor in the living room, [...]

Whata Summer!

Wow! Talk about a busy summer! The garden is finally slowing down, and so am I. The trailer is finished, and my mother-in law is finishing her move. Today was my last full day of baby sitting the grandchildren. Ava starts day care on Monday, and Colin starts Kindergarten Wednesday. I’ll help in the afternoons [...]

That’s what I’m talkin’ about!

Real fresh food.  It was such a joy to eat our dinner last night. Ribs with BBQ sauce made from our tomatoes.   Home grown potatoes, with freshly picked green peppers, smothered in butter.   Fried green tomatoes, using tomatoes picked just a couple of hours before, freshly ground flour and cornmeal to bread them, and [...]

Family, Friends and Food

The past month has been filled with family, friends and food.  We’ve celebrated birthdays, hosted barbeques and fish fries for friends, attended a family reunion, and enjoyed our house guests–mother, brother, niece, daughter with grandchildren have all stayed a few nights this month.  And we visited our daughter in Lafayette and my friends Susan and [...]