All Things Home and Family
We put the "wedding arch" in the garden this year. No weddings in sight anyway, and we needed somthing new and different this year. We planted flowers and vegetables and tomatoes this year. The tomatoes are a sorry sight and I have no hope of seeing them improve. I put… Continue reading In The Garden
Our family has not had a traditional place where we go to watch the annual fireworks. One year we set up lawn chairs in a neighbors field with friends right by our vans and swatted mosquitoes galore. It was nice being so close to home and bed that late at night when it was… Continue reading Fireworks 2012
This July 4th comes at a time when we have been reconsidering our trust in the American judicial system. We are learning to put our trust in God more than ever instead. Yet, I am thankful for the freedoms we still have. How long will we have them? … Continue reading American Independence
The garden is growing in this heat with watering. We might have peas to pick on Wednesday, but the tomatoes are very sad over there on the trellis. First we had too much rain, I think, for tomatoes and now we have too much heat. They are spindly with very little foliage. They look ugly… Continue reading The Latest Summer Minutes
I have been "clean" for just over a year now. That means that I have not allowed anything with wheat into my mouth if I can help it. It means that I read all labels. My whole family reads labels. My church family reads labels. If the label reads gluten free everyone smiles when I… Continue reading Living "Clean"
The girls found vetch along the road blooming with the daisies. This week is Northwoods Vacation Bible School. This VBS was started back in the late fifties for the Native American children. My mom, who is now in her sixties taught a class when she was sixteen years old. I taught in my teenaged… Continue reading Summer At Home
Just words. It is a warm summer evening and I am down stairs where the AC keeps the atmosphere pleasantly cool. Brad is here with me finishing up a gun rack that he has been working on for a couple of weeks. This is one of his first wood working projects… Continue reading Post Without PIctures
There are always bouquets of flowers now on our tables here at home. Of Abbey’s house. We helped Abbey move into a house sitting job last week. We moved in a bare minimum of needs in furniture and ktichen gadgetry and planted a wee garden in the back yard. … Continue reading A June Posting
A friend observed to me today that though one or both parties in a marriage feels like he or she is not in love anymore, that doesn't mean the marriage is over. There are no convenient excuses to make this true. Marriage is 'till death do us part' and a lack of the warm fuzzies… Continue reading Be Of Good Cheer
I am a music snob. I have all the symptoms. I like to follow the notes when I sing...most of the time. (If a seventh or a second sounds nicer in harmony than the boring DO they have written for the alto, I'll go for it.) I like when other people follow the notes, too.… Continue reading What I Really Wanted to Say About Music Snobs
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