There is nothing like a good storm with a real (or threatened) power outage to get me knitting!  Thankfully we weathered the storm without a...

Easter is one of those holidays that sneaks up on me...and never fails to bring me joy. Joy in dyeing eggs, watching kids hunt for Easter ba...

You'll have to forgive me this sappy and probably overly sentimental rambling today. But I love New Years. I love the time to relax with...

Today is one of those days that you wish weren't happening, but which the poignant memories will stay with me and sustain me.  This morn...

This week I am... harvesting green beans every other day...ones that were supposed to be ready to harvest in July, finally growing. blanchi...

This post will probably be a little bit more serious than most for me, but I want to be honest with you and where I am in my life right now....

There are days when I look at my little suburban life and think it is so very, well, ordinary.  House in a neighborhood with sidewalks, in a...

A lovely family Easter, here.  Doughnut breakfast, wonderful church celebration, Easter baskets (our bunny knows we go to early church and s...

This song helps me remember why Good Friday truly is good. Go on up to the mountain of mercy, To the crimson perpetual tide. Kneel down...

My Wednesday morning women's Bible study group has been going through the Beth Moore study, The Patriarchs this semester. This morning...

One of our friends from our home group (weekly Bible study group) is relocating to England with her job. We are sad to see her go after only...

The middle of February. The middle of winter. A slow time, both figuratively and literally. Slower paces at work and at home tend to make me...

After being a Mama for 5 1/2 years now, I feel like I should have been prepared.  Prepared with consequences, and the right words, so that I...

Sunday night after a whirlwind week of preparations and celebrations.  Last minute knitting (finished the final gift on Christmas eve around...

Not the list for Santa, unfortunately, although if he'd send me a couple elves on loan for a few days, that would help out quite a bit o...

Temperatures in the thirty's all week, and windy, make it easy to hole up at home.  And there is no time of year when it is more pleasan...

This was a fun little facebook app today, and I found so much JOY in reviewing the memories I r...

a lot of things just kind of cruising through my brain today, so here is a sampling! need to get started on my daughter's halloween cos...

Just finished reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (Dial Press, 2008).  As in, ...

OK, before you start thinking that I'm still on the muscle relaxants (mentioned last post), I'm not. Nor is the title of this post s...