We went to a birthday party this Saturday for a friend of my children. I had a very nice time talking with one friend from church. We "compared notes" about some of the behavior issues we have with our sons. She used an analogy that I’ve continued to ponder. She said she felt like she …
Today I have made sweet potato casserole (except for topping and baking), a pumpkin pie, and cranberry sauce. I had the kids clean the dining room table and chairs. I need to do a little more cleaning, but not too bad, so I decided to take a little break. I finished making a photo collage …
Yesterday was my birthday. My husband gave me my first gift on Thursday evening which was this coffee maker. Then yesterday morning I didn’t get up at 5:20 to work out at the Y. In fact, I didn’t get out of bed until 7:30 and I stayed in my pajamas until 10:30 (that is not something …
I have let more time go by without posting than I meant to. We have been fairly busy lately. DH had the day off today for Veteran’s Day so we did a very light school day. He (with my assistance ) put 3 new bathroom faucets in this morning. I made this little centerpiece for …
Slow water leak…..$50/month and growing New water line …..$695 Watching children watch the backhoe ………Priceless My 5 year old has a cute way about him. If he’s watching a video about a fire truck, he has to go get his fire truck. If we read a book about a train, then he has to …
The following is a quote from the book Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen, copyright 1923. This section is from page 176 and it is a summary of the things that needed to happen to fix the trend toward liberalism in the church. In the fourth place – the most important thing of all- …
I sometimes tell people that I used to be smart. I guess that deep down I still consider myself fairly smart, but my opinion of myself is much less than what it once was. The Lord uses all sorts of things to humble us. I think that I am definitely losing brain cells with each child! …
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This is my last week until we start school. I’m trying to finish my home improvement projects up because I rarely have time to work on them during the year. Today I made a window treatment for the second of my bedroom windows. The kids worked on stripping wallpaper in our half bath! I hope to …
I can’t believe I finally got around to starting a blog. I’ve been talking about it for months. I don’t have much time to write now, so this is serving as a test to see if I can figure out how this works. My 3 biggest fears about starting a blog are: 1.What am …
