What a Crazy Roller Coaster

…. or sometimes I’d like to know what the Lord is up to…. (but I’ll get to that in a moment)
When I last left you the week began on a sad note.  That week only got worse.  I really do try not to be too attached to things.  I promise.  But when I was rear-ended [...]

And sometimes, Old Dogs get tired….

Sometimes, when an old dog gets tired there are many things they still want to do and just can’t.  You can see it in their eyes.  Sometimes they try.  They get a little beside themselves with excitement and forget for a moment that they’re old. It hurts.  Because you remember when they could. 
Sometimes, even though [...]

The Sparkle of Simple Things

 
Sometimes, it just the simple things that matter.  Hamburgers, hotdogs, grilled corn-on-the-cob with watermelon to top it off.  The whole family home for dinner.  And Fireworks to top off the day.  
 

 

 
How did your Independence Day Sparkle?
 

Things you just don’t hear anymore…

Ethel (Mertz) to Lucy (Ricardo) when insisting she needed to change:
“Lucy, I’ve never worn my blue jeans on the subway before and I’m not going to start NOW!”

A Little From the Middle

For Father’s Day I made one of the yummiest chocolate sheet cakes.  I can say that, because it’s not my recipe.  It is from scratch, but it doesn’t take tons of work.  It had been a long time since I had made it (I don’t know why and it won’t be a long time before I [...]

Pioneers, Bloomers and Women’s Rights?

 

 
Would you have ever thought bloomers, BLOOMERS, were a part of the Women’s Sufferage Movement?!  Until last week I had absolutely no clue.  I’ve been helping K. getting ready for a Pioneer Trek the youth are taking this week.  I was converting some pjs and checking just a couple of details when google turned up some links on [...]

Just Goes to Sow….

you’re never to old to learn something.  I’ve planted and grown flowers.  But the last time I grew anything that I would eat myself I was knee high to the grasshopper trying to destroy the crops.  Ok, maybe a tad taller, but it was a long time ago.  So I’m starting slow.  One plant.  One [...]

$1,000,000 Phone

We’re looking at getting a 2-line phone and Amazon is one of our stops for research.  Kevin called me over as we were getting ready for bed and said he’d found the phone we had to get.  I’m not sure what extra features a phone would have for a million dollars, but they would have [...]

Remember the Little Ways…

Brain Dump

I’m working on a quilt project.  Shhh.. it’s a suprise for…. I’m not even posting who yet.  Just in case he decides to pop in.  All the blocks are done and I’m going to finish the top tomorrow.  
I also sign up for a nine patch a day quilt a long.  WHAT was I thinking?  I’m already [...]