I’m sitting at the bar in the kitchen on my laptop, watching my husband whipping up a batch of bread dough in the KitchenAide for our Christmas dinner rolls. He has already blessed us with waffles and whole berry syrup for breakfast. The girls have been playing with their Christmas presents in the living room [...]
Last weekend we celebrated my parents’ 40th wedding anniversary! My brother and I have been working with my mom to get everything together for the big reception at their church which was Sunday afternoon. My mom finished up the heritage quilt she had been planning since before my older daughter was born (she’s now 10), [...]
Penny, Lynette, and I grew up together almost from birth. Our parents all went to church together, and we are also “loosely” related to one another. They are the kind of friends that when you get together, no matter how long it’s been, you can pick up wherever you left off and it feels like [...]
It seems so easy to post about my girls’ birthdays, but I don’t think I’ve ever posted about mine. It was yesterday. My mom called to sing “Happy Birthday” to me and asked if I felt 37. I told her all year I’ve been thinking, “I’ll be 37 this year” – so in my mind [...]
My friend Autumn has been posting about all things Christmas for over two weeks now. Each day is dedicated to one particular aspect of the Christmas season. Her post about Ornaments – specifically ornaments that she has collected from her travels – reminded me of my favorite Christmas decoration: the nativity set I purchased in [...]
If you’ve been following my blog for several months, you might remember my Ode to Robert, the vendor next to me at the farmer’s market who passed away in September. Several of the women vendors got together for lunch with his wife, Joan, in October, and she gave each of us an amaryllis bulb “to [...]
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!! Tis the season to reflect on what we are thankful for (and eat way too much pie…). I am so full of thankfulness right now that it is difficult for me to put it into words. I am thankful for: – Jesus. His mercies are new every morning! – my family. I [...]
It’s been sort of a rough week. My good friend Robert, who sold bread with his wife Joan at the booth next to mine at the farmer’s market, passed away on Sunday. Visitation was yesterday, and the funeral was this morning. It was a military funeral at Ft. Leavenworth National Cemetery, complete with bagpipes, the [...]
I gave my mail carrier, Michelle, her much-deserved gift basket full of goodies today! She was so excited!! I added a note telling her how wonderful I think she is, and included a couple of the comments that a few of you left as well as the letter that Elizabeth in Wisconsin sent to me. [...]
You might think by my title that perhaps I had a horrible Mother’s Day yesterday. I had a pretty good day, actually. We left church a bit early and had a delicious lunch at Jose Pepper’s around 11:30 – before the crowds started coming at noon. My allergies have been kicking in though, and by [...]
