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We went to visit Steve's Grandmother this weekend. We all call her Nanny. She is a typical Grandmother in the sense that she thinks a lot about dying. If you peak behind some of the important things in…
" Adventure is worthwhile in itself." --Amelia Earhart I had an adventure at Steve's parents house. I went snow shoeing for the first time. I have…
I resolve... It is still January...can I blog one more time on resolutions? (I looked through old photos from past years and found this one taken at ground Zero Dec-Jan 2003) When I was a teenager, the pastor at…
"Home is where your mind can play." (?) I love Janet's new home that she and Daniel are renting. Love it! Have you ever heard the Shaker rule of thumb it is along the lines of "have nothing in your home unles…
Can I still be Betty Homemaker if I am a wee bit controlling? I wanted to be all waltons like and make cookies from scratch. I love cooking but baking is quite another. It is a control thing, I like to stir and pok…
That kind of a day... Steve is my weather man, he calls and says, "Hey it is going to be 50 degrees today" and then I shape my day around it. our weather man says quotes each morning and if they are good Steve sends…
Rustic flavors of the past Growing up there was a Catalpa tree a few houses down. It was the tree my father and Mother chose to be the "Do not pass landmark". I can still hear all six of us "ooooh I'm tellin'…
"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven…
Just flipping through this book makes you want to cook something! Shel made the Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake on pg 166 while I was there. It was close your eyes while you eat it good! She topped it with a thick cream…
Beautiful people "I sit outside a cafe--people hurry by but none look obsessed. There is no one about to be mistaken for Beethoven" --Eric Maisel Have you ever looked through a magazine that has compiled a…
60 degrees and Eti's in charge! The record for today is 51 (Back in 1975). The average is about 25, but today it is 60 -- 60 degrees! We rushed through school with a walk as our motivation. It w…
Bad teeth, an important pen, and chap stick. Drum roll please....This is where I was when I took the picture. My school. I was standing in front of the double doors. There was a double exposure because the…
We bloggers are so vain, as soon as a new person comments, we are all like "Ooo! Let me scroll back and see what they were looking at!" I know I am keeping you in suspense, but Small Group is coming to my house for t…
Where am I? Who can guess where I was when I took this picture?! I know it is not an altogether fair question b/c some of you would have no way of knowing, but you can still guess! I am very curious to know who w…
Lord's day stew When I was growing up there were pockets of time when we did not have a lot. Large pockets of time. But I didn't really know it until I was older...anyway, sometimes for dinner my Mom wou…
Welcome to the world, Baby John! This is more for my Father than anyone else. John is named after him. Dad will not be able to see him until this summer. John is his eighth Grandchild and the first Grandson to…
Expecting John (This picture of Renay was taken at Jeff's party) Renay is in labor!! She is not at the hospital yet, but she called the Dr. and it looks like she is going today! Joel, Jon, Julie, Daniel, Janet, an…
Not much to say today. Spent the day with the kids. Grocery shopping tonight. My Mom bought me a shirt that did not fit so I went and exchanged it for a dandy of a sweatshirt. It is so so happy of a color. (Ameri…
I resolve... It is so simple really. I went over my new years resolutions in the past years. The list is always so long, so spread out. Sometimes it is pages long. (ooh wow, that is weird, scary, seeing my own…
Christmas really feels over now. I took the tree down today with Steve. Jon and Kay-Kay were here, he sat on the couch with all the kids climbing all over him. They watched March of the penguins. I didn't want…