Just Because flowers are the best! Of course birthday, anniversary, and Valentine’s Day flowers are thoughtful and beautiful, but sometimes they can seem like Obligation Flowers. The nice thing about Just Because flowers is that Stephen thought of them without any special event reminding him. How loved I feel!
Last week I received the Sunday crossword puzzle in the mail with a note from Stephen’s mom. She knows how I love crossword puzzles! Each Sunday afternoon, back in Indiana, Stephen and I would go to his family’s for lunch. Usually while the boys played video games or bathed the puppies for a prospective owner… Read More It’s the Simple Things
The peas burned last night and put a nice thick coat of black carbon on the bottom inside of the pan. Here’s a little kitchen tip I used last night to get the pan clean. I squirted ketchup all over the blackened part of the pan and let it sit overnight. The acid from the… Read More Spic ‘n’ Span
This past Wednesday, I got word that I will be starting a new job (doing IT for a local logistics company) on January 11th. The next day, Elisabeth got a call that she will be starting her job with the census on the same day. What a difference two days makes! It makes for a… Read More Jobs!
Tomorrow will be a little oasis in the “Desert of Unemployment.” I will be substituting for a teacher’s assistant at a nearby preschool. I’m not sure if I’ll remember how to function in a work environment after 101 days in a row of not working! Even though I secured a position as a substitute teacher… Read More 101 Days of Unemployment
We had a fabulous visit with Pop-pop and Mom-mom this past week! Pop-pop wasn’t feeling very well when we first arrived, but by the end of the visit he was more like his perky self–laughing and telling stories. He said it was the “Elisabethan Effect” that made him feel better. Mom-mom thought the doctor deserved… Read More Meanwhile Back on the Farm…
Our Saturday morning began with making phone calls for the new Canyon Springs Baptist Church that will be opening in Las Vegas this December. Stephen and Tammi Wess are planting a church in the Summerlin area of Vegas. We visited them this past July as we were taking our Southwest Church Plant Survey trip. They… Read More Buckeye Heritage Days
October 17th is the Sweetest Day this year. Really, it is! I didn’t know the Sweetest Day was a holiday until one of my high school teachers chose to get married on the Sweetest Day many Octobers ago. In honor of this day, I decided to put together a list of some of the things… Read More Today is the Sweetest…
I’ve been drooling over these aprons for several months now. Heavenly Hostess makes some amazing aprons that actually flatter your figure and are super cute! It’s so hard to choose a favorite from these gorgeous choices, but here’s one I love, the Ginger. This month Apronista is giving away a Heavenly Hostess apron of the… Read More Aprons Have Never Been So Cute!
“It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath… Read More The 11th month, the 11th day, the 11th hour