This morning I got in my freezing cold car and drove to Food Lion for the essentials. The bad thing about living in the middle of a small town is that the heater in my car never warms up, so I ride the whole ten minutes there and back hunched over and shivering with oneContinue reading "Instantize me!"
11 reasons I could live without January
Between sickness and snow, just about every plan I have made for the month of January has been canceled. It's left me thinking that January is the most useless month of the year. Here's eleven reasons why: February Admittedly, February isn't much better. Cold, snowy, more of the same. It is, however, three days shorter,Continue reading "11 reasons I could live without January"
Showers and Shepherds
Going to a baby shower when you have a two year old and an eight month old is kinda like going to a wedding after you've been married a few years. "Congratulations!" you say in your best and most sincere tone, while thinking in your head "Good luck, hold on tight, you are in forContinue reading "Showers and Shepherds"
Why get a flu shot when there’s the church nursery?
Maybe it was our trip to Wal-Mart. On second thought, I'm pretty sure it was the church nursery. Yep, the church nursery gave my child the stomach flu. 😦 It seems like literally every time we drop him off at the nursery during the winter months he comes back with a sniffle or a coughContinue reading "Why get a flu shot when there’s the church nursery?"
Eight Years in a Basket
Ever year when the warm weather turns cool, my thoughts turn to a certain fuzzy little maroon scarf sitting in a trunk in our guest room. That might seem like an odd place to keep your scarves, and it is---unless yours are like mine; unfinished. This poor little unfinished ball of yarn has so muchContinue reading "Eight Years in a Basket"
resolutions, goals, and all that
New Years resolutions, (sigh). Actually, mine are Halloween resolutions, made in the midst of eating--you guessed it-- a Butterfinger for breakfast one morning. It was at that point that I realized I have little self control and possibly even less discipline. Well... I always knew that. Â But I guess it was at that point thatContinue reading "resolutions, goals, and all that"
A new Dawn, A New Day, a New Year
I'm writing this from a hotel room in Washington D.C. while one of my boys naps in a pack n play in the bathroom and the other naps in a pack n play two feet from my chair. Happy New Year! It actually has been a good New Years. Last week, I was preparing myselfContinue reading "A new Dawn, A New Day, a New Year"
life or something like it
"The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived." Â Thomas Merton I read that quote this morning on the page of a book my husband is reading that was left open in the bathroom. It's a good quote, andContinue reading "life or something like it"
Merry Christmas!
You put your right foot in…
How old is too old for footie-pajamas? This may surprise you, but I ask myself this question a lot. Currently, my boys are 21 months and 7 months, well within the range of appropriate footie-pajama wearing years. But on occasion the question arises in my mind and I wonder at what age I should stopContinue reading "You put your right foot in…"
Butterfingers for Breakfast 