The Going Home to North Dakota EditionSo as I have already bragged mentioned, we spent the 4th of July weekend visiting my family.I’ve asked you several times before if you’ve been to North Dakota.Remember?And more importantly, have you since been?{pretty}We stayed with my sister Yvonne who lives on a farm.Yes, she has cows and new baby kittens. … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday
The Moss Roses Edition … [Read more...]
Home
George has a working vocabulary of about five words. He says “hot” (translation: hot) and “ba-ba’s” (translation: I desire to nurse) and “truck” (translation: Hello? I’m a boy!” and “bus” (translation: Hello? Still a boy!) and finally, whenever we pass by a church, “Sheshus.”Translation: Mommy’s heart melts when George says “Jesus.”And Jesus is so … [Read more...]
Red, White and Blurgers
Alternately titled: Head & Shoulders, Burgers & Toes…because it’s the 4th of Do-You-Not-Just-Love-This-Holiday? July...…and because we’ve only just returned from three lovely days in the great state of North Dakota...(please don’t be jealous...)…and because we are celebrating quietly but joyously with supper on the deck & smoke bombs … [Read more...]
Pretty Happy Funny Real
The Sometimes-My-Teenaged-Son-Makes-Me-Cry EditionAlternately Titled: Independence Day {pretty}My son rode his bike to WalMart yesterday and when he returned, he brought me a treat.Pretty, no?I admired it for approximately 3.5 minutes and then moved on to other senses.{happy}My son (and his brother) have been keeping us very busy this summer. For … [Read more...]
Even MORE Summer Deliciousness
While the kids were smacking down corn dogs and coleslaw, I was having this:Cilantro Peach Tomato SaladSo very simple, yet so very good.We're talking tomatoes and peaches (or in this case, nectarines), a few slivers of onion, a few red pepper flakes (I used powdered cayenne), and CILANTRO!(No one is on the fence when it comes to cilantro. You … [Read more...]
Summer Deliciousness
Our Sunday night family fun included the movie True Grit (for the boys & oldest daughter) and these cherry pie-flavored milkshakes:Photo Courtesy of Dessert for TwoYum, yum and even more yum!They are wonderful, and much more economical made at home than if you were to buy them at Culver’s or DQ. (I am all about saving money these days. Leaves … [Read more...]
More Food for Thought
“Coming from an unsuccessful background, I had developed deep feelings of inferiority and inadequacy. I had fallen into the mental trap of assuming that people who were doing better than me were actually better than me. What I learned was that this was not necessarily true. They were just doing things differently, and what they had learned to do, … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
“Fully 95 percent of your emotions, positive or negative, are determined by how you talk to yourself on a minute-to-minute basis. It is not what happens to you but the way that you interpret the things that are happening to you that determines how you feel.“To keep yourself motivated, you must resolve to become a complete optimist. You must … [Read more...]
Odds & Ends & a Pie in the Face
So blogging’s going to be light over the next few days (Do I even need to make such a pronouncement?) because I’m on deadline for a Faith & Family article.Did you see the shout-out over there? Here’s the link. Please email me if you have words of wisdom to share or a package of coffee & chocolate you want to send.Once I’ve finished, though, … [Read more...]
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