...I will have ordered a photo book for my parents in North Dakota. These are my parents. They are cute and sweet and loving and kind, and deserve far more photos of their grandkids than I send them. [daughter guilt] So I got up early this morning and sat my backside down...an hour (or so) later, and I was done! It really wasn't that big a … [Read more...]
Mom Time
Have you taken some lately? Sometimes, near the end of confession with my awesome pastor, he will ask if I've been able to get out with my friends. "This is so important, you know," he will tell me. "Women have different social needs than men. You need to get out and get together with the girls!" Well then. Tomorrow at confession I can tell him … [Read more...]
Where to begin…ever?
Alternately Titled: Upon My Going Flippin’ Crazy The month of August is like one long and drawn-out Sunday night. So much to do…so little summer! Here in Minnesota, we are trying to drain the season to its dregs while—simultaneously—cleaning the classroom and buying supplies and making last-minute tweaks to the curriculum. It is an odd and … [Read more...]
Wordless Wednesday
The Lucky-He’s-Cute-Because-He’s-So-Very-Two Edition … [Read more...]
Maggie’s Quick Picks
On the TVSoul Surfer comes out on DVD today and if you haven’t seen it, you must. You must! Dennis Quaid? Wonderful. Helen Hunt? Too thin but still wonderful. AnnaSophia Robb? Wonderful! She’s grown up a lot since Because of Winn-Dixie but she is still just as sweet and does a great job in the role of Bethany Hamilton, a dedicated & … [Read more...]
End of Season
To all of the coaches who make summer sports possible…Who put in the effort, the time & the miles, and who encourage, inspire & lead…Thank you. … [Read more...]
Win some, lose some.
As in, we lost today’s game but I got this fun shot:My son got out at first, unfortunately, but the guy leading off third scored a run. My husband called it an “RBI Sacrifice.”I’ll take his word for that. … [Read more...]
Pretty Happy Funny Real
The We ♥ Mary EditionPrologue: I groaned to open the blinds one morning and see that the neighbors were having a yard sale. “From their garage to my daughters’ bedroom,” I thought, but still allowed my three little girls to run over. “Yes, you may each pick out one Beanie Baby. No, you may not buy that gnome.” Later on in the day, I passed by the … [Read more...]
Shark (Tooth) !
Alternately Titled: Let the blood-letting begin.This is Jem.This is Jem and his mom’s messy desk.This is Jem and his mom’s messy desk and the mouth full of metal that he got just yesterday.(Thus the subtitle of today’s post. Hey, we didn’t need that money anyway! But, apparently, our orthodontist does!)Jem has a shark tooth—has had it for well over … [Read more...]
Food for Thought
The Old Yeller Edition“Now the thing to do,” [Pa] went on, “is to try to forget it and go on being a man.”“How?” I asked. “How can you forget a thing like that?”He studied me for a moment, then shook his head. “I guess I don’t quite mean that,” he said. “It’s not a thing you can forget. I don’t guess it’s a thing you ought to forget. What I mean … [Read more...]
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