Leaf me alone! (Wordless Wednesday)
December, 2007, our back yard. Please meet Old Red, Blackie and Little Red, taking a little break from a thousand hours of raking. I found out in a round-about way my children had named our rakes, discovered when they were...
Hey, y’all–BIG OL’ HONKIN’ PENSIEVE ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW!
Or, this post could’ve been alternately entitled: — I’m so excited, that I just can’t hide it, I’m about to lose control and I think I like it! or — Be there or be square (it really should read "Be here or be square",...
Heart to Heart…If I tell her will she hear?
Giving birth changes you in ways expected and in ways never imagined. Cliches from your own childhood–words you swore to yourself you’d never say–echo for a season in the hollows of memory, eventually finding voice as they pass through your own...
Sometimes they drive me crazy, but I love my fur babies!
Callie ~ who came to us as a scrawny little rescue kitty :). Aussie ~ the Australian Shepherd, skittish as the day is long… Pepper ~ the "bigger" lionhead rabbit whose mane is graying and growing already… Pippin ~ the babiest of them all....
Things aren’t always what they appear to be…(this goes for blog posts, too…)
"N e w Y e a r ‘ s R e s o l u t i o n s" in my mind’s ear hears that phrase spoken s l o w l y and voiced authoritatively by James Earl Jones. Try thinking it again, but this time with him saying it, and you’ll know what I...
Reality Check (…thoughts I had while in prison…)
I spent the Saturday night before Christmas in prison, surrounded by thieves, murderers, sexual offenders, drug dealers and white-collar criminals. There was no mistaking where we were, razor wire-topped fencing was a conspicuous reminder that the way out...
I’ve already blown my shot at “Mother of the Year” and it’s still only January 2nd
Eating dinner together is still a priority in our home. This doesn’t happen every night, but we’re still doing so more often than not. In this day and time…that is good enough for me. "Student life" and our...
100 Things About Me
I’ve been surprised by how enjoyable it was to fire off my list of "100 Things"; I divided it into two posts because I figured if you’re like me, shorter posts during the holidays are better for everyone ;). If you’re interested in the...
“Up” for a little fun?
How ’bout "up" for a whole lotta fun! My daughter and two of our nieces,day after Christmas, 2007–pictures of joie de vivre,Coolidge Park, Chattanooga, TN. Find more Wordless Wednesday participants here.wordless...