We braved the Day After Thanksgiving Shopping …

Well, in past years, we have actually enjoyed this activity – a time that both of us could go together and get good deals on items that we were planning on getting for Christmas anyway. A “date” morning (with our kids … I call any time with hubby, without them, a “date”). We [...]

Cloudy Day … and Thankful

Wow, it’s cloudy today … thought you’d all want to know. It actually “sprinkled” this morning … like a few drops on the windshield on the drive to school. Just not the same seeing a grey landscape behind palm trees and such.
I suppose that will make some of you happy to know that it’s [...]

Make Me Laugh Monday

As many of you know, I spent the weekend at the Women of Faith conference – including the pre-conference all day on Friday. I spend the entire time laughing and crying from the many stories, testimonies and humorous skits. I had seen one of the women before on YouTube and didn’t realize it was the [...]

Our Journey to Arizona #5 – The Health Factor

An ongoing reflection of my journal from last year when faced with our big decision to move to Arizona … prior to posting what I wrote last year, I must write the following as a feeling that I have today about how my health affected our decision to move to Arizona …
Now, I must say [...]

Somuchtowrite … solittletime

Quick update …
In-laws here … (here for 2 weeks)
Haley’s switched to new teacher … (long story I’ll have to write about another time)
Going to Women of Faith Conference the entire weekend … even get to go to pre-conference all day today. Mother-in-law is going with me
Thanksgiving prep for next week happening [...]

Our Journey to Arizona #4

A continuing reflection of a year ago and my journal of amazing events that led to our big move to Arizona …
November 15th – The night before Eric’s interview, I took the kids to Connor’s soccer party. On the drive home, I was praying for Eric’s flight that night and interview the next day and [...]

Thankful for Plastic Bags

The flu hit this afternoon … fast. Haley said her stomach felt upset as I was putting signs in the school office after school (after helping in the parking lot … also another story). I thought, hopefully it’s just hunger pains.
A car ride to the store on the way to AWANA proved otherwise. She [...]

Candy It Is …

Hours later as I am running errands and shopping on Veteran’s Day, it’s no surprise they changed their minds and both agreed that going on a candy tour sounded good (certainly better than running errands). Soooooo …. we actually did get to the Candy tour.
At lunch, I was explaining to Haley that it was [...]

Veteran’s Day Celebration … then again … maybe not …

Conversation this morning …
“Hey guys, let’s get going … there’s a Veteran’s Day Parade today.”
Connor “Can’t we just watch it on TV?”
Haley “Yeah, I get tired of going to school and church, and it’d be better to stay home. All that walking will make me tired.”
Me, “I was also thinking of going to on a [...]

I’m Honored …

Wow, tears formed in my eyes as I arrived at school yesterday morning. There has been a substitute teacher in Haley’s class and she mentioned that Haley wrote something on Friday that she wanted to have copied for me so I was curious. I’ve been helping a lot in Haley’s classroom as the teacher quit [...]