Here’s a better view of those Topo Chico bottles-turned-drinking-glasses. Aren’t they great? What a cool gift. I just love seeing them in my cabinet. I love that the “cut” is just above the textured part of the bottle giving them a bit of a decorative flair. And that green tint? Perfect. While I was uploading… Read More Birthday Gifts: Part 2
“What do you want to do for your birthday, Mom?” With Robert typically gone to Texas and Oklahoma for the first two weeks of January, my kids are usually left with the burden responsibility of “making mom’s birthday special” on their own. I kind of hate that. I love special days and gifts, but I… Read More Birthday Gifts: Part 1
Macy’s on 34th John Piper’s Advent reading plan on the Bible App has been giving me a lot to think about and be challenged by lately. Here’s part of what day 22 said: “You can read every fairy tale that was ever written, every mystery thriller, every ghost story, and you will never find anything… Read More A Trip, A Tea Party, & 3 Winners!
Tea Party Prep! Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays always start the same way for the 40-somethings at my house. Up early. Workout clothes on. Bible reading with a side of hot tea. Out the door for a run – on the nearby rail trail or at the nearby Planet Fitness depending on weather conditions. (On Mondays… Read More He Calms the Seas AND the Season ( Plus…A Giveaway!)
Then we did the things…the dreaming and the planning and the inviting and the shopping and the furniture rearranging. Which required drinking more of the coffee. Why…thank you, Rory. We found some cute party supplies on Etsy – coffee cups, team boyfriend stickers, and Gilmore Girls Bingo boards. Favor boxes, too. And we recruited biggest… Read More First We Drank The Coffee…
Last week went way too fast, and had to be highly scheduled as you can see. Our boys arrived home for the Thanksgiving break Monday night after Robert, Kayla, and I had gone to bed. Cooper picked Kory up in Boston on his way home from Gordon College which was so perfect. Since Kayla and… Read More A Week Of Thanksgiving
Last Thursday I drove halfway across the state (which only takes an hour here in Massachusetts) to meet my friend Betsy for coffee at Panera. Betsy moved to the Boston area this past summer and left me without one of my dearest friends in town and my every-Thursday-morning-running-partner. After coffee with Betsy, my friend Christina… Read More Thankful: Plants, Pillars, And No Outcries
I’m a bad pastor’s wife/church member and always neglect to make myself a name tag, but if I had made a name tag and written something I was thankful for on it, “Sundays” would have been high on my list of choices. Right now I am thankful for so many things, so maybe I’ll write… Read More I Love Sundays II
A half hour to read and review after Robert and Kayla leave… The cutest, smartest Sunday morning co-pilots you’ve ever seen… View to my right… …and to my left. Proverbs 31:1-9 today…on what makes a man. Self Control. Sober Judgment. Sacrifice. Back home and a helper… …coffee brewing…three pots. Real dishes and silverware…I love real… Read More I Love Sundays
I really do. I’m infuriated with my intestines. I despise my digestion. My stomach makes me sad. A page out of Bagels, Buddy, and Me. Sick villi lie flat and can’t digest food properly. When I started blogging almost ten years ago, I did it because Robert said “All authors have blogs. You should start… Read More I Hate My Guts