Giving thanks for - FaceTime. Without it, I would not have been able to see my grand littles as much as I have. Also the provisions that allowed us to hire o...

Today is Tuesday, April 21, 2020. I have been thinking about how to best record this weird time in our history in my own space, here on the blog. Since the g...

Giving thanks for - well, today there are a lot of things I think are on this list that I might not have thought to add to it just a few weeks ago. Toilet pa...

Giving thanks for - A pastor who knows how to teach well. The fact that Spring is around the corner, despite the cold and rainy day upon us. Second chances. ...

Giving thanks for - this house, our home, and the family that God created that brings it to life in so many ways. Outside my window - there’s a dusting of sn...

Giving thanks for * God's provision that enables me to continue to be a stay-at-home wife, mom, grandma. * A generous, kind husband that delivers God's...

Outside my window - It is officially winter. And I don’t like it, not one little bit. It’s cold and gray and dreary. I announced earlier in the month that I w...

Outside my window - Well, it’s Monday and the sun is shining after a few days of rather dreary weather. Halloween was cold and wet! There was a solid frost o...

I’m continuing to work on a “List of Things I No Longer Want to Do”. I messaged my kindred spirit a few days ago and told her I was going to start this list....

Outside my window - It’s still dark because today is the second day that I managed to resume my 4:30 am wake up time so that I have a little more time for th...

Outside my window - The sun is shining - the forecast says 90s again. There are the beginnings of a deck rail!!! Repairing the deck has been a nightmare in s...

Outside my window - it’s still dark. I managed to get up at my preferred time of 4:30 AM. I know that sounds insane to some people, but it’s the best time of...

Outside my window - it’s hard to see outside the window where I sit - the condensation creates a film that lingers into the morning. But I did step outside t...

Outside my window ~ it’s a bit overcast. There is still some condensation from the night on the windows. I can see the fingerprints left behind. :-) Listenin...

We spent today loading the moving truck and bringing our girl and her family back to our area! Grateful - just call me grateful 🤗

I didn’t really know what it was called at the time, I just knew I was miserable and I had arrived at a place where something had to give. I knew my toes wer...

Love makes it a home. Each day this week the temperature is forecast to swing back and forth in the 40s and 60s! I think, I hope, I pray, we have turned a co...

Outside my window… there is still snow, but the sun is finally shining. Our deck is still a wreck LOL but there is hope that it will soon be cleaned up, repa...

I had just a smallish epiphany about an hour ago. Wanna hear it? LOL I continue to go round and round about writing, blogging, etc... and beating myself up o...

... to live well and love well. My sweet husband was out of town for Valentine's Day. I had been promising some of my kids that I would prepare and serve the...