Happy Friday! I am ecstatic our family is going camping today! October is a lovely month here in Kentucky. The forecast is great. I’m working a half day. Then we’re off. To Indiana. Which I’m confident is also lovely in October. Here’s a list of the 26 Best Places to Pitch a Tent in the … More Flapjack Friday Faves [10.11]
I’m having a difficult time coming up with anything to write. I have ideas, but when I try to express them, they sound too opinionated, too journalistic, too {I’m not sure what} for a blog entry. Society is consumed with the female “M’s” right now. What in heaven’s name is wrong with Miley and whether … More what to expect?
Happy Friday! Happy weekend! This is not what I’d usually deem as a [favorite], as it’s quite disturbing information, but I’ll pass it on nonetheless: After Guantánamo, Another Injustice Which brings to mind my word of the week, thanks to Word of the Day: execrate (/ˈɛksɪˌkreɪt/) – v: to detest utterly; abhor; abominate. My song … More Flapjack Friday Faves [08.16]
It’s hard to be joyful when you’re not comfortable or happy with a situation. Even when joy is warranted, when joy is expected, there can still be a bit of sadness. Kind of like getting a promotion out of the department you worked in long enough to make friends. Sure, you’re happy for the wage … More joy, despite
My kids had a children’s bible when they were young. It was basically a story book and we read out of it often. Actually, we still have it. I’m not exactly sure why, and if I thought about it long enough and conducted some research I’m sure I’d find out, but we who raise our … More bible stories
I’m labeling it the {hand off}. The impartation of thoughts, theology and rules to live by onto my children. I think the most difficult thing for me in regards to parenting my kids at this stage of life is the hand off. My son is, by all intensive and legal purposes, grown. My daughter is … More hand off
My family lives in a crooked house. I believe our house was built in 1910, making it just over 100 years old. Apparently in 1910, levels were not utilized as they are in today’s construction methods. Or, our house has shifted a bit. Or, perhaps there are countless other reasons why our house is crooked, … More crooked house
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard the verse quoted, Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it, well, I’d probably have enough to at least take my family out for a nice dinner. It’s Proverbs 22:6, which, obviously … More which way do you want it?
Wednesday morning my son left town with my husband, bound for Louisville. Son Jamie is attending the Guitar Foundation of America Convention. He will be playing this morning for a panel of jurors and will find out later today if he will proceed to tomorrow’s final competition. Classical guitarists from all over the world will be there, a … More Different Directions
Today my sweet daughter Allie turns fifteen. I came across a letter yesterday, posted on one of my new favorite sites, brainpickings.org. It’s from Jackson Pollock’s dad, to him, written in 1928. While it’s not terribly emotion filled, it is, quite touchingly, what we as parents so want to convey to our children when they’re … More 15
Upon a Sunny Day 