Those of you who have followed my blog for awhile know that my husband and I are avid Scrabble players. We are very competitive and have kept a record of our scores since 2008. I tell my story in: Confessions of a Scrabble Addict! We have been known to wake up at 4 am and, not […]
Those of you who have followed my blog for awhile know that my husband and I are avid Scrabble players. We are very competitive and have kept a record of our scores since 2008. I tell my story in: Confessions of a Scrabble Addict! We have been known to wake up at 4 am and, not […]
I have shared some of the one sentence (or two) quotes that I have found either good for a laugh – or serious reflection. One Sentence for Wisdom or Laughter Another list for Wisdom or Laughter So – in honor of our mothers, let me share some quotes that I hope will make you laugh – but […]
Those of you who have followed my blog for awhile know that my husband and I are avid Scrabble players. We are very competitive and have kept a record of our scores since 2008. I tell my story in: Confessions of a Scrabble Addict! We have been known to wake up at 4 am and, not […]
Today is the third week I have not been able to make it to church. Two weeks ago I was in too much pain to go. Last week we were all snowed in and church was cancelled. Today I am suffering again from pain. Feeling a little down – I miss my church family, I […]
I wrote a few years ago about a favorite show from my childhood – Gunsmoke. You can check out that post here: Anyone Remember Gunsmoke? My husband and I found a TV channel that has Gunsmoke reruns every day at noon. Several days a week we watch the show while eating lunch. By now most […]
In my reading I love to collect those one or two sentence phrases that make me laugh or make me think. Here are a few I hope you enjoy. Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society…Mark Twain Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits […]
A wonderful Thanksgiving! It was a great Thanksgiving this year. Our youngest granddaughter spent the night before with us – and slept all snuggled up next to me. The morning brought her mother and father and while I made the scalloped potatoes and banana pudding that my family love, my daughter fixed all the rest of […]
Today we put our house on the market. It has been a busy few months as we began the process of downsizing preparing to move from a nine-room house to something much smaller. My experience in this process of deciding what to keep and what to sell, give away or throw out has been an […]
What a year 2020 was! Coronavirus – and all the uncertainty and problems that has created. Loss of jobs/income, loss of ability to travel freely to name just a few. Division over wearing a mask or not wearing one. The election also brought such division and unrest. The arguments over BLM. We were looking forward […]
Growing up in a Christian home, I learned to pray at a very young age. Prayer was an important part of my family’s life. Every meal we took turns thanking God for our food. As the “baby” in the family my first prayers over meal time were memorized prayers like God is great, God is […]
With recent health issues, I have been spending way too much time at home. Experiencing a lot of severe pain, I am faced with two choices. Take pain medications and then feel too sleepy or zombie-like to do anything. Don’t take pain medications and hurt too bad to do anything. I have missed church, given […]
Today is the third week I have not been able to make it to church. Two weeks ago I was in too much pain to go. Last week we were all snowed in and church was cancelled. Today I am suffering again from pain. Feeling a little down – I miss my church family, I […]
We talk a lot about the cross and how terrible the death of Jesus was. The story of Peter’s denial of Jesus and the rest of the disciples fleeing from the garden where he was arrested are familiar to us. It is good that we take time to reflect on the agony, the pain, the […]
