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I'm just going to put it out there: I hate when someone says to me, HAPPY HOLIDAYS. I never used to hate it. In fact, I've said it many a time. It's all encompassing...all of the Holiday's being united under one umbrella. But one day, while shopping in a large department store, the cashier said, [...]

I've been taking stock of my joy the last week or so.As a rule, I tend to focus on what I don't have and what's not right in my life rather than what I do have and what's great in my life. My Man has always been the optimistic and me...not so much.But that is [...]

day starting with little sleep during the nightwaking up to check my iPhone very, very earlyto see a text from a sweet girl I missand a facebook post by my momma that makes me crymyself back to sleepwaking up in time to jump up, run into the Wild Boy's room and scream"CLASS STARTS IN 20 [...]

My one dedicated reader, who refers to herself as The Peanut Gallery, put a note in the blog suggestion box regarding tattoos. I think it's a good subject to discuss. Now that I have one, I think I can speak semi-intelligently on the subject. You are probably not going to agree with me.Which is totally [...]

It's not just an attitude, it's a nickname.Mine, to be exact. *I have no idea why anyone would think this was an appropriate nickname for moi*It's also a word The Wild Boy uses regularly. Usually describing me, His Princess or my bff, Kristy. It's probably cheeky and if he wasn't the third child, aka The [...]

Thanksgiving. It's this week. Crazy. Where has 2012 gone? For all that I've been playing Christmas music since October, the Holiday's have arrived too quickly. Make time stop!What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving week than with a list.1. I am loving the new fireplace. It has glowing embers spilling out from the grate. The logs [...]

My visual view for my Quiet Time changed this week. And next week will change again when Russell takes down Tom and puts up lights around the back deck.I wish I could say that my internal view hasn't been changed.But it has.I have a really hard time being still. And my ability to be still [...]

"I'm never coming home."That was the text message I received from The Wild Boy late last night. He is in Texas. Toured Baylor University yesterday and liked it, but not enough to want to apply. Last night, however, the sweet friends he is visiting took him to their ranch outside of town. I forget how [...]

My Man, My Girl and I spent most of the day together today. We ran errands...the Walmarts, lunch, Kohls, Giant Food, the vacuum store. We laughed; we pushed and shoved each other; we rode grocery carts down the aisles and through the parking lot.In a word (or three): we had fun.I will have more, soon, [...]

I've got nothing. My heart is flooded this morning and I can barely think straight.My baby, The Wild Boy, is getting on an airplane this morning and flying to Waco, Texas. by his self. Sure, he's flown without us before. Flew to Puerto Rico last summer on a mission trip. But there were adults with [...]