Susan Wheeler Smith

1.Get back on schedule; His schedule...Regular quiet time, bible study homework.2. Live intentional; be where I am.3. Exercise (and my health) is a priority.4. Menu planning and regular shopping run.5.Discipline, discipline, discipline.*I have ALWAYS struggled with discipline. I think it is HI-LARRY-US that my husband once referred to me as "focused" in a marriage class...I [...]

Worship. Lunching out with family and friends. Rest. Peace. Joy.Love you guys. See y'all tomorrow.

Friday was an important day...Veteran's Day...and I didn't want to take away from it.Love you guys. See y'all tomorrow!

LTC (Ret) Philip A. Wheeler. My dad.

It is still Fall, right? The leaves are still red and orange and yellow and falling.Fall, for me, is a new beginning. Even more so than a Monday, the first day of a month, or even January 1.I realized, recently, that I am just biding my time; going with the flow; reactive; waiting for this [...]

:: The Wild Boy is home sick today. Having four days off in a row was just too much for his system, apparently.:: The Boy is sick down at Longwood. That is The Worst. I hate it. I can't do anything about it. So I sent him the phone number for his ear doc up [...]

Guess what I get to do for the near foreseeable future?Yep. Clean someone else's home.It looks like father-in-law is really going to move to a Senior Living Community. By the end of the year. And his current house is going on the market.  In two weeks. And has to be cleaned out and cleaned up. [...]

Since my mother-in-law passed away, it seems like all I do is clean. I really don't mind. Except for the part where it looks like all I need to do is clean.Stella can't get her groove back in the keeping up department.It reminds me of when all three of the children played multiple sports. Our [...]

Who do you need to forgive today?Name names and stop there.No "but...".No "I feel...".No "they...".Just "yes, I forgive *insert name* totally and completely."Now go and live like you do.Love you guys. See you tomorrow.

Our kitten, aka The Evil Chloella, likes to hide and run out the door every time it opens. Last night at 10:30 she did this, we went out searching and came back in and closed the door and went to bed. And right to sleep, I might add. (so done with her)This morning, My Man [...]