Susan Wheeler Smith

I crave change, people.I think it is because I'm totally ADD. I am easily bored. I move from project to project, usually not finishing. I'm not bragging. It's the truth. Not proud of it. Trying to change it (see?).I want to change the entire look of my blog. I will be working on that, but [...]

When you are 36 46, married for 24 years, have two teenagers and a "tween"...Friday night has a whole new meaning.At this very moment, The Man, Philip and a Friend or Two of the kids are in the living room watching Live Free or Die Hard. Okay, I admit that the ORIGINAL Die Hard is [...]

I woke up this morning feeling grumpy, achy, ugly, weepy, PMSy. I stayed in bed an extra hour snuggling in my warm bed, heated mattress cover on HIGH, listening to the sounds of our oldest two moving about, getting ready for school.There is something comforting about the norm...the schedule...the expected.When the oldest hollered out, "I'm [...]

With all of the focus and attention being on Lucy lately (and by lately, I mean the past year...I have eluded to the fact that she/we had a difficult sophomore year, I know), I feel that I have neglected Philip and Caleb.I think I'll share a few pics and thoughts on these two incredible (there's [...]

This is where I have my morning quiet time, bible study time, journaling time. I love spending time in here early on a cold morning. The only sound being the dogs stretching in the kitchen, the clock on the buffet softly ticking. I've added a few Christmas touches to my dining room. We've purchased a [...]

I hate food.All things food I hate.I ate and I ate and now I hate.I hate all things food.But listen to this incredible (remarkable?) song I found on Little Miss Jenny Hope's Blog. I had to rush right out and purchase the CD because 200 Christmas CD's is not nearly enough. But this song has [...]

Have you ever noticed that Thanksgiving is like pregnancy...you are required to eat everything. You are EXPECTED to eat everything.This morning I woke up with a wicked poultry-starchy-sweet hangover. Two T-giving meals in two days did me in.Or DID they?I was just down in the kitchen, wandering around, and before I knew it I had [...]

Here we are at 0730 this morning. Yes, Thanksgiving Morning. In the parking lot near the 5K fun run...for The Man and The Darlings and 2K fun walk for me. I got up 10 minutes before we left, enough time to get dressed, brush teeth, pull hair back in pony tail and grab my iPod [...]

Since so many of you Joanne insisted commented that I was definitely not anything BUT boring, I decided to plug away at my admittadly already begun 100 Things About Me List. I will stick it lovingly on the sidebar and update as I get around to it. I probably have 75 2 already!Joanne made me [...]

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