Well, all week I’ve been excited that we were going to decorate the house for Christmas today.  But, its raining and icing this morning, so we won’t be able to go get the Christmas tree (we go to a local farm and cut one down) and its very yucky weather to hang the lights on [...]

Today we hosted Thanksgiving Dinner for the Sharps at my house.  We had a pretty full house: me, David, Killy, Ellie, Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie, Uncle Bob, Carol (Bob’s fiancee), Micah (Carol’s son), Teresa, and Paul (a friend of ours).  We had an amazing meal!  My parents did the birds and stuffing and Carol brought two [...]

I am very thankful that the four of us are all okay tonight.  We’ve been back in Virginia for 18 months and hit a deer for the first time tonight.  It cracked the front bumper in two places and popped the grill out of position, but doesn’t seem to have damaged the car’s engine and [...]

I’m thankful for:
my kids
my husband
my house
my family
my friends
my community
I am so blessed!

Killy hasn’t shown much of an interest in helping me cook the past year or so, but Ellie usually “helps” me out in the kitchen.  But today I had a cooking project that they both loved!  We made Butterhorns (really yummy rolls).  Ellie helped me kneed the dough, even though she did as much tasting [...]

It can cure practically anything, you know?  I feel about a thousand times better today.  It will be a fun week of Thanksgiving activities and this weekend we’ll decorate the house for Christmas… I can’t wait!  I’ve been listening to cheerful music and I’m just feeling very at peace today.  It may sound silly, but [...]

My day off of suckitude has continued.  I ended up having to drive around in the rain (which I hate, but I don’t let it stop me from going out in bad weather), I had to go shopping at hell-mart, and I spent a huge chunk of time doing accounting.  But, worst of all, I [...]