I absolutely looooove my house. Its perfect for us, it has the perfect layout for our family, the space is all usable space, etc. There are some things I would love to do here, though. I don’t know when we’ll be able to do them all – this is a list for [...]

Ellie wanted an angel on her face, like the ones that Marcia Fleischman paints – she was one of our pastors in Kansas City, and every parent should order Angels Everywhere, her children’s book.  I think I did an okay job:

So, I try not to focus too much on physical appearance…. but isn’t Ellie just [...]

Don’t worry, cleaning the playroom is on my to-do list.  Today was all about catching up on dishes and laundry.  Now that those are under control, tomorrow will be about tidying up the house.

So, Jen during the high school years….
Obviously, I was a geek.  A band geek who went to govenor’s school to be more specific. And who also twirled baton… the sad thing is, I realize I probably peaked at 15 years old!  Thank goodness that’s when I met David!
So, here’s a few highlighs:

For those of you [...]

Or, alternately titled, a brief history of Jen.  A current trend on Facebook is to post an old picture of your self (flashback week), so I found some old pictures and scanned them in…

Every picture I see of myself as a child, all I can think is that I look like Killy with different hair… [...]

I’m working on that assumption, since last week and this week have been so awful.  Our brand new heat pump quit working again yesterday, luckily the guy came out and fixed it tonight. (It was a defective circuit board in the new system)  I’m so tired of being cold all the time.  And I’m now [...]

Just in case any of you reading this were curious about what we typically fix for dinner or are looking for ideas about what to fix, here’s our menu for the next week.
Tues: Polenta Pie (chili beans and cheese over a polenta crust)
Wed: Church Dinner
Thurs:Broccoli Crustless Quiche
Fri: Venison Pot Roast with stew veggies (my parents [...]