We did it. We signed the papers and closed on the sale of our new home yesterday! The first thing I did was put a new mat at the front door. This morning, the real work began in earnest. We’re making some minor (and some not-so-minor) changes
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Have you ever stood in the middle of a messy room and thought to yourself, “It might be easier to just move?” Yeah, me too. So guess what? That’s what we’re doing. Okay, okay….this has been in the works for months now. Quite literally, months. I began researching
Read more →Move him, I mean. I stepped away from my sewing machine for less than five minutes and look what I found when I returned. Nope. No way. I can’t bring myself to do it. Just can’t move this guy. After all, he is the WORLD’S GREATEST CAT. Oh well
Read more →Thank you all so much for your thoughts, prayers and good wishes. Everyone goes through trying times in life, but as the old saying goes, “Trying times are times for trying.” That’s what I’ve been doing in recent weeks. Without going into detail, I’m happy to report
Read more →We drove up to spend the afternoon and evening with my folks yesterday. After all, it was a very special day – it was my Dad’s 85th birthday! We surprised him, too. I had avoided mentioning his birthday in any way whenever I called them in the days
Read more →Did I ever tell you I’m part of the Moms’ Chuckwagon Posse for Josh’s varsity football team? Yep — I volunteer on Fridays before each B I G G A M E to feed 75 hungry B I G G U Y S. Great fun, I tell ‘ya. I
Read more →Ouch. Really big O – U – C – H! This morning, I decided we needed to get rid of a thriving wasp nest outside our garage door. After Josh and I sprayed it with pesticide, we knocked it to the ground to destroy it. But it fell into
Read more →I’m home again. Whew! The month of August seems like a blur because I’ve been on the road traveling so much. But I had a fabulous time! During my travels in the past three weeks I enjoyed so many different mountains. The dramatic mountains of Oahu, Hawaii. The stunning Cascade Mountains
Read more →It began at 3am on Friday morning with a loud B A N G! I shot out of bed (naturally, hubby slept through the racket…..) and ran into our walk-in closet only to find our closet shelf had given way under the weight of hanging clothes and shirts, sweaters, shoes, and
Read more →A spontaneous trip wasn’t in my schedule. I had way too much to do! So when my husband suddenly had to go to Hawaii for a business trip and asked me to go along (to do the “corporate wife” thing) I heard myself giving all kinds of excuses as
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