Can I Sit Next to You?

I wanted to say thank you. Humbly, sincerely, and from the bottom of my heart. Writing a blog can be a little scary sometimes.  It’s like walking up to the popular table and hoping that someone will invite you to sit down.  You walk up to the table and you stand there trying to make

What Would Betsy Do?

What do you think Betsy Ross would have thought of the white Christmas tree?   In 1776 would the white Christmas tree have been all the rage?  I mean, I know they were fighting the revolution and all, but what would they have thought of this new take on the traditional Christmas tree? Would Betsy

An Affair of the Heart

It’s official. I am having an affair with my back porch.   I can’t help it.  Seriously.    If I wasn’t already married, I would be on the first plane to Vegas with my porch. I love its wide grey planks and its stately molded columns. I love that little wink it gives me when

Curbside Conversation

Do you ever have a curbside conversation? You know what I mean…. ….you are driving to some undisclosed location…. ….minding your own business…..and suddenly….. ….you hear your name. Trash:  “hey….pssssst…..you….I’m talking to you.  I know I look like an old window, but, I need to go home with you and become a chalkboard.” Me:  “How

Dear WordPress

WordPress gave me a gold star.  I think they generally have very low expectations of me and are giving me the gold star to spur me on.  When I published my first post, they cheered and told me “Congratulations…. you have published your first post!” in large letters on the side of the dashboard.  I think

Sunday Grace

1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. Luke 2:1-3

I Heard the Bells

On Christmas Day in 1864, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” to symbolize the country’s tumultuous feelings about the American Civil War.  The war raged on as he penned these lines about the conflict and the uncertain times ahead.  I love the beauty and simplicity heard in these simple stanzas:     I heard the bells

Cropping the Halls

For those of you just waking up from a long winter’s nap…did you know that Christmas is 16 days away.  I checked my calendar and today is December 9.  Really?  What happened to December 1-8?  Wasn’t I just eating Thanksgiving turkey. So I put down my turkey leg and put up our tree in the

.Who Doesn’t Love a Cookie Cake?

Welcome to the kitchen. Now….I wish I could tell you that there were yummy smells coming from that freshly scrubbed oven. Negative. Just a lot of “hot dog pot pie.”  With four children there is always plenty of activity going on in the kitchen…..     ……plenty of glitter and tiny scraps of paper and dried glue