Yes, I am a Mean Mom. I won't let you drive to work when it's snowing outside and the town we live in forgets to send out the salt trucks. I will pick you up at 11:30 at night because the snow that fell earlier is now turning to ice and the town we live […]
Remember how much fun it was for me when my daughter woke me up at 4:00 in the morning on Monday to tell me how she just threw up? Well she threw up all morning and had such a high fever. And she never left her bed. Well the guest room bed since her bed […]
Last weekend, we took a little trip to Boulder Field. A National Natural Landmark that was created after one of the ice ages when a glacier melted and left a TREMENDOUS amount of boulders. We went with friends from church. This State Park is about 30 minutes north of our house. BUT once you reach […]
Yes, my Colonel is HOME! Took him 6 days to get to us. He arrived home last Wednesday. My son took the pictures and you can he was only focusing on his dad. But that's okay! I do love this one! One big happy family! When he walked through the security gates, the guards started […]
You know it's time to update your blog when your husband sends you an email from Afghanistan sounding like the Colonel he is insisting that I update with something! It's just been so hard to find something, anything to write about! Not much going on in my life. My Colonel is still in Afghanistan. […]
If you've been a follower of my blog for some time now, you know how much I miss my dad. He's been gone for 2 years now and I never thought his death would leave such a void in my life. But this post is not about that. It's to say THANK YOU […]
23 years ago I made the best decision of my life and married the Colonel. Here we are on our wedding day with my parents. I'm wearing my mother's gown. Our photographer wasn't the greatest. He kept "squishing" my dress and in most of the pictures you can't see how pretty it is. It was […]
In the future when I come to your office complaining of various symptoms that require you to place me on an antibiotic, will you please GIVE ME THE STRONGEST antibiotic that you have access to? For example, at the beginning of the year I came down with something. I have no memory of what […]
I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. I went back to the doctor on Thursday and am happy to report that I now have bronchitis on top of the throat infection and the ear infection. The coughing has been pretty bad. But I'm managing, feeling better every day. I read a […]
About a year ago I stopped using our clock radio as an alarm. It just kept forgetting to go off! Not a good thing when you have to get up at a certain time to get the kids on the bus or for the Colonel to leave for his drive back down to Ft. Dix […]
So what do you do when it's Mother's Day and yourhubby is halfway around the world? You make reservations at a really nice luncheon buffet and invite your mother, your cousin visiting from Germany and of course the children. Here's a picture of the restaurant... The fountains around the restaurant... Pretty... The entry way and […]
This week has been CRAZY. I've hardly had any time to blog, as you all can tell by the lack of posts this week. AND, I've hardly had any time to visit your blogs! That never happens. I always find time to at least read what's going on in your lives through my […]
Something VERY funny. The story is told of a lady who was rather old-fashioned, always quite delicate and elegant, especially in her language. She and her husband were planning a week's vacation in Florida, so she wrote to a particular campground asking for a reservation. She wanted to make sure the […]
Today I am joining Susan at Thoughts From Over the Rainbow for her Deck the Halls Party and sharing with you my Christmas Department 56 Village Collection. I have seven lighted houses. I love each house, but especially the "Apple Valley Schoolhouse." When Olivia was just 5 years old, the Colonel took her shopping and had […]
Fun Christmas Game to Play Let's have some fun and answer silly questions that have to do with Christmas! 1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Well, the Colonel usually wraps the gifts and he does such a great job! I tend to use gift bags. I just don't have the patience. 2. Real tree […]
Yes I am relieved to find out that I'm not alone in my obsessive ways! After I posted Monday's post, I actually thought of DELETING it. I thought do I really want people to know these things about me? But life got busy and when I came back to delete the post a few of […]
The Colonel and I went on a little trip! Every year the youth group at church go on a retreat. This year BOTH our children went...so we decided to go away as well. We went to Lancaster, PA, just under 2 hours from our home. Lancaster is famous for its large population of […]
Last Monday, we did something I said I would never do again... Apple Picking. The last time we went was five years ago. It was 90 degrees. The Colonel was working. I had to carry two huge bags of apples. The kids were no help. I had a miserable time. But life goes on […]
Recently a 98 year-old lady named Irena died. During WWII, Irena, received permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto. She worked as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an 'ulterior motive.' Being German, she KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews. But Irena had a plan of her own. She smuggled infants […]
Michael and Olivia leaving for the bus... Summer went so quick! They had no problem getting up at 6:00 AM. I'm sure this will change in a few days. The bus comes at 6:40 AM. Michael is riding the bus with his sister again. Junior High and Senior high are on […]
Yes, it was hot! But it was also a beautiful day on the lake. We put up two canopies and brought tables from the church for us to put all the food on. We set up our area on the grass right before the sandy part of the beach. It was beautiful. […]
I went to the garden this morning to pick some lettuce for lunch and to my surprise, this is what I came back with! After washing and trimming the ends, boil the green beans for 3 minutes... Then a quick bath in ice water to stop the cooking process... Then lay them out […]
I love my garden. The Colonel and I have worked really hard on it this year. Well, he really has. I've just "directed" him. I've shared pictures of him expanding it before. You can read about them here. I wanted very much to plant lettuce this year. I sent Sue an email asking her […]
The Colonel was released from the hospital late yesterday afternoon. BUT... He still has to be seen by the doctors at Ft. Dix. AND... They were closed by the time we left the hospital. SO... It was back to the hotel last night. He'll be seen by the Ft. Dix doctors this morning […]
Last year after my parents moved into their new house, I was helping my father unpack and set up his study we came across a postcard that contained two scripture verses. I asked my father what the origins of the postcard were. He said that he had this postcard framed for many, many years in […]
Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary! Twenty two years ago I made the best decision in my life and became, the Colonel's wife. Although he was only a 2nd Lieutenant at the time! This is how we looked 22 years ago, with my parents. This is the only picture I have on my computer of our […]
It rained almost every day last week, except for Saturday. I finally was able to get back out into my garden yesterday. It was such a beautiful day, the kind you want to bottle up and keep forever! Here are some pictures of everything in our garden. When we planted two weeks ago, I think […]
...but so worth it! I posted this last summer and was just watching it again on You Tube and thought it was worth a repeat. I love testimonies and hearing how powerful God's presence can be in people's lives and how much they have changed since coming to know the Lord. When I first saw […]
It's been a bit busy around here lately. The Colonel went back to Ft. Dix yesterday. We had a great 2 days off. He worked very hard on our garden, but it's still not complete. We didn't put any plants in the ground because there's still the possibility of frost a few nights this week. The […]
Sometimes I think it is so hard to come up with a new post for this wonderful blog. I mean I completely understand that you're all waiting with anticipation to find out exactly what's going on in my little corner of the world...okay, back to reality...Olivia started her first day at McDonald's YESTERDAY!!! They called […]
The Resurrection... After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His […]
Olivia and I just returned from seeing her specialist, well after a few stops. The news so far is pretty good. The specialist does not think she has lupus. Which was one of the concerns. She has not completely ruled out any form of arthritis until the blood tests come back. That could be another […]
Yes, I'm still here! It's been quite a few days since I've posted and life has been pretty busy. I just haven't had time to sit down at my computer to put together a post. To be more honest, my mind has been blank...can't seem to come up with anything to write about! Our weekend […]
I had to go into the kitchen and check this out for myself. Who looks at the end of your aluminum foil box? You know when you try to pull some foil out and the roll comes out of the box, then you have to put the roll back in the box and start over […]
...who didn't know anything about the wonderful feature Blogger has called 'Blog Roll?' At least I think that's what you call it!! It's on your dashboard and lists all the blogs you follow and lets you know if they've been updated recently. I just found this tool the other day and what a blessing it […]
Michael! Today my son turns 12! What joy he has brought to this family. Here he is opening one of his birthday presents. We celebrated on Monday since the Colonel was home for the long weekend. He loved all his presents, especially his very own cell phone. He didn't know what it was when he […]
I love this song. This week was a hard one for me with my back pain. I kept thinking about this song and calling on the Lord to give me rest from the pain. I'm happy to report the terrible, "stop-me-in-my tracks" pain is gone. I know I will continue to live with pain but […]
Are you getting sick of the recipes I share? I love looking at other blogs and finding new recipes...and I enjoy sharing them with you! Here's a favorite...Quiche! Whenever my friends and I get together I am almost always requested to bring my quiche. They rant and rave over it and when I try to […]
My Sweet Wonderful OLIVIA! 16 years ago we received a wonderful surprise...Olivia decided she could no longer wait till the middle of February to be born...she wanted to meet her mom and dad a little bit early, six weeks to be exact. She was six pounds at birth...quite big for being so early and only […]
As promised here are a few pictures of Christmas... The Colonel and his new shirt... What everyone else in America now has in their house... My beautiful new purse...I LOVE IT! I have been wanting a really nice purse for quite awhile now, you know, something other than the Walmart special! And it's PINK inside!! […]
Here's something to think about during the Christmas season. Something to Think About I have no idea where I originally found this poem or who even wrote it. But I still wanted to share it with you today because it is something to think about as we enter the Christmas season. Santa lives at the […]
Okay, a friend of mine sent me this cute little quiz. So today I'm answering the questions and tagging a few of my blogging friends at the bottom! Enjoy! 1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Well, the Colonel usually wraps the gifts, but if I have to its gift bags, sorry, don't have the patience […]
