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Gifts "Presents should excite surprise and pleasure, therefore you ought to involve them in a little mystery and present them with an air of joyful kindness" (A tiny book I have from 1835, translated from the 6th Paris…
Kim's fridge... "Val cleaned out my fridge once and found many pounds of butter, all from different stores. I don't know why, but I get nervous when I have 2 pounds or less of butter...like right now...m…
"In his later years, Pablo Picasso was not allowed to roam an art gallery unattended, for he had previously been discovered in the act of trying to improve on one of his old masterpieces." …
Now we are six So I was in Home Depot last night trying to find a new hue of yellow for the living room. I have this particular color in my mind and can't find it anywhere. I am standing there holding all of these col…
No new blogs for a while... I am taking a blog siesta. Only b/c of Christmas, traveling, that sort of thing. So maybe a week or more. Today we are celebrating Jeff's 6th birthday! I find myself whispering pray…
Serendipitous reading It all began this summer while I was reading a book by Amy Krouse called Encyclopedia for an ordinary life. In it she talks about leaving money in public places with a note attached asking the…
Achilles' Heel Ten things I am afraid of I am afraid that I will meet with my children when they are all grown and find that they are living their lives away from God. That they will not have a private …
Diaryofamadwhitewoman2's fridge... Oh, come on! Now that's just not right!
What's in your fridge? "Timmy29681" wins for sending me the first picture of her fridge! She has a better excuse for having hers so empty. In 18 months she has moved 3 times and by next week 4 times! In 3 differ…
We studied South America in History class today and Jeff spent the rest of the day pretending he was a Gaucho. It is a cool word. Gaucho We said it a lot today! It is coming in handy.."Hey a Gaucho would…
Necessary things No time to blog today. I have to make Christmas lists Lots of phone calls. Spend time with the kids. Teach Jeff and go Grocery shopping... (There is even less in there now b/c I…
Recipe for a mundane afternoon Blanket spread out on the floor A pillow for you and all of your guests Yummy flavored tea (cinnamon apple) Goodies (I did not have time to make cookies so they ended up with Nilla…
One of my sons had an accident yesterday A huge mess. I had to leave him there while I ran downstairs to get tools to clean it all up. He was alone with himself to think about the situation. When I came up his lips …
Cousins We were in New York for the weekend...what to blog what to blog. I have so many topics my mind is a buzz. At Shel's house (Steve's sister) I watched her kids for a bit, wanted to get some pics of her two boys.…
You know what would be embarrassing? If they had a window that showed how often people open up and look at their own blogs. "How does it look again? Did anyone comment?" I want to keep my "cool exterior", but …
Among my motivations...
Among my motivations... He gets me... He woke up thinking about this poem. Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening "Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not…
Inspiration

It all started when we went to the store to get milk, I hear Jeff in the back seat "Ummm Mom my gum fell out of my mouth into Chloe's car seat, I think it is in her hair or something" And then Eti starts crying,…
No pictures no frills just wanted to put on "paper" what a great night I had. Mom wanted some time with her "Grand babies" so we dropped Eti' and CoCo off and went to the library with Jeff. We were the last ones to leave…
Memories Yesterday the Christmas tree fell over, there was water all over the hardwood floor, crushed ornaments, pine needles everywhere. (why did I want a real one again?) I had been missing a box of ornaments …
It comes down to expectations usually. This picture I had in my head about what it would be like...I wasn't even close. But you have to understand, I am just a city girl. I have never gone out and chopped d…
Thinking about Prayer these past few days. Started with a poem my Dad sent... Earth is crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God. But only he who sees ta…
So Inspired today! Read about Henri Julien Rousseau, the French artist (1844-1910) He painted these wild exotic imaginary jungles. where the banana trees grew upside down, and the flowe…