WARNING: this post is going to jump around. If you have a heart condition or are pregnant, please remove your earrings and keep all hands inside the vehicle. Best news first: Little S**** has been recovered! I don’t have all the details yet because they’re hard to get from India, but THANK YOU for praying. […]
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Prayer Needed … But a Smile at the End
Trust me when I say that life has been even more hectic around here than usual. Between critiques, edits, foster-related appointments, and readying for our first conference speaking … let’s just say I’ve struggled to find blogging time. No doubt that in the future we’ll be able to blog from a chip in our brain. […]
Wanted: Super Powers … A Nine-year Old’s List
In honor of my daughter’s 10th birthday–HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANDREA!–she’s allowing me to post a list of super powers I found behind her bed when I was changing the sheets. I convinced her that so few people read my blogs she didn’t need to be embarrassed to share it. 1. Freeze time2. Read minds3. Put bad […]
All I Wanted for Christmas Was Electricity!
Yes, during the snow storm, we lost power. Christmas Eve morning, we lazed around in our pajamas, taking our near-future showers for granted. Then the Christmas lights on the tree when out and all the electric hums of the house disappeared. Turned out a tree limb on our neighbors’ property couldn’t bear the weight of […]
ACFW Extra
I’m so behind in what I want to blog, it’s a little overwhelming. Suffice it to say we were without power for a few days–which is a story for the next blog. However, since it’s been so long since I posted, I wanted to share an idea I sent out over the ACFW loop. They […]
Snow Days/Snow Daze
I thought I’d take a short break from the sales series to share a pictures of how the weather is effecting us in Gaston, Oregon. These first two are from a few days ago when we thought we had a lot of snow. Poor Kevin had to park at the bottom of our LONG, STEEP […]
The Great Pumpkin Brought Us Presents!
I had a new friend over for lunch Nov. 30. After we took the dogs for a walk in the forest, we noticed Jazzy didn’t feel very well. As in her main food of choice, after skipping breakfast, was grass. Though her breeding this year had been successful, she wasn’t due for another week. Good […]
Pumpkin Hunting on Roloff Farms!
On a rainy afternoon in early October, I convinced the family we needed to get our pumpkins from Roloff Farms this year. For anyone familiar with the TLC show Little People, Big World, don’t be hatin’ us for living only half an hour from the farm. See how wet it is? This is one of […]
Brilliant Parenting Tip #1
Yes, I came up with it, but it wasn’t a purposeful cognition. Only after it tumbled out of my mouth did I realize its brilliance. Also, in case this ever happens again, I had to put the “#1” to differentiate. 🙂 How many of our children always obey the first time they’re told to do […]
The Chicken or the Egg?
23 or 26? Mayo or butter? I’m such a goober. The capacity of my brain rarely disappoints, with the exception of two things. One doesn’t matter much. The other makes me wonder if I have too much testosterone. 🙂 First, the big one, is that I often can’t remember when my anniversary is. Isn’t that […]