Lucky Dorito

Um. Well. Evidently we have some new neighbors. One, at least…. we found her out on her front porch yesterday as my hubby was trimming some shrubs. Would you like to meet her? Here, let me introduce you: Oh wait…. She’s a little hard to see. Let’s get closer: There she is…. Quite a home [...]

‘Nuff said.

If you’ve been by this blog lately – you’ve heard the woes of poor Lillie’s ear troubles. Just to recap, if you’ve perhaps missed out…. It all started a week ago, when Beebo emailed me one afternoon when they’d arrived home from school to find Lillie’s ear all swollen. She was worried about her and [...]

Welcome to this week’s Name that…. contest! (AND… please note – this is a *re-post*…. I had originally posted this September 19th, the morning my Dad died. I never returned to it again…. just have let your guesses sit there. So, go copy and paste your comment from before – if you guessed once already. [...]

Saturday morning was beautiful. Not too hot, not too cold – just perfect. The girls went out to play before 10am, while I enjoyed a little quiet. After a while, I glanced out the window and saw this pile of stuff: Now, I have been even more scatter-brained these past two weeks then normal…. but [...]

When I was just a wee girl, my parents had a houseboat that we all LOVED. Every (or… it seemed like every in my memory) Friday afternoon in the summer, we’d pack up food and clothes and head to the lake. I remember how much we all enjoyed those days, in a vague sort of [...]

So…. my Mommy walks in to the big creepy place that smells of a million dogs (yuck… I soooo do not smell like a dog! It’s disgusting!) and I am beside myself with joy to see her. THEY begin to speak, telling my mommy…. big complicated words like: laser surgery, perforations for drainage, keep bandaged [...]

It never fails to amaze me how the Lord provides just what we need. Although my family had many moments of laughing after my Dad passed away, as we reminisced over days gone by – after I got back home…. I was overcome with sadness again. Last weekend – I was going through the motions [...]

My name is Lillie and I look like a dork.

I’m a bad mama. Really REALLY bad. Just ask Lillie. Wednesday afternoon, my girls had gotten home from school on the bus. Beebo took a picture with her camera and emailed it to me, while I was still at work. A picture of Lillie’s ear. Yep. Her EAR. You remember, previous stories of… flap, flap, [...]