Christmas Doings
by Survived yesterday’s “blizzarding”…just barely! Final snow totals were around 12 inches, with the high winds leaving drifts that were “rib” high on us people and …
Category: Family
A Memory In The Making
You don’t have to be a perfect parent to have a perfectly great time! STOP. REWIND. Let’s try this one again, I thought, only …
Christmas Cheer
It’s December! And I’m behind on my Christmas card list… This year, it would bless me bunches to have your home addresses so I could …
Puppy Pastimes
Well, we have five pups left out of the “Magnificent Seven” litter. Two sold by word of mouth (no advertisement!) before we even had them …
More Thoughts on Infant Scheduling
In response to some questions at my other Infant Scheduling post, I’ve been emailing a mother of an almost three week old baby girl this …
To Make Life Better…
Don’t we adore, more than anything, to cause the light of appreciation and happiness on the faces of those we love the most? Holidays really …
Thanksgiving Thoughts
I now have two 15 pound birds in the house, thanks to our local grocery store having a buy-one-get-one-free deal on turkeys! So it’s beginning …
Gail’s Death
I checked the Shoemaker Update Blog this morning, and discovered that our sweet friend of many years died at 2 A.M. today. I’ve blogged about …
Making Melodies
As I type, my dh is enriching our daughters’ lives with the music of Marty Robbins. Never heard of him? Think authentic cowboy music. Sons …
Great Advice
When asked what advice she would leave to her children and grandchildren Mama Shoe gave these reminders: Learn to forgive others. Throughout your life you …