Author: Mary Jo

Well, we survived a hurricane and the plane trip home. We are glad to be back in our own home and ready to get back into the swing of things.

Our flight home was uneventful except for a little fussing on Owen’s part. We were almost ready to land a…

No worries. The storm will be bad when it gets here but we are not expecting it to be more than a category one over Lakeland. This doesn’t mean there is no danger, the possibility of tornadoes still exists and it is possible that the power will go out.…

We’re leaving for Florida tonight. We fly out at 9:20 and get into Tampa by 10:55 our time. It will be almost midnight in Tampa, as they are in the Eastern Time zone. Kris’ brother will pick us up and then we drive the short trek to Lakeland to see Gr…

I don’t want the quilt in my bedroom. I’d rather have it downstairs…we’ll have to battle it out when we can actually afford to renovate that room.

I’m sure there’s a good solution and thankfully I won’t need that solution for some time…no worrie…

Maybe Tisra’s blog inspired me…I’m not sure, but I set up my quilt yesterday. I put it in the front room which is technically supposed to be a formal living room area. Since we don’t have a use for a formal living room it has been empty until we can…

I feel that I should write a new post, but I’m not sure that I have anything to write about. I’ve been reading a lot lately. I have always enjoyed reading, I don’t always feel like I have the time to do it. I just finished the book The Five Love Langu…

Four is such a great age. I am observing the transition from three to four in two little boys that are very dear to me. Tisra’s Grant has already become a big four year old and my sister Becky’s son Landis is just two months away from his fourth birthd…

It’s 7:34 in the morning here…6:34 according to my clock. I’m in Michigan and being in the Eastern time zone it’s a little later than what I feel like it should be. I’m normally up at this time anyway so that in itself is not a big deal. My problem…

I finally saw what the trouble has been. I had suspected that the continuous low grade fever and clinging behavior were due to a new tooth coming in, but until today I couldn’t see any evidence. I was a little concerned because his first tooth came in…

When I was growing up whenever I used the word “kid” to describe a child I was corrected. “Kid’s are baby goats, not baby people.” was often what I heard. However, this response never broke me of the habit. It was just another childhood annoyance for…