Category: Everyday Life

Owen has caught something. No fever, but he’s coughing and snotty. Yuck. Please pray Ivan doesn’t get it.

It’s a fine day to update a blog. I have had a wonderful couple of days since last posting.

Monday was fairly productive. I exercised a little, cleaned a little, played a little and ate a little.

I had a birthday on Tuesday and it was so…

I woke up Saturday morning to the soft glow of sunlight peeking through a crack in the heavy curtains of our bedroom. All was well. The boys were still sleeping and I was able to sit down with my Bible for a few moments of quiet before Ivan broke the s…

As the old saying goes
I heard the door close
And a window was opened to me
As the breeze wafted in
My soul felt so thin
Cause windows are hard to walk through

I could still see the pathway I longed to be on
And the people I wanted to help
And…

Owen is pretty good about pronunciation and understanding the definition of most of the words he uses, but yesterday I cracked up because he brought me a picture of a computer and said very distinctly…”Look, a cucumber!” Do you think he’s watching too…

Owen has been trying much harder to do things for himself. I know a lot of kids are dressing and undressing themselves by this time but he has been perfectly content to let me do everything for him and since he’s my first and I haven’t been too busy to…

I truly like Mondays. For me, it is a fresh start on a new week and a chance to catch up after a weekend without structure. I like my weekends, don’t get me wrong, but I usually take Saturday and Sunday off from all household responsibility save those…

It is Saturday and the earth is rotating at warp speeds as usual. Okay…maybe it’s just that I got up late and I’ve been playing with the boys most of the morning. I’m still in my pajamas but I did make waffles and start a load of laundry.

Thursd…