Category: Everyday Life

We got an offer on the house! Yeah!!!! It’s a full price offer and they’d like to close December 20th. Supposedly they are already approved and it’s all just a matter of hashing through some of the details. They are first time homebuyers and had no m…

I was able to cut the grass over at the old house today. Big THANK YOU to Josh Weber for loading and unloading our lawnmower in the back of his pick-up, driving it to the house and back and acting like he enjoyed it. I made cookies for the Webers but t…

Busy day today. Went to church and taught Sunday School today since Kris is out of town. There was a new couple in class and I hope they choose to stick around. There have been two young couples who have come a few times and then disappeared. They ne…

Owen had his one year pictures taken on Thursday afternoon. I was so afraid the weather wouldn’t cooperate because we’ve had rainy and windy days of late but it was just beautiful. I was concerned that Owen wouldn’t cooperate but he took a late nap and…

Kris is gone again. He’s off to Texas to participate in a users conference for Business Objects. They are a software company that his company uses and he will be giving a presention on Wednesday morning. I don’t know the details on what he will be pre…

The election is over and hopefully we will experience a little peace for a while. I was so tired of all of it…I don’t think I even realized how tired I was until it was over and I heard John Edwards “concession” speech. What was that about? I starte…

Kris is home…sort of. He left this morning for an all weekend meeting. At least he’ll be home to sleep in his own bed tonight.

Owen and I drove to the airport last night and picked him up. He was so tired. Owen was very excited to see him, as…

I’ve never been to Boston but somewhere up there I have a husband. He left early yesterday morning and won’t be back until late tomorrow night. In fact we were discussing on the phone last night what a challenge it’s going to be to pick him up. It was…

It’s just beautiful outside. There is a crispness in the air that is very comfortable when mixed with the sunshine on this clear day. Owen and I went out for a bike ride this morning. It was so nice. I didn’t ride as much as I’d hoped because it’s be…

We got word this evening that my younger sister Kristy, has miscarried. She and Timothy had been trying for a few months to get pregnant and were so excited about baby number two coming along next Spring. Their first child, Clay, will be one in Novembe…