Leaving No Footprints

After months and months of having unfinished curtains I finally got my little brown “cuffs” sewn to the blue drapes. Kris helped me hang them last night with his new laser level/stud finder. I’m quite pleased with them. Kris asked me if we were done n…

I had thought yesterday that if the new baby were a girl I would get Kris to change my entire background to pink. However, such extreme measures are unnecessary as the baby once again showed us “outdoor plumbing,” as the ultrasound doctor loves to say.…

Tuesday, I don’t remember. Wednesday, I know I went to church that night but the only part of the day I remember well is when Ivan fell down the stairs. Thursday, I got some cleaning done but saved most of it for about four hours on Friday. Yesterday,…

I woke up so out of it this morning I thought it was Sunday again. I slept pretty hard, and felt exhausted most of the morning. I think that (beyond pregnancy) the cloudy sky and threatening clouds had a lot to do with it. I was able to get ready and…

We are going to the zoo today. Mincy and I are taking our youngin’s and heading to the little zoo that could in Nashville’s least likely district to house such a wonder. Who would think you could get away from it all after driving through Nolensville R…

I went to Walmart, put gas in the van, cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom, straightened things up, made a yummy beef stew, made pb&j for the boys then put them to bed and fed my lunch guests Brent and Henry. B and H came by to work on the program…

232 years today, since The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.

Yes, odd things come to mind at times. Every April 18th I remember this poem…probably because I was made to memorize a portion of it in elementary school. Were you?

There are too many things in my world that are “almost done.” I have a quilt that is now a year old in terms of when I started quilting. It’s almost done. Literally just a few days of stitching at 15 minutes a day, or one afternoon of steady quilting…

Found a new blog of an old acquaintance today and enjoyed catching up. I find myself reading things like that and almost feel that I should warn them first. Do you mind if I look back at what you did on the 5th of March? I don’t mean to pry, but I am…

I made a cake for dad’s birthday, which was yesterday, and I left some of it up at Becky’s where he is staying and brought about 8 small pieces home with me in the pan it was baked in. I emphasize small because I’ve already had more than one piece of it…