Month: April 2008

  • Things That Are Making Me Smile

         There are several things that have made me smile this week.  Just little things, but they’ve all been so good that I want to share them.  I take such delight in little things!      We don’t have a K-Mart in our area.  However, there’s a really nice, clean one in a city about half […]

  • Fred’s Fried Puhtaytuz – My Dad’s Recipe for Fried Potatoes

    Not potatoes.  Not pertaters.  Not even ‘taters.  To my dad, they were puhtaytuz (puh TAY tuz).  He hailed from Hidalgo, Illinois.  Perhaps that pronunciation came from there.  Perhaps it came from the fact that, born in 1907, he attended school only through the 6th grade and then began working to help support the family.  The eldest […]

  • Busy – A Photo Journal

          A few photos of what we’ve been up to, and this isn’t even the half of it!!!  Blessedly full days here!             Dani has done some sewing.                         We “raised our hands up” and sang along with the Newsboys in the car.   […]

  • Recipe – MooBockOink – or – Rolled Chicken Breast

    And it’s not really “MooBockOink”.  In reality, you must make the noise of a cow, a chicken and a pig, in that order, and in rapid succession.  Got it?  Corin’s kids got it.  We had tons of totally allowable snorting at last night’s dinner table because, you know, they all had to say “MooBockOink” a […]

  • A New Week Begins

         Do you look forward to Mondays?  I do.  I’m sure a lot of my joy in Mondays comes from the fact that my husband is home on Monday.  I do look forward to Mondays for other reasons, too.  After a day of worship, fellowship and rest on Sunday, I’m ready for the fresh, new […]

  • What We’re Cooking This Week

         Monday evening we’ll be celebrating Corin’s recent birthday with a dinner here.  I asked her what she wanted for dinner and she said, “Surprise me.”.  I decided on a dish that I’ve not made for quite a few years, but that’s always a hit.  It was named by my daughters “MooBockOink” when they were […]

  • Items of Interest

         A couple of items of interest.  At least I find them interesting.      Someone, and I’m not naming names, but someone is having a birthday today.  No names, I said.  That someone is 28 years old today, but she will remain nameless.  Besides, I’m far too young (quit laughing) to have a 28 year […]

  • No Photographic Evidence

         There is no photographic evidence to support my claims to having done a lot today.  Generally, I take little breaks throughout my day and take a few photos.  Not today!      Once breakfast was over this morning, I put on my pretty new apron and went to work.  I started the laundry and headed […]

  • With A Thankful Heart

         Our weather is taking a decidedly warm weather turn, and we are enjoying every moment of it.  The windows and doors are thrown open for the fresh, clean air.  Yes, the pollen comes in the windows and doors, too; but we are willing to deal with the physical discomfort from that in order to enjoy the […]

  • Wednesday, Wells & Water

         My husband and I had a wonderful time out together last night.  I asked him, as we were pulling into the restaurant parking lot, what made him think of a dinner and movie night.  He said he’d just remembered that it had been months since we’d been out just the two of us.  Ah, […]