Month: July 2011
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Little Things I Loved About Today
I love when the phone rings with one of my grandbabies calling. I love it even more when it’s one of the boys, ages 9 and almost 8, calling for their Uncle William. Today the 9 year old called and he and Will played a private, on-line game together for awhile. With only three and […]
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Copper’s Day Off – Long Day Edition
Sunday, after church, Aaron took what he calls an “epic” spill while playing Ultimate Frisbee. He’s seventeen, and it’s been a number of years since I’ve seen his knees quite as skinned up as they are now. He kept playing, though. After the game, I found out that he’d hurt his wrist in the fall, […]
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Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real
Pretty – Cream Cheese Pound Cake, Sliced Strawberries fresh from our berry patch, with a dollop of fresh cream, whipped with cocoa and lightly sweetened with sugar. Happy – Color on my entry way wall! Grateful for a husband who spent the better part of his one week vacation spreading paint on the ceiling and […]
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Gardening, Baking, Sewing, Tilling………
I love days like today! We’re all home, we’re all working, but not necessarily together; and at the end of the day, I can look back and see that a great deal was accomplished. Copper will return to work tomorrow, after a week long vacation, and it will seem kind of strange without him here […]
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Copper’s Day Off
The weather today was delightful. Sunny, warm, breezy. We were able to leave the windows open all day long, allowing the fresh air and the sounds of the wind chimes dancing in the breeze to fill our home. It was, officially, my husband’s day off, but he’s been on vacation for the last week. It’s […]