Walkin' in High Cotton

We got home from church last Sunday to discover that it was cotton pickin’ time in Longview!  Our cousins were picking cotton in the field right next to our house.  This is the kids’ favorite, so they changed into play clothes lickety-split and headed out to the action! We’re not the only ones that love [...]

Today, under gray and drizzly skies, I’m thankful for sweater weather.   I’m thankful that we have a snug house and warm clothes for ourselves and our kiddos and don’t have to worry about chilly weather coming.  God is faithful to provide for our needs. Here is one of my all time favorite passages, which the [...]

We’ve been rolling this week on Halloween/Harvest treats.  This year I’ve tried to keep it particularly simple so that the Ladybug could help out a lot. We made quick candy treat bags for Mr. Fix-It’s work.  Guys don’t much care about things like colorful bag filler, so we didn’t bother with that.  Besides, you can [...]

…Like being able to put your own boots on. This is something I took for granted until I had kids. Kids who love boots. Kids who love boots and who are sticklers for realism. ‘Cause in this house we don’t do boots with zippers.  We don’t do boots with soft, fuzzy insides that don’t require [...]

I recently got to join my oldest two in going pumpkin-patching with their school. Doesn’t that sound like a lot more fun than “going to the pumpkin patch?” I mean, everyone goes to the pumpkin patch.  And then what?  I don’t know.  But going pumpkin-patching means we got to actually pick a pumpkin… …Or a [...]

Fall specialty farmers markets have started cropping up everywhere for the end of the season.  We went across the water to check out one in a new waterfront neighborhood about 30 minutes away. You can tell we’re in the coastal part of the state… The market was bustling. There were people, pets, and…goats? Yep.  A [...]

I have decided that I’m never going home at lunchtime to check on things and grab a quick bite to eat ever again.  Never. Ever. Again. Why, you ask? Because I don’t want to know. At lunch time I’m in office clothes.  At lunch time I’m hungry, and crabby, and tired, and ready for a [...]

Meet Cheese. A.k.a. my sister.  Don’t ask me where “Cheese” came from.  I don’t remember.  But it’s ingrained so deeply in my psyche that I forget it’s not her real name and use it casually (and constantly), without realizing that people who don’t know her (or me) think a slice of yellow dairy product gave [...]

It was recently brought to my attention–again–that the Ladybug is having some concentration trouble.   She finds it difficult to focus on things like subtraction, spelling, and how to say “hello” in Dutch. I have trouble facing this because I know she doesn’t have trouble concentrating for extended periods of time on things like, oh, watching [...]

I ran home for lunch the other day and made the mistake of leaving Hemi’s windows down.  And Hemi had a couple curious visitors while I was eating. Once they were startled they couldn’t quite figure out which way they came in and which way to go out.  Of course, the Hemi is an extended [...]