Dinnertime kitchen conversation tonight with Kayla ~ the eve of Mommy leaving for Oklahoma for a few days… Kayla: What are you making making for dinner, Mom? Me: Fish! Aren’t you excited!?! Kayla: (groan) Why can’t we have the chili? Me: The chili is for tomorrow night while I’m gone to Oklahoma. I also made… Read More Fussing Over Fish and Fuzzy Beans
Last week the fall semester schedule moved into full swing for me. Already back to homeschooling for the year, off to a great start with our Classical Conversations program, dance, piano, guitar, baseball, and cross country begun, last week brought the addition of my final weekly commitments ~ helping Robert lead a mid week small group… Read More Sweet Sabbath ~ A New, but Weekly Highlight
I’m not even sure where I first heard mention of “roasted chick peas”, but the thought has not left my mind since. Hummus has been a beloved staple in my diet for years now. Chickpeas found on a salad bar always make it to the top of my heaping greens. So, this next level of… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Roasted Snacks (Chickpeas! Almonds!)
…and four bridal showers, and five rehearsal dinners, and 6 different states (not all for weddings), one youth camp, one funeral, two conferences, lots of house guests, the Grand Canyon, and, and, and…. Oh my goodness! It has been extremely fun and joyful and extremely chaotic and crazy all at the same time! I’ve written… Read More The Summer I Went to Ten Weddings…
Students returned to town last weekend which means lots more traffic on the streets AND at church. This years marks the 13th that we’ve experienced this “return.” (Which means Kory was 4, Cooper was 2 and there was no Kayla for the first “return”!) Robert says it’s like planting a new church every year ~… Read More Welcome to Mercyhouse for the 13th Time!
My friend Rachel just sent me a link to her blog on which she recently posted about MY blog being an encouragement on the gluten free journey. So, I guess this means that this is a post about post about a post?!? Anyway, she shared about wanting to try a gluten free diet with her… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Back-To-School Chocolate Waffles
3:45 a.m. ~ Wake up and look at alarm clock which will go off in 15 minutes. Lay there and wonder if I actually got any sleep (I did!), and then turn it off so it doesn’t wake Robert up. He’s got a big day of preaching, teaching, meeting, and greeting ahead of him! 3:55… Read More Swim, Bike, Run = Fun!
Ten years ago tomorrow, I was doing the breakfast dishes and watching the Today Show on our small kitchen television when they started to show footage of the World Trade Center on fire. They said it was an airplane that caused the fire. Kory, who was 6 at the time, came running through the kitchen, and I said,… Read More 10 Years Later ~ Remembering the Day and Jessica
Recently, I was asked to share my “emotional transition” story in having to adjust to a gluten free diet. What’s funny is that I had to share that I had a difficult time relating to those who were having an emotional transition, since I was just so relieved to discover that my son’s (the first… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Camping Gluten Free
After Robert and I enjoyed 4 nights in Acadia and Bar Harbor, Maine, our friend, Lois, drove the kids up to meet us in Ogunquit. I think we’ve spent time in Ogunquit, ME nearly every one of the 12 summers we’ve lived in Massachusetts ~ again, thanks to a very special couple and the studio… Read More And Then the Kids Came to Maine…