Once upon a time, long, long ago, I was a waitress at an overpriced steakhouse where I had to wear a tie with my button-down oxford shirt. For a naive girl straight out of the sheltered environment of a Baptist University, it was quite the eye-opening learning experience. I learned , for instance, that businessmen staying at the hotel next door, when they ask about “what there is to do…
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Twenty Great Things About This Week.
1. Annie’s 42 pieces of flair. She CANNOT get herself dressed without layering on the accessories. And I love it. 2. Christmas shopping with my girls. 5. Picking out a real live Christmas tree with my girls. 8. Earl, the new Elf that Santa sent down the chimney. 9. Taking the Elves to church, because if ANYONE needs a Holy Spirit experience, its these two. They need…
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Ten Things I’m Most Thankful for in 2011.
1. After a painfully brutal divorce — that one thing I always swore would never happen to ME — in 2011, I found my traction. I learned how to navigate this new life-o-mine. Mostly. 2. In 2011, I found my spot at Green Acres Baptist Church. I love this church that has been such a huge part of my world since we moved to Tyler in 1981. I left for…
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Sweet Dorothy Vs. Gangsta Dorothy.
My sweet little angels wanted to be Alice in Wonderland and Dorothy for Halloween. With their wigs all cock-eyed and crazy. But they were EVER so sweet… Sweet, sweet, sweet. I mean, look at this angelic face… The picture of sweetness, innocence and light… But don’t let her fool you. She’s all Dorothy from the street. Check these gang signs. And then she’s sweet and innocent again. Maybe there’s still hope…
Dorothy and Alice.
We’ve always loved Dorothy at our house. Personally I think its all about the Ruby Slippers. We do love us some fabulous shoes. But then when we saw this wig at Arne’s party store in Houston… …well, that just sealed it. Sparkly shoes AND a wig? Oh yeah, baby. We went to the elementary school Sock Hop last night in our costumes. Well, two of us wore costumes… Dorothy…
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One Day Back in the Spring…
…the Azalea Trails were in full swing, and we took this great picture of my girls. It made me smile on a morning when I was missing them. <3
Thirty-eight Great Things About This Week.
1. Katie Beth made breakfast yesterday for herself and Annie. By herself. Without me asking her to. 2. Annie packed school lunches for herself and Katie Beth yesterday. By herself. Without me asking her to. 3. Katie Beth said the sandwich Annie made tasted really good. She really did compliment her little sister. Really! 4. Sitting in church with the ones I love the most. 5. Cooking 8. Tyler…
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My Kids. They’re Beautiful.
Country Kids.
My little city-fied apartment-dwelling kids got to spend an afternoon in the country this weekend… …doing fun stuff like swinging from ropes in trees that they never get to do here at our apartment complex. They had a blast. And once again, I’m having fantasies of moving to the country, milking my own goats, churning my own butter, and having half a dozen more children and homeschooling them all. OK,…
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A Great Big Day.
Our day began like any other… With oatmeal… And bed hair… But it wasn’t any other day. This was the day we’ve waited for forever…. The day we longed for almost as much as Christmas. Well, Annie at least; to KB it was …just school. And as a fourth grader she’s been there, done that. But for Annie? Well, she FINALLY got to load up that much-longed-for Littlest Pet Shop…
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A Bright, Bright Sunshiney Day.
My kids came home Sunday night after two long, torturous weeks away. And Praise the Lord….. that’s the last of the excruciating two-week stints until next summer. I don’t know what to do with myself when they’re not here… I make a miles-long to-do list and end up roaming around the apartment staring at the walls. I’m not me without them. So yesterday, I had planned ahead of time to…
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Peace Out, Brother.
The other day Katie Beth and I were happily snuggled on the couch, quietly watching a movie together. Annie, who doesn’t have the attention span to tackle an entire movie, had lost interest and wandered off upstairs to rock out on the Barbie guitar and the karaoke machine. Until she realized no one was paying attention, so she set out to remedy that situation. And came downstairs in her nightgown,…
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