the venture adventure

What is a mom to do with two kids who try out for a gifted & talented kid and the one who wants it most don’t make it; and the one who doesn’t mind either way makes it?
Nothing apparently.
I put way too much thought into how I would navigate this issue.
Oldest wise one finds out [...]

The Class of 2020 and other sentimental ramblings

Today is a popcorn snickers sweet and salty day.  Choked all day long on an emotional swing of high time laughter, summers start and wonderful memories to cherish, to what would have been, successes and disappointments, humiliation, and the death my cell phone dreams to cherry the day on top.  In a sundae nutshell:  there [...]

What NOT to pack!

I don’t think she would really appreciate the trip the same way we would.
 

Let the games begin….

In three days at this time…. we will be at an international airport getting ready to board an airplane for 9.5 hours of over the ocean as ghastly heights.  I am SO excited because  God is good and this trip is a part of His goodness.  I will not fear being helplessly transported to the other [...]

crunch

broken window
glued skin
broken down van drat that van
computer death
computer birth
financial crunch
dr. visits
allergies that bleed into sniffles
purchase eye exam and glasses
is that the flu? 
zoo field trip. track day. soccor fest.  concert.  zoo again.  Discovery Museum.  Kiddie land.  Celebration day.  field day.  and that’s just the start.
There really is never a dull moment round here.
As it stands [...]

Texas Blue bonnets

 
 

I’m getting concerned here ya’ll.  This time next week I will be on the other side of the ocean.  It landed in my heart tonight when youngest wise one and I did the bed  time routine.  The same bedtime routine we’ve done in our home for nearly 11 years now.  If doing the same thing [...]

You made me wonder

I was listening to Donny speak.
He said American’s lead the world in citizens on anti-depressants.  Our nation has more depressed citizens than any other country in the world.  Ironic since we are in the pursuit of happiness I thought.
Than I was reading Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis.  He says one of the goals of the Christian [...]

learning cliff

Why is it called a learning curve?
Why not call it a learning cliff.  You jump off, free fall like you don’t know what your doing, then maybe you fly into “get it” land where the light bulbs are stored.  Maybe you don’t.
Then it’s a learning splat?
My new mac is awesome and terrible.  I’m threatening to [...]

my heart hurts

 
My heart has hurt all day today.  I stop to cry.  I retreat alone.  I cry some more.  I sob.  Deep places in my heart hurt right now for people I know of, but don’t really know.
How do you walk into your home knowing there is one less person to kiss goodnight.  
An empty bed [...]

An Interview With Me

First I should begin with I’m so  tired I just pulled out the keyboard to type. I couldn’t figure out why the pc keyboard wasn’t making the words appear on my mac laptop. duh.
SO on that note:  Here is a slice of my pie:
me:  If you could accomplish ONE thing this week… what would it [...]