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Extreme Life Makeover
I used to love watching Extreme Home Makeover. It always included a feel good story. So, I was happy to see it was coming back. I watched the first episode tonight and it didn’t disappoint. The story was about a family who lost their husband and father, 3 years ago. He was also a pastor. […]
Epiphany House Blessing
Today we celebrate the day when the 3 kings arrived to witness and worship the baby Jesus. The church offered blessed chalk and a prayer to take and bless our homes. I had heard of the tradition, but had never done it. I went home, read the prayer and marked the lintels of my front door […]
Tiny Tree
When I started thinking about decorating the house for Christmas, I knew I didn’t want to display the same artificial tree that I have put up for the past 10 years. My parents enjoyed it as it was pre-lit and rotated so you could admire all the decorations. I enjoyed it too for several years. […]
Making Treats
It was a snowy day today. Luckily, I had planned ahead. I went to Mass first thing this morning to celebrate the Immaculate Conception. Then I went to the store and bought ingredients to make some treats to share. When I got home it had just started snowing. I turned on some Advent music and […]
The Clock is Back
Almost 2 years ago, I was winding the wall clock that my parents purchased in Germany, and the spring broke. I felt terrible. My parents had taken the clock to the local repair shop in the past, so that is what I planned on doing too. When I called them, I was told there was […]
Finally Out
The past 3 days I have been hunkering down at home with most of the state as we have experienced a rare 3 day snowstorm. In the time that I have lived here, I have never seen anything like it – especially in November. The kids didn’t have school and some roads were closed during […]
Music of the Past
It was pretty quiet today as I was doing things around the house, so I decided to put some music on. First I looked through some records and found one from my brother’s middle school band and choir. I had to listen to that. The songs and arrangements were as I remembered from the 1970’s […]
Cabin Company
This afternoon I packed up some of my dad’s photos that I’ve been working on and headed to the cabin in anticipation of the craft fair tomorrow. My son’s fiancee decided to come up for a while as well. I put her to work helping me take care of some things like changing batteries in […]
Flowers From the Window
My neighbor and I visited on the porch this morning. While we were there, the lawn guys came and mowed, which led us to talk about our outside flowers and plants. We share the sidewalk, so we can see her house and garden area from some of our windows, and she can see ours. Earlier […]
New Floors
Several months ago, the toilet overflowed in my mom’s bathroom. It was a mess. Even more so as the whole master bathroom area was carpeted. The restoration company came and ripped out a big swath of the carpet, cleaned out the water, sanitized the space, cut a hole out of the ceiling below, and set […]
Still Finding God 