Grain, Pain, and Smiling in the Rain

Kaleb is asleep; DA is sucking down his evening cocktail of baby formula and rice cereal. Yum, yum! I have just tried to type that four time...

So much that God is revealing to me these days comes from the dark side of my heart. I am not overwhelmed with condemnation or even a confli...

Now that Granny has begun to strap me in for the night I sleep much better...so she thinks Brudder got a new toy, all I have to play with i...

I have a baby on my chest and can only peck one-handed. The mason has begun to lay the stone across the front of the house. And I love it. I...

Yea, we are cute The little men return tomorrow when I pick them up around 2:30 pm, just before I get Jer from school. I am looking forward ...

Here are a few pictures from my day today. Much less hectic than yesterday. Even took a walk this evening up the drive and down the road a ...

The day is done, though I can still hear one baby stirring through the monitor. Kaleb went right to sleep, a little earlier than I would li...

Ever heard that before? Kind of the mode I am in right now. Set one foot in front of the other and trust God for dry land. All in all not a ...

Tonight I hooked up for the first time, the baby monitor Mary Bennett was kind enough to lend me . While Kaleb is fast asleep baby #2, DrewA...

Off to sleep. Babies are in bed, Jer too. A long day, yes, but not a bad day. The boys are I are getting into a routine. Of sorts. My house ...

One week has passed since Drew, Bev, and I began sharing the responsibility of caring for Allen's two young sons. The boys parents are u...

Lucy the Cat before her grand adventure Well...my usual beginning words. Or maybe "OK" or some other air/space filler to get my mi...

Jer, Sonny, and Christy @ Crooked Creek Horse Park last June Update on Lucy the cat...her front right leg was crushed just below her shoulde...

Our lost cat is home again. I went and fetched her from the animal hospital yesterday afternoon. Her face shows most clearly the weight she ...

I had so much to share this evening. I had quite the day. But I am much too tired to spew it all out now. Not to be gross, but I don't t...

Just a quick note, sorry for my lack of interesting or even boring chatter here. My horse, Dory, who was pregnant is not longer, pregnant. I...

OK, Vic, you can quit talking to yourself, I am here now. Jer's cell phone went into the washing machine with my barn jeans. It is now d...

Sandy n Anna Drank my first Corona today complete with a slice of lime. And, I liked it. Drew and Jer and I sat on the swimming dock with...

Today started with laundry. Don't feel too sorry for me, the Laundromat in Combermere doubles as a coffee shop/Internet cafe. The coupl...

Just finished enjoying a sumptuous breakfast cooked up by Ned n Hannah. Bacon, scrambled eggs, biscuits n gravy. The day is rainy and cool, ...