cultivating me

We have a small room out behind the garage This room has been many many things throughout the history of this house.  My great grandfather was a dentist and he used to use that little room to see patients and pulled many teeth back there.  (I will always find that amusing) My grandmother used it [...]

This week, my two oldest kids were on Spring break. My youngest? His Spring break was during the two weeks prior. And mine? two weeks before that – how is it possible to have 4 weeks of Spring break between the 4 of us and yet, none of them overlapped. I don’t know. I do [...]

my sweet baby girl i know this is a few days late – okay almost a week! but you know, i think i still need time to properly come to terms with how grown up you are.  sixteen! wow – you are so grown.  almost a woman and yet i can clearly remember the day [...]

A couple of months back, I read “The Five Love Languages” (How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate).  My relationship with my husband was a bit rocky and had been for a few weeks.  We weren’t (and are not) in jeopardy of divorce but we seemed to be having a great deal of difficulty [...]

Six Flags Magic Mountain to be exact and I spent Saturday there with Jerry, our 3 kids, my brother his girlfriend and her 2 kids.  It was a great day.  I’m not really sure what I liked most about the day because there were a great many things to like. First of all, I got [...]

I read this book with my youngest son.  Actually we read it together – one chapter a night, taking turns reading out loud.  As a family we have become so very busy.  I have gotten caught up in staying on schedule and planning ahead that I have let opportunities to spend extra time with the [...]

Jerry has a fairly large family and each year for Christmas, they pull names for a gift exchange.  The idea is to make sure everyone has gift at the family gathering and they set a price limit so no one has to spend too much.  It’s an idea I’m still getting used to and an [...]

Thursdays are usually left over nights in our house.  However, more often these days, leftovers get packed up in school/work lunches.  It’s not such a big deal except when I forget they get eaten and then, like last night, realize the one sole enchilada remaining wasn’t going to be enough.  As my son and I [...]

There were many things I looked forward to when it came to Christmas but one of the things I looked forward to the most was baking cookies.  Both my mom and my aunt baked cookies for the holiday and each had their specialties.  My aunt would bake a whole assortment of cookies including rum balls, [...]

On Sunday it was decided that the family would come to our house for the holiday.  We’ll either be a family of 5, 9 or 12 depending on who actually shows or doesn’t.  Sweet’s family is more of a “we’ll wait and see” kind of family than mine is.  At times, I have a hard [...]