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 [...]

After about a year of contemplating blogging in general, if I still wanted to do it and if so, what exactly do I want my focus to be and if there should be a focus at all…..I finally moved into these fancy new digs.  Like with any other move in my life,  moving in was [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

do you ever wish you could do that?  turn back time?  maybe to make a different choice or to erase a mistake?  what about just for the chance to relive a day or a moment?  these days i’ve been awfully nostalgic and sentimental.  i don’t know what it is that has brought this on.  maybe [...]

how excited all 3 kids were about not just the wedding but about the fact that jerry and i were making ‘it official’ – they helped me count the hours and the minutes the completely relaxed feeling i had leading up to the wedding days before and the day of – it was a good [...]

A few years ago, my life changed drastically and it was a very difficult time for me. In that time, I dealt with many issues and had to make many decisions. Most of those decisions were the hardest decisions I have ever had to make…..choosing what is best for yourself is not always the easiest [...]

oh how glad i am that my monkeys have out grown those!!! i was over at Rocks In My Dryer and i read this post which brought back a whole lot of memories…. ONCE upon a time, there was a beautiful little girl who was the queen of the land of tantrums. she had traveled [...]