Well, we had a teeny amount of snow yesterday, and the girls begged me to go out. We spent about almost 2 hours outside, them playing and running and eating snow and me mostly videotaping or taking pictures. When I was a kid it snowed a lot, but nowadays, one little snow a year is about all you can hope for if you are a kid around here. Well, today ( Read more... )

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Watched 4 episodes of Battlestar Galactica in the last 2 days, in an effort to finally catch up....working on baby boy's afghan while watching

The first picture is the front, and the second one (diagonal) is the back.....


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Well, hopefully I will be able to get a lot done today. My husband said he would try to get some of my big plastic baby bins out of the shed for me today. I want to look through the baby clothes and see how many neutral things I have that may be used for Baby Boy. Also maybe we will get our dresser moved out of our bedroom into the girls room today ( Read more... )

Baked a good ham a couple of days ago. Everyone liked it. Made up my own glaze, like mine sweet, so it had brown sugar, honey, grape jelly, dry mustard, etc.

Yesterday, made a pretty good bean and ham soup. I was happy because my children ate it better than a Happy Meal. That always makes Mama happy. Better for them too.

This week, got the girls' ( Read more... )

You Have Redeemed My Soul

by Don Chaffer

You have redeemed my soul
From the pit of emptiness
You have redeemed my soul
From death

I was a hungry child
A dried up river
I was a burned out forest
And no one could do anything for me

But you put food in my body
Water in my dry bed
And to my blackened branches you brought the
Springtime rain of new life
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I am getting very excited about Christmas, my ultrasound, and getting ready to visit family. Last minute shopping, wrapping presents, trying to catch up on laundry, dishes, bag up the garbage ( Read more... )

Can you believe it is already December 14? Well, I am 18 weeks pregnant today. Only two more weeks to the halfway mark. I have been feeling baby move off and on, and have been for a couple of weeks. Since I felt baby so early, it is not every day, so it is a great surprise when I feel movement. My ultrasound is scheduled for next Friday morning, ( Read more... )

For breakfast, I ate a couple of pieces of salami and a cup of hot chocolate, no marshmallows.....