1. Cocoa, hot Jacuzzi baths, and holiday-scented Yankee candles, all together.
2. Free t-shirts, and all it cost me was a pint of blood and a few moments of loss of consciousness.
3. Saints = 12-0.
4. Annual church holiday party.
5. Party food.

1. Snow in Louisiana, two years in a row.
2. Christmas tree lights and candles as the only lights in a room.
3. Canceled meetings on freezing rainy nights.
4. Chicken salad.
5. Seeing my photographs on slick magazine pages.

1. Leftovers
2. Pow wows
3. Modern medicine
4. Little girls in coonskin caps
5. Christmas music

Two firsts that need to be remembered, just in case the little folks forget … this will be incredibly detailed, long, and boring, so go ahead and skip it if you’re reading. LOL It’s for no one but them.  J

We decided a while back to buy each child a pair of tickets to an event. Connor and Emma each got concert tickets - their very first ( Read more... )

I'm here. I'm alive. I'm busy. I'm trying to copy old LJ files into Word to create a backup in case LJ ever goes belly up. I'm 40.

Also, did I mention, I'm busy? Hence the lack of posting. Well, that and lazy, too. Both to blame.

So an acquaintance of mine is a life coach. In a very casual discussion recently, she mentioned a book that “changed her life”, she says, and pushed her to this new career. Another person in the discussion instantly piped up and began just beaming … “Oh I LOVE that book! It’s one of the most inspirational books I’ve ever read.”

So I check the ( Read more... )

Let's see. Not much to say. Life is quiet and good. Loveliness has ensued. Thank you, universe ( Read more... )

I don't know. How many times do I need to ask the universe for boring? I like boring. I miss boring. Ok, sure, this likely sounds boring and whiney to anyone who reads it. But damn. I need me some boring ( Read more... )

I'm tired ( Read more... )

Summer's here, yes? Today is the solstice. Our heat index has been over 100 daily for weeks now. We haven't seen rain yet this month. The Gulf felt like swimming in hot bath water last week. But today summer has started? Ok. Whatever. LOL ( Read more... )