So much has happened that it is hard to know where to begin ( Read more... )

S'been crazy.  Good, but crazy ( Read more... )

I am slowly but surely getting better.  I still have some pneumonia in the lower left lobe, but it is smaller, and I am feeling better.  So, say Yay ( Read more... )

I am still fighting off the end of the pneumonia I caught 3 weeks ago.  Today is the first day I have really felt up to doing anything.  It completely has sapped my energy.  *sigh*  Not a good time for illness, as the home-study had to be rescheduled for next month.  I cried about that.  It feels like I have been waiting so long for these birdlings ( Read more... )

It has been a busy day so far.  I have made chocolate fudge, peanut butter fudge, krispy candies, oreo bon-bons, and sugar cookies.  I still have 2 pies and 2 loaves of chocolate bread to bake.  Steven has a pork tenderloin in the crockpot- we are having shredded pork enchiladas for dinner, with rice and beans.  The Missionaries will be here for ( Read more... )

Today is the start of Steven's vacation, and we were paid yesterday- so...that meant busy today.  Dog and cat food needed replacing, cat litter and dishwasher detergent, toiletries, and a few groceries all were necessary.  I was up and dressed by 0830- I came downstairs, and.....waited.  *sigh*  Steven was still in his sweats, playing on the ( Read more... )

It snowed yesterday. Big soft flakes that floated down.  Nature's confetti. *smiling*  I watched it while I drank my coffee, listening to the wind and soaking in the silence.  It was beautiful, and very relaxing. A very good start the day ( Read more... )

Wow. Steven brought the flu home from work, and it has been a doozey! Both he and I have been sick as dogs for a week now,  I even missed church last Sunday! Eeek! *laughing*  We are trying for Sacrament this morning. No way can I sit through three hours of church-ness today.  I will have Marsha or Paddi bring Matthew home.  I know he will want to ( Read more... )

I have been hiding from myself and just flowing with wherever life decided to take me.  It has been exhausting and lonely- and yet very therapeutic at the same time.  I had to learn to be alone, and find my peace there.  I haven't written a single poem or letter.  I haven't told a single Kaitlin story or even laughed out loud very often.  I have ( Read more... )

the words never change ( Read more... )