Category Archives: Blog ’05-’09

Well, not really. But maybe soon…. We’re leaving for Rockport, TX in about…oh…5 hours or so. Am I packed? No. Are my kids packed? No. Am I done working? Heck no! Instead I’m blogging at 2 am and watching QVC on the computer. I’ve never personally bought anything off QVC…but my sweet friend Virginia has […]

  When I was 10 years old, I went to church camp. My parents dropped me off in a white 1977 Chevy Malibu Station Wagon with a strip of brown faux wood down the side and picked me up in a brand spanking new 1982 white Chevy Suburban. This was way before Suburbans were cool. […]

I promised myself that I would blog before the weekend was up…so in typical last minute fashion, here I am. We had a really relaxing but productive weekend at home. My hope was that my house would be spotless by now, but instead it’s messier than ever. We cleaned out the middle bedroom that we’ve […]

…but the full recap will have to wait. Amanda, the official photographer, is off in the woods camping so I have no pics! I can’t possibly tell the full story without my (I mean her) pictures! It was an awesome trip. The best I can remember. Everything is falling in place. God is awesome! One […]

**Note, I started writing this post on Tuesday but due to events detailed below, I was unable to complete it until today. 🙂 This morning I told Ella, “How ’bout I make cinnamon toast again this morning!” to which she replied, “No, mommy! I don’t want the fire to come out of the oven” This […]

I received an email from an old friend with a link to a podcast that’s a must listen! Melody Ross is an icon in the scrapbook industry. I first learned about Chatterbox when we opened Scrappy’s in 1998. At that time, she had two little books of sayings for journaling and 3 journaling templates. All […]

Scary. Ben is out of town for NINE days! He’s a Jr. High leader at our church and is on a mission trip to Tennessee with 15 pubescent boys and girls. I’m not sure I’m jealous. We have never been apart this long since my 6 week trip to Germany when I was 17 years […]

It’s the ungodly hour of 6 am. I’ve been up since 4:30. And normally I would be hating life, but since we’re about to load up in the car and drive an hour to pick Nolen up from camp, I’m a-ok! I can’t wait to get a hold of that boy! The designers from the […]

We’re about to leave to pick up Popeye’s Fried Chicken and hang out at my mom’s house for the day. It should be fun…but there’s something big missing today. It’s my son! He’s at camp. His first “spend the night” camp. I miss him so much! He’s always the first one up in the morning […]

When I was at Target the other day, I came across one of those deals where it’s so cheap you just can’t help yourself. When I bought this magnetic collage set, I couldn’t even tell exactly what it was. But for $2.50 (orig. price $9.99) I figured I could afford to find out. To my […]