Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 15th, 2009
It is amazing what you can learn from children! Last Friday night I had another babysitting night to raise money to go to Zambia—and here is what I learned:
1. Polly Pockets are really little pieces. Even when you think you have put everyone away, there is still a little tiny piece stuck somewhere!
2. It is [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2009
Wray and I joined Josh and Mindy with her dad and family in Colorado. Billy, Mindy’s dad, has a wonderful house in Buena Vista, Colorado. The weather was gorgeous, the Aspens were breath taking and the mountains were spectacular— God did some of His best work there! We saw chipmunks, deer and elk! Mindy took [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2009
Josh was in Africa — now he’s in Greece! Wray spends most of his days in Dublin. Jacob is in San Marcos, and Wes spends most of his time in College Station (until he starts work). What is a moron on the computer supposed to do if she can’t figure it out for herself —exactly [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2009
I’m trying to learn how to blog in a new format—I am not a very literate computer person….help!
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2009
Okay, I admit, I’m not really great at math—but I’ve decided that our government is not very good with it either! How can our government have such a huge debt and still hand out trillons of dollars in bailouts? Do they just keep printing money until we get all we need? What is our money [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 1st, 2009
I don’t know if there are any rules to being a blogger. Today on the front page of the Dallas Morning News was a story about 4 women in Frisco whose blogs have raised some eyebrows. They made fun of other housewives and talked a lot about sex. It sounded to me that they were [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 30th, 2008
Less than 24 hours after the Cowboys got killed by the Eagles, an idiot decided to picket outside Valley Ranch. His sign said the Cowboys did not play with heart and that Coach Phillips is no good—who is he?!
We would not even know about this genius if Bradie James had not taken offense to his picketing in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 20th, 2008
I just finished the book ADHD & me, what i learned from lighting fires at the dinner table. It is written by Blake Taylor, a guy now in college, who writes about his experiences dealing with adhd. It is a great book! I wish this book had been available back when I was trying to navigate the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2008
I was just wondering why it is that when your children are young and need a lot of attention –we don’t have much time—but when they are older and you have more time—they don’t need much attention!
We have a new little foster girl and she is adorable. She was requiring a lot of my attention [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2008
I haven’t blogged lately because I have discovered Facebook! Now I know why all the kids are always on Facebook—it’s really fascinating! To be honest Wray set me up a Facebook account because a lot of my Zambia friends posted pictures and stuff. Well now I’ve discovered that I can talk to my friends all [...]