I Looked Out The Window…

As children my sisters and I would sing a primary song called, “Popcorn Popping.” The words to the song were written in 1924 by Georgia W. Bello.  It goes like this:
“I looked out the window and what did I see?  Popcorn popping on the apricot tree.  Spring has brought me such a nice surprise.  [...]

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Friends In The Airport…

After a long, wonderful day that ended with me sitting in the Orange County airport with flat hair, sans makeup and just vegging, I happened to meet Digiscrap101 member Denise Clason who just happened to be on the same flight. We chatted all the way to Vegas (her poor husband was so kind!) and [...]

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Computer Work Taking A Back Seat To Spring…

After months of gray skies, which were sometimes coupled with inversions that brought air quality to the level you would only breathe if you were standing behind a running vehicle, Spring is here. I can’t begin to tell you how happy that makes me – it is probably evident since my time on the [...]

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Just A Thought…

I love this from Anna Quindlen, “The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. … I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in [...]

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Meal Plans Made Easy

Time is a valuable resource that we all have the same amount of. Personally I like filling my time with things that matter most to me. I have to confess that housekeeping, cooking, laundry and meal planning are not my favorite ways to spend time. (I mean seriously, how many times can [...]

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Don’t Miss These Local Favorites…

Some of my favorite musicians – all in one concert – for a GOOD cause too!
You can find tickets here.

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Love Comes First

Sunday morning we were all getting lunch before church and the kids were teasing this little guy, who was tired and hungry and threw his tiny spoon to show how mad he was… which incidentally taught him a very powerful lesson – spoons thrown in anger often produce some pretty drastic results.  Here’s to hoping [...]

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Random Details of Life

I downloaded a few photos yesterday from the G9 and came across this gem taken by dd -

It always amazes me what kids can accomplish when you just get out of their way and allow them to create with no strings attached…
And this photo (for Project 365) of my most favorite tomato soup ever.  It [...]

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The Hole In My House…

Saturday morning it was time. We have had a huge room over the garage that we have wanted to divide into two bedrooms but we lacked a window. For three years we thought that in order to divide the room we would have to build a dormer window on the front of the house. [...]

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