Trip to Guadalajara When I was about twelve years old I took a trip with my dad to Guadalajara, Mexico. I was returning to the place of my birth and visiting my childhood friends. Since my dad was going to be returning to Mexico in two weeks, he decided to let me extend my stay. … [continue reading]
Our Love Story: How I Met My Man
It was 24 years ago that Jason and I first met! Here is the beginning of our love story: Graduated college not married? I was out of college and teaching at a small Christian school in Lincoln, Nebraska. Everyone seemed to think that it just wasn’t right that I wasn’t married yet, and they all… [continue reading]
Money Gossip: How People Spend Money Differently
Money. It’s such a tricky little thing isn’t it? I can recall countless conversations with people complaining about how other people spend their money. Sometimes there is concern, pity, or jealousy in their voices. What is the same each and every time is the fact that someone else isn’t spending their money the way the… [continue reading]
Surviving Hurricane Hanna
Most of the hurricanes that pound the south Texas coast seem to miss our area in the Rio Grande Valley. Usually, they hit farther north. It wasn’t until Saturday morning, July 25 that I started believing that Hurricane Hanna was actually going to slam the Valley. Preparing for Hurricane Hanna Crazily, we prepared for the… [continue reading]
My love of Foosball
I have never been particularly athletic. I enjoyed running in junior high, and I probably would have gone out for track in high school, until I took one look at the seventies super short uniforms, and that ended it for me. There was absolutely no way I was going to put my stick skinny legs… [continue reading]
Happy Father’s Day, Dad
I always thought my dad was the perfect man. I had always heard there was a connection between a girl’s relationship with her father and how she would relate to her husband, so I thought marriage should be pretty easy. The problem was that I always thought my dad was right, not so with my… [continue reading]
Laugh when you get it wrong!
Saying or sometimes doing the wrong thing, at the wrong time, in the wrong way–yeah, that’s just a regular day at our house! These make grand opportunities for laughter, and really, we can’t pass up a chance to laugh these days! I’m not addicted Afrin. It’s the one thing I never want to be without… [continue reading]
A Snake in the House
I hate snakes. The only thing worse than snakes is snakes in the house! Recently, we went over to see my parents. Lo and behold there was a black snake about three feet long and about an inch and a half thick curled up at their front door and happily sunning itself. Its head was… [continue reading]
Covid-19 Homeschool Day–the Worst!
If you were thrown into the world of homeschool with your kids with the Covid-19 stay home orders, you probably have spent some time pulling your hair out. I get it. I have too! Homeschooling doesn’t mean social distancing or staying home. While some have the idea that homeschooling means something similar to these lock-down… [continue reading]
First Boyfriend: Funny Moments
My dad told me I couldn’t date until I was eighteen. This was always the magic age when I was growing up. Only he didn’t quite do the math because he was thinking that I would be in college, but I was eighteen my whole senior year of high school. So although there were a… [continue reading]