As I’ve shared in the past, when my husband can be very one track minded. He can be so focused on something that at times he doesn’t know what his own hands are doing. This can make for some funny situations. One time we were visiting at the house of some friends. My husband had… [continue reading]
Humor in Marriage
When we were growing up my mom and sisters were great seamstresses. They also enjoyed various kinds of similar projects such as quilting and knitting. Well all those arts that require a needle look about the same to me. Their projects seemed to accumulate faster than they could finish them, so it seemed like there… [continue reading]
What’s wrong with my parenting?
We were all eating around the table. I was turned around in my seat feeding the baby in the highchair to the side of the table. As I was feeding him I realized that the other four kids were all going crazy, not following our dinner time manners at all. I looked at Jason for… [continue reading]
I told you so
Yesterday we took the kids to eat tacos. Jason took one of the girls and together they filled all of the cups with water and placed them on the table. “I think these would be safer with lids,” I suggested to Jason. “I think they’ll be fine,” he dismissed me. “Okay, but it’s kind of… [continue reading]
Possum Opossum
A while back we had the critters in our garage! Ack! Okay so technically our problem is the opossums, but I’ve always called them possums so possums it’ll be. Anyway, they evidently discovered the dog food. Every day we were seeing evidence of their presence until finally, Jason began having possum encounters. You can imagine. … [continue reading]
You might be a redneck…
I usually make the hotel arrangements using Priceline.com. That has been the most economic way for us to travel. I wasn’t having much luck in my bidding before the Homeschool conference so Jason decided to take matters into his own hands. He found a cheap one yessireebob! It was a one star motel that boasted… [continue reading]
Meeting Hank the Cow Dog
It was day two of the THSC Convention and Family Conference. After a full day of sessions, we were excited to see John R Erickson, the author of the Hank the Cow Dog books, in concert. We had gone out to eat and thought we left plenty of time to get back to the concert, but… [continue reading]
Embarrassing Moments
Jason and I had been dating for a couple of months when one evening he went with me to the school where I worked (I taught Spanish at a small Christian school and I was close to a lot of the kids.) so that I could finish preparing my lesson plans for the following day…. [continue reading]
Texas Peach Harvest
I’ve told you a little about my husband’s love of planting trees here and here. Ever since we moved to Texas about 10 years ago Jason has wanted a peach tree. Two years ago he paid $15 each for two little trees. I really thought we’d never actually get any peaches, but I was wrong. … [continue reading]
All Wet
The second day on the Island the kids spent most of the day at the hotel pool. I was pretty proud of my purchase of such a nice hotel right on the beach with pool and full breakfast for $63 a night. Priceline.com saved the day again! When we went in to change for lunch… [continue reading]