Before I drag out my soap box..I want to congratulate my friend Hillary.  She has the blog, The Other Mama, and yesterday she had a baby girl.  Hillary, enjoy the beautiful gift from God. Now, let me go get the soap box.  I have something very important to say..like always…ahem.. As you know, the American …Read the Rest…

Was it just me or was there anyone else out there doomed to a life of countless searches in the boxes of Lost and Found of life?  I was always leaving things in elementary school.  My mother preached to “look in the lost and found box in the office.”  I would rather have a frostbitten  …Read the Rest…

July 18, 2001 marks the day I received a blessing.  My son was born.  It was a blessing that was received with open hearts and arms. A year and half before, I had a miscarriage.  It was heartbreaking and it was difficult to handle.  I was 12 weeks into the pregnancy when I went for …Read the Rest…

Some may call it vanity.  Some may even say it is a middle age thing.  I don’t know what has gotten into me!  I am wanting up my “Cool Factor.”  Maybe it’s this 100+ degree weather we are having that has gotten me wanting to be cooler!  Whatever the motive behind this need, I want …Read the Rest…

Internet UGH!!!!  I have been disconnected from the world.  Our internet service has been down pretty much since Friday.  We have had glimpses of the service periodically but not long enough to do more than check our email.  It has been frustrating.  You don’t realize how dependant you are on the internet until it is …Read the Rest…

I try to reflect on my teenage years in order to help ease my daughter through them.  Sadly, I can tell her more of what NOT to do than anything.  I have been really concentrating on the whole “boyfriend” thing.  She will eventually have one of those and well, I need to really be prepared. …Read the Rest…