These are the books I have in mind so far to read for my goal of reading 26 books this year. I’m open to suggestions for more but want to also leave room to read as the spirit moves me. Many on the list have been on my list for quite some time and came recommended but I can no longer remember by whom. The first three are already in progress. I’m reading “Wicked” on my breaks at work, as many of you suggested it in my 20 questions post. It was not at all what I expected at...
I created this dream board a few months ago. My intent is to have it printed and hang it a few places where I spend a lot of time, to keep me focused on the life I want to live. But I’ve decided I need concrete goals for how I’m going to get to that dream life. And now seems like a good time to make them. Call them New Year’s resolutions if you must. Here is one goal for each of the words above: Believe: Play praise music in the morning and believe it will be a good...
Connor and I recently watched a billboard ad being changed. He spotted the crane pulling the old one off as we left the chiropractor. I asked him if he wanted to stay and watch how they put the new one on. We stood in the entryway for 20 minutes watching. After the crane pulls the old sign off the billboard, it lifts up the new one, rolled around a tube, like a giant roll of wrapping paper. Two workers unroll the sign along the billboard. They insert metal rods in the edges, like inserting a curtain rod in a...
Everyone in my family has a green glass bulb ornament with their name on it in silver glitter. My mom got these from a catalog when I was little for the four of us in my immediate family. When I moved out, my parents gave me all the ornaments that were somehow or another “mine,” including my name ball. When I got married, my husband got his own name. You can see how faded mine has become when compared to his. Each new child meant a new name ornament. The kids love putting these on the tree. As I...
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your branches! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your branches! In beauty green will always grow Through summer sun and winter snow. O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your branches! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, You are the tree most loved! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, You are the tree most loved! How often you give us delight In brightly shining Christmas light! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, You are the tree most loved! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, Your...
At dinner last night, Connor would not eat his mac and cheese because he said it was for dogs, not boys. (There is a cartoon dog on the box.) When it came time for bed, he started pestering Mark with, “What is for my snack! What is for my snack. Dad! What is for my snack????? I am hungry. Where is my snack?” Mark: “You can have your mac and cheese” Connor: “You can have that. You can’t change that. Don’t say that.” Mark: “What?” Connor: “YOU CAN’T CHANGE IT. YOU AREN’T GETTING IT FOR ME. Daddy, For real...
