our Christmas marathon

wow what a great season~ exhausting. but great! our 4 day Christmas marathon kicked off with Cowboy Dan’s extended family Saturday at lunch after we ate we took a walk Cowboy Dan’s family is blessed with a beautiful piece of property getting together for lunch was WONDERFUL because our large often loud group of children…

thankful#24: trash

“dumpster diver” strikes again! found this HUGE wreath on the side of the road on my way home from taking a load to the thrift store today at first I thought  it must have blown off the chimney of the nearby house but decided it was too far away from the chimney and the house and…

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31 days of Influential People day 6 & 7: meet Gail & friends…”She’s one of those”

meet Aunt Gail my children adore her.. J and I love her much more than we tell her and have no less the utmost respect for sweet, generous, AMAZING Aunt Gail. Gail is MIL’s baby sister.  To know her is to love her.  She’s one of those.  Always thinking of others, always eager to help,…

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31 days of Influential People day 6 & 7: meet Gail & friends…"She's one of those"

meet Aunt Gail my children adore her.. J and I love her much more than we tell her and have no less the utmost respect for sweet, generous, AMAZING Aunt Gail. Gail is MIL’s baby sister.  To know her is to love her.  She’s one of those.  Always thinking of others, always eager to help,…

sisters

sisters.have any?I’m the oldest of threemany of you know and love sister banker and sister nurseI cherish them.I write of them often speak to them dailywe share the goodthe badand the uglywith each othertoday when sister and I discussed a leaky tirea dead lawn mower battery our childrens’ learning styles and challengesthe cost of the “extracurriculars”work at home corporate workgrocery…