I am so sincerely grateful to my mom for flying me down to Texas. It was really special and wonderful to experience Sharee and her family in these early days of her first baby. So special. I love Sharee so much and am so glad to see her so happy and in her natural element. Sharee is this awesome mix of wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) and ( Read more... )

Day 24- A letter to your parents

This post could be about all kinds of things, but I choose to look at the positive (though I'm gonna' try to keep 'em short)! So, here goes...

To Mom: (Loretta-Mom ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday, dear Mo-om,
Happy birthday to you! :)

I hope you have a fantastic birthday, Mom! Love you!

Here's one of my favorite pics from their wedding:


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*Note: I hope you guys don't mind the colored font.  I felt like jazzing this one up. :)

My Mom sent me some money for my birthday, which was really incredibly generous and awesome of her, and I decided to do some ME shopping this afternoon with it. You guys. I cannot believe all the things I was able to get today. I'm floored by the amount of stuff ( Read more... )

This whole thing is going to be mostly pics, so please follow this link to ( read more. )

I'd like to hear yours, too! Please comment with things you can't believe you've done/accomplished in your life. Close calls, hard work, luck, whatever. Can't wait to read 'em!

• Fallen asleep on the back of a motorcycle (that was soo cool!)
• Moved all my furniture and belongings all by myself (from the 2nd floor of a townhouse, filling up a U-Haul ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, we attended a Church of Christ in Michigan. My Dad drove what they called a "Joy Bus" around every Sunday to pick up kids for church. And, my Mom stood at the front of the bus behind my Dad with posters she'd made that had the lyrics to kids' church songs written on them with markers. And, she'd lead singing the whole time, ( Read more... )

I wanted to use my icon that says it's still not Friday 'cause I'm so tired, but then I realized that it IS Friday this morning. WooHoo! We're going to see Star Trek for date night tonight. Yes, we're trekkies, and Star Wars buffs, and WOW players, and ( Read more... )

• My mom - I had a nice, long chat with her today which did me a world of good. Thanks, Mom!
• Jan - Thank you for lunch, Jan!  Very yummy and great company.  I appreciate it!
• City Park - I took Tom and Abby there after church this morning to try to help Tom's mood - it's a nice park with a lot of walking paths and water and picnic tables.  We actually ( Read more... )