My Journal

I have finally upgraded to Picasa. (click on the pic above to enlarge and view) . I documented some of our favorite restaurant stops (my husband said the people in the restaurants would think I was a food editor, snapping pictures of my plate!)Here are some of the...

We're back from family vacation and Heartland Conference Youth Camp -- only 2 days between these very full events!Have I got a ton of pictures and lots of new to share!Having a little trouble with my computer monitor so it may take me a day or so to upload everything...

I promised you some idioms -- and I have got some good ones. Down South on our vacation, my friends helped me remember quite a few that I wrote down to share with you. The people who settled in the hills and on the prairies used colorful language to describe people,...

An idiom is a a common manner of speaking in a certain language -- words and phrases which everyone can identify as carrying a specific meaning.Idioms intrigue me. I found a site of common English idioms. www.idiomsite.com. Give it a look and see how many you...

Our Sunday School class is studying a book on prayer by Philip Yancey. We had an intriguing discussion this morning on "Why pray?" Now, I know all the "reasons." Without getting into all the technicalities of it, here are a few of the things that rambled through my...

For the July 4th holiday, we enjoyed a lovely day on the farm with the McLaughlin family. Thanks, Keith and Karen, for inviting us to share your fun. We had a blast. See the pics in the Smilebox below.

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Sweet land of liberty. America. Since the day when Samuel Adams called a secret meeting on a quiet street in Boston, the theme of America’s patriots has been freedom. Those men named themselves the Sons of Liberty…they became the front line for freedom in a fledgling...

Good things are happening with The Ladies' Companion! If you have never subscribed or your subscription has expired, you will want to check out the new size and additional features that have been added in the July/August issue. $8.00 a year for 6 issuescolumns on...

I want to tell all of you about my friend, Evie Shiery, a young pastor's wife and mom who has a real gift for working with floral arrangements. She does them in her home, takes orders for custom designs, and sells them from her personal blog and in a local store. She...