Category Archives: Family

I’m just glad you are not Thirty!

It’s strange when your babies grow up.  When they live away and you can’t spend each special moment with them as you did when they were little ~ and Singing Happy Birthday on the phone and posting well wishes on Facebook has to … Continue reading

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Friday Random Shots

Garage sales, brownie treats, flu shots, barber shop, cherry cokes, bbq, lawn mowing….Fun kinda Day with my man!  Happy Weekend! Be nice to others.  Smile. You just never know what that other person might be going through today.

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Doing Nothing

There are vacations that keep you so busy that getting back home is almost a relief….  this wasn’t one of those.  This had to be the most kicked back trip we have ever taken.  I am so grateful for time off … Continue reading

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What She Left Behind…

My friend Michelle, is celebrating her first birthday in heaven on Monday, and I am filled with mixed emotions. (Buttons of Love) I am saddened that with all of modern medicine, she was still taken so young.  When I hug each of her three precious … Continue reading

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On Your Birthday, My Son

There were things I didn’t tell you While you were still beneath my wing…. Some because you would not listen and some, because I did not yet know….. Birthday Blessings, my son. ♥

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From This Day Forward….Sixty Years Later

August 8th, 1954, my parents were married in the parsonage of a little Nazarene Church in Marlow, Oklahoma.  There is much I could share with you about them and the positive influence that they have had on the lives of our family … Continue reading

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Front Porches are for the Birds

We decided this year we would discourage the bird nests from our front porch. They’d already claimed the grill on the back porch!   We found a toy snake at a garage sale.  It’s been said these will scare the birds away. Cheap fix. 🙂 … Continue reading

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Freedom

Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?          

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How to KILL Tomatoes in Six Weeks

A few weeks ago, I posted Growing Maters, to show you a different method for planting tomatoes that would require less work/watering.  After hubby planted our eight plants, we took a little trip to mom and dad’s and he did the … Continue reading

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One Year Later ~ Oklahoma Strong

 Moore, Oklahoma                   Moore, Oklahoma Tornado ~ 2013  

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