So we have this mystery in our family. It’s a bit of an odd mystery. Have you ever had that sensation of remembering something from your childhood that was just plain weird and totally illogical, and then one day realizing that your parents must have been teasing, or talking about something else? That may be […]
Can You Recall a Product for Faulty Naming?
I received an email from one of my favorite clothing companies on Friday, and they were so!! very!! excited!! about their new and amazing product!! And then I saw the NAME of this product: Jeggings. Apparently, Jeggings are a combination of Jeans and Leggings – they LOOK like the Skinniest of Skinny Jeans, but they […]
Random Snowiness and Uncle Joe’s Tot Locker
If you’re looking for the investigative report on Uncle Joe’s Tot Locker, you can find it by clicking here. We had an awesome time in our snow, which has all escaped now except for the remains of dozens of snowmen making it look like The Great Snowy Massacre of 2010. But, in what […]
Country-Fried Birthday.
Today is my Mom’s Birthday (Happy Birthday, Gramamma!). And something about gifts and the preferences of Birthday celebrations really reveals the stark difference in my city-girl self and my country-girl Mom. When I called her yesterday to ask if I could take her to lunch today, she told me that she was on a romantic […]
High Eye Adventure
(You MUST try saying “High Eye” out loud. And really fast. And over and over. It’s quite addictive. I’ve been saying it since I typed it and JUST CAN’T QUIT.) Remember Ali’s Scary Eye Trick that I banned right after shooting this video? After she learned how to control her eyes independently and freak the […]
Things Found in My Husband’s Lego Box.
Disclaimer: As with “Things Found on my Husband’s iPhone“, my husband is aware of, and okay with, me exposing the depths of his life in this post...or he just knows how to make me happy. As I mentioned briefly at Christmas, Chris’ parents brought him all of his childhood Legos. And believe me, it was […]
Hitting Each Other: A Perfect Missions Fundraiser.
Our youth group is going to Costa Rica on a short term missions trip, and they have come up with some awesome fundraising ideas. The latest and greatest: A Church-Wide Dodge Ball tournament. That’s right – not just the kids, but all ages. And you KNOW that the men couldn’t resist a temptation like that. […]
12 Reasons that I hate 24.
Chris loves it… I used to love it… But after two seasons, I realized that it stressed me out so much that I might need medication if I watched another episode. Just hearing the mere “beep, BEEP, beep, BEEP” of the intro and before and after every stinkin’ commercial break literally makes my heart race […]
When the Clock Strikes Twelve…
People ask a lot how our small group works. I’ve blogged before about the miracle of our 16 kids, six years old and under, somehow managing to all go to sleep while we meet, then when we get ready to leave at midnight, we wake them all up, take them home, and they go back […]
Just A Litter Fun…
A few weeks ago, I purchased our long-anticipated Church Cookbook: On the way home from church, I thumbed through, looking at various recipes. And then I arrived at a recipe so unique that it was powerful enough to change my life. KITTY LITTER CAKE. (Okay, maybe not change my life, but certainly add a good […]