I suppose they tried to teach us a little bit about every sport in grade school P.E. so that when faced with watching or participating in these events we wouldn’t be totally clueless. I remember when our P.E. Teacher had us learning about and playing football. I remember fun phrases like “button hook” and “third down.” But I … Read More
Life as a Pioneer Woman
Have you ever been just sitting there, minding your own business…reading a biography about Daniel Boone let’s say… and then all of the sudden you find yourself living the lifestyle you’ve been reading about? Well, I have. It happened last Thursday.It would have been a perfectly normal Thursday had our boiler not completely broken the night before. It’s January. It’s … Read More
There’s Enough Bacon
As I was cooking some bacon recently, trying to figure out how many pieces everybody would be able to have, a very simple sentence came to the front of my memory. It was my Mama saying, “There’s enough for everyone to have two pieces of bacon.” Our family had breakfast food most Saturdays for brunch growing up, so this is … Read More
Calling 2012 to Baggage Claim
2013 is here and our Christmas tree (a live one, mind you, that we chopped down the Saturday after Thanksgiving) is still up, lit, and decorated. The stockings are still hung by the fireplace. The table is still decorated for Christmas brunch. Our suitcases are not unpacked. Stuff is strewn about our house. My cough from the flu is still … Read More
To The Miserables: It’s a Wonderful Life
Christmas has come and gone and we hardly noticed it… because most of us were knocked out with the flu, just trying to survive. Our plan had been to go see Les Miserables on its opening night of Christmas. Instead, we were The Miserables ourselves. What with all the hacking of lungs, headaches, roller coaster fevers, chills, body aches, sore … Read More
I Heard the Bells
As the year 2012 is coming to a close, I can’t help but think back over the 365 days it has held. Life appeared to be in a rhythm for us the first six months. The very first day of the next six months, drums were beating all over the place and it seemed that no rhythm was to … Read More
Personal Christmas Greetings to My Ebenezers
It’s December 2nd and my days are numbered. I’ve got my Christmas Cards in hand, but not my traditional letter yet. I am notorious for running around in a tailspin trying to get the letters and cards together and out before December 25th. Almost every year that we have been married, I have nearly caused my husband to have to bring … Read More
If Those Dishes Could Dish
You’ll have to excuse my absence from the blogosphere last week. My hands were stuck inside the cavity of a turkey around its frozen neck in search of the bag of giblets. I came dangerously close to both throwing up and crying. After several desperate calls to my mom to ask what exactly I was looking for since the giblet … Read More
Bible Russian Roulette
The past week has had me feeling pretty dejected and discouraged about life in general. A series of personal events on top of the elections have led me to a point where it is a struggle to feel too great about life and this world. I’ll be honest with you, I’ve felt a loss of words in my conversation with … Read More
Maps on Our Faces
I always wonder what my appearance will like be if I make it to old age. I gaze at pictures of my grandmother and mother and see how their looks have progressed since their youth. I look at pictures of my dad and wonder what he would have looked like if he lived longer. More so, I … Read More