a while ago I mentioned I watched Downton Abbey when exercising (my one-time success on the treadmill in the past 2 weeks… arg! need.to.hop.back.on.that.wagon.). I watched the first half of the first episode. I had heard so many good things about it… how much others love it. So I thought I’d give it a go. […]
I was so thrilled when I realized today is Australia Day. It’s tradition to acknowledge & sorta celebrate it. Anyone want to donate the Pavlova? I think that I really, really, really want to move to Australia. I talk about it alot, especially in the Winter. I don’t know what seems so glorious about living in […]
sometimes i think we’re doing something right as parents when our kids say things like Miss Hannah did today: “Mom, don’t you think we ought to take some cookies over to the new neighbors?” and sometimes i wonder what we’ve done wrong when our kids say things like mr max did today when standing by […]
oh liza… we love you.
I guess this week is ‘catch up on birthdays’ time on the blog. I realized we never acknowledged Max’s birthday in December. It would appear that Max stayed in his jammies all day… but knowing that it was a Sunday, he did go to church (not in his jammies). I guess it was a mellow […]
miss hannah in my wedding dress : 2006 mr abe – cute as a bug – 2004
my original thoughts were titled … “that which is good for us”… but going along with the theme of GOOD-BETTER-BEST… I quickly reconsidered. where am i going with this? I’ve been thinking about why doing what is BEST for ourselves is sometimes such a challenge? For example… Exercise. Seriously – whenever I get on that […]
unfortunately, I don’t always get journaling done right after events. fortunately, nobody is holding me to a deadline so we’ll try to get to the important matters eventually. important matter #1: Hannah’s birthday: oh, ya know… in October. Hurray for age 9. It was a busy Saturday to have a birthday. But hopefully there was […]
Big news in the Smith home… the kids finally got to play on a basketball team. Jimmy was thrilled. The kids are glad. The first game was a little intense since they just weren’t quite sure what to do. We play ball with the kids, but being on a court with other team members, having […]