delicate Emma. . .

I finally have a camera!!!  Praise the Lord, I finally have a camera.  I started with two pictures of the kitchen I just finished painting. . .and when I say “I” I really mean Mom.  Thank God for Mom and her ability to show up at a moment’s notice and paint a kitchen. . .or [...]

I am sad. . .

Like peanut butter without jelly, spaghetti without meatballs, jalapenos without cream cheese and bacon, I am without something.  We learned early on from Dad that you never leave home without it.  Sadly, no it was not his credit card, it was our camera. 
I have been 27 hours without a working camera.  It took it last breath as [...]

27 years, 1 month and 15 days ago. . .

I came into this world and met my sister.  Having almost three years on me, she knew how everything worked.  (MY TEACHER)  I followed in her footsteps, usually underfoot, and annoyed her quite a bit growing up.  I followed her because she was the person I wanted to be.  (MY HERO)  So many Halloweens, I [...]

my goodwill. . .

My friends laugh at me because instead of eating when I’m stressed, I organize.  Hence the kitchen cabinets/pantry switcharoo a few months ago.  Maybe it was the being allergic to chocolate or my dislike of sweets, but when the world. . .or our finances. . .get me down, I turn to my inner Martha and [...]

toophies woe. . .

For those of you with children, you will understand that in some point in your adult life, you have added extra letters to the names of your child’s body parts.  For example, when your helping your daughter put on her shirt, you put her armies in the holes.  Put one leggy in one panty hole and [...]

Dustin got tickets for the Discovery Center at work earlier in the week.  Normally it would cost us about $20 to get in, but Pantex were giving them away for free, along with dinner.  Dustin’s been wanting to go for years and I’ve wanted to take the girls, but there was no way I could [...]

twik tweet. . .

 

here kitty, kitty, kitty. . .

“What’s a pirate’s favorite letter?”  “R!”

This is how we roll.

Yah, my camera’s starting to make me mad with the pictures.  Best Buy will become my friend before Christmas.

Ellie had this look like, “Who is this stranger talking to me and giving me candy?  Strangers with candy [...]

meow, baby. . .

We went to the library on Thursday for story time and this week the kiddos got to wear their costumes and get their face painted.  When Ellie looked in the mirror to see her face, she couldn’t recognize herself.  She carried the mirror around the room and kept touching her face to see if “Ellie” [...]