Not Forgotten.

February 26, 2010 Friends & Loved Ones

Most of the time Mom’s death and all of my feelings that go with it are compressed into a hard little rock of a fact that I keep pushed to the side of my mind and my heart. But during the quiet times throughout the day, and especially at night, that little rock becomes something […]

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Show Me The LOVE!

February 14, 2010 Baked Goodness

It’s Valentine’s day, and in my opinion, nothing says sweet love better than SWEETS! So for our church Valentine’s banquet this past Friday, I went all Bakerella and made marshmallow swirl brownie pops and red velvet cake pops.  I think they turned out absolutely adorable, but honestly, I have no idea how Bakerella does all […]

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Reality Check: Life IS Fragile.

January 27, 2010 Baby Stuff

Let me skip to the end:  Lauren is back home with us tonight, and God willing, all is well. Now let’s start at the beginning: Monday morning Lauren threw up her bottle of milk.  Not really a big deal, but then later that afternoon I noticed her getting warm and whiny, took her temp and […]

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They should have called it “Where the Wild Things AREN’T.”

January 21, 2010 Random Blathering

OK, so I started this post umm….a long time ago.  When “Where The Wild Things Are” was in the theaters.  But I never finished it.  It being the blog.  Last night Dave and I rented “9” and it was disappointing and irritating, which reminded me of THIS movie, so I figured I would kill two […]

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Happy New Year!

January 5, 2010 Baked Goodness

I hope the holidays were as kind to you as they were to me.  I won’t say they were easy, necessarily, because there were definitely many melt-downs for me as I remembered and missed my Mom.  But those moments were only moments, and on the whole I had a GREAT holiday season, mostly thanks to […]

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