From William: CHANGE Let's all REMEMBER the following for the elections of 2012: Not long ago I read a joke... It said all the politicians running for presid...
Winter Sunset
by Dubravko Raos
This artist is from Yugoslavia and now lives in Canada. He paints beautiful houses of the Victorian Farmhouse style, in all ...
Whatever is in your refrigerator, I'll bet you've never discovered what I
did in mine on Christmas morning.
At about 11:00 am, I called out, "Who wants an ...
P lease join us on Tuesday by sharing on the quote below for our weekly, In
Other Words. Each Friday a new quote is given here, on Writing Canvas, along
wi...
Thanks, Vodkamom, for sharing this comedy routine with all of us today! I
don't know who this woman is, but I love her.
Back tomorrow, once I get over my...
This is our last Project 365 of the year. Thank you so much Sara for hosting
this all year. I'm looking forward to doing this in 2010! If you didn't
part...
Without further ado, I would like to announce the winner of the HP
TouchSmart computer!
[image: TouchSmart-2]
Okay, there is just a teeny bit more ado. Yo...
[image: Myspace Comments]
May the Lord bless you this day! I'll be traveling to Tennessee with family
and we will be on vacation for the next week. I'll b...
I think I may have found the way to get out of hosting holiday dinners...
It got worse before it got better. I think my house still smells like smoke
today...
The last three days actually began on the 17th, when Abbie flew to Texas for
her friend Noelle's graduation from Texas Christian University.
Congratulat...
Happy Boxing Day, Lovelies!
I hope you all had the merriest of Christmases - ours was wonderful. I can't
wait to tell you all about it!
I am in the proces...
Ahh, delightful...that's how I'd describe ours. While driving home from the
Christmas Eve service we noticed a lot of dark buildings. Sure enough when
w...
[image: last dandelion]
~Last Dandelion Standing~
~image by 1 of 8~
~but by last update, that lone dandelion is now under a foot of snow~
~Oklahoma Blizzard...
I can't believe Christmas is done already! And we're only days away from
2010. An entire decade has passed since the Y2K scare. Doesn't that feel
wrong? A ...
Every year we gather up the family, don pajamas, make hot drinks, and pile
into the family vehicle to celebrate one of our favorite family traditions:
Driv...
Did you see the season finale of "The Closer"? It's nice to know that Brenda
puts her marriage first. *Don't know what I mean by that?* Well then watch
t...
[image: xmas5]
Looking back over the pictures from the last few days, you’d never know that
this Christmas was any different from the others.
You’ll fin...
“Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon said Saturday that the year 2010 will
be a decisive year with regards to Iran and its nuclear plan,” reports Ynet
Ne...
See what ends up happening when you don't expect it? I'm referring to snow
in Texas. I really didn't think we would have a white Christmas. Not many
people...
In the business of cards this time of year! I couldn’t choose a favorite,
so I ordered a few of each!! Here they all are!
Hope you all had a wonderful ...
We finally got our whole gang together for a picture. Not in time to send
Christmas cards, of course! Maybe I'll send a Happy New Year's card...
Kris...
No, this isn't a post delineating all the wonderful gifts I got for
Christmas.
I just finished reading a short book entitled, The Real 12 Days of Christmas...
Originally posted on April 7, 2009
Cooking an entire ham for family and friends can sometimes lead to needing
things to do with the leftovers. YIKES! I ha...
Just thought I’d share a shot of the Mayhew Family Christmas 2009: We got up
to the rehab center a little late, but Anissa was in pretty good spirits.
The...
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!!! I've been hard at work on a new
layout - my *WHO DAT* layout! Do you like it??? **grins* *It's staying up
till...
That was the statement our children used to say at each birthday and each
Christmas. When they were done opening presents they always stuck out their
botto...
Sometimes people just have bad taste. Even pink doesn't help this sign that
is actually planted in a person's front yard!
The house sits across the stree...
[image: Lego Pirate Sets]I promised you Norah Jones and Legos giveaway
didn't I? Well here's the deal.
Norah Jones has her new album The Fall out with the ...
Coming out as a plus-size person is a challenging and upsetting thing to do,
with many unpleasant repercussions.
The main problem is that body size and sha...
I just stumbled across this song by Matthew West last week. I love that he's
put these thoughts into a song. And how perfect that TSMSS falls on the
26th...
...No, I'm not! We are really having a White Christmas in Arkansas!! A very
rare occasion.
It started on Christmas eve and we ended up with about six inch...
From Michelle:
Abby is hurting and the blizzard kept extended family from celebrating with
us on Christmas day. I couldn't bare to watch Abby silently suff...
Tracking Santa’s flight on the computer. One of the best things about having
children spread over a wide age range is the opportunity to see your older
one...
Back in October, I was invited to New York to film a cooking segment for
Parents.tv (a Comcast TV channel). On the segment I cooked our favorite
Christmas ...
I feel a little silly doing this but it's been on my mind all day. We blog
for many reasons, but material gain is relatively low on the list. Blogging
is ...
What a lovely, laid back Christmas. We only went 2 places the whole time:
church for 45 minutes on Christmas Eve and then a 'ride around' on Christmas
aft...
I don't know if I've gotten over it or stopped caring. I'm not sure if I'm
just resigned that things typically don't go in real life like I've assumed
they...
I am just popping in to say hello and season’s greetings and merry Christmas
and all that good stuff. I hope your holidays have been bright thus far. We
h...
Christ mas
Miracles are a part of the greatest story ever lived
Dear Ones
A very exhausted over joyed Denise called to tell us all...
Some how :)
Eddie has ...
Tonight I am thinking of Billy, as I do this time every year. Billy was 15
when we met him, a tall, sturdy boy, athletic, strong. He was a sophomore in
hig...
I sit here almost 1pm on Christmas day in my pjs still. I love the laziness
of today and how we can focus on what a great Savior we have and enjoy the
bles...
My prayer is that you all have a very blessed and Merry Christmas.
This year, it seems that we are being tested and stretched and nothing is
normal.
It i...
[image: christmas2]I was going to add a little “MM” and “PW” to the image
above, but there were just a few things wrong with that approach:
1. Seafoam Gr...
Thank God for His Son and redemption.
We are truly blessed.
From our family to yours ... Merry Christmas!
Reflect on His love today. Spend time with your ...
While listening to Christmas music this morning, I heard a familiar
instrumental. What I didn't realize though, was what the title or words to
this song w...
Ol' St. Nick will be welcomed this evening with cookies ("He's a big guy.
Let's leave him four."), egg nog, seasonal decor--and as you can clearly
see---si...
Twas the Night Before Christmas...
when all through the house
EVERY creature is stirring,
even the mouse!
(we found Zhu Zhu pets; and they're kind of fun).
...
to all my children,my family,past and present,all my friends,and cyper
friends,blogger friends, have a very Merry Christmas,and may the New Years
bring,lov...
Edit: Oh great! Do you see that down there? I knew I was getting close to
the end of bloggers bandwidth and now here I am right at Christmas maxing
out! Is...
*photo from the Christmas Cards that never happened.*
I have started and quit about 8 posts since I last blogged. So much is going
on around here! Nothin...
Okay, it’s time for my favorite Christmas song! If you find one in the
hustle and bustle of this last shopping day, let me know. I’ll send you my
new addre...
So it is 9 am on Christmas Eve morning, and instead of tackling the 853
things that need to happen around here (in order) before tomorrow, I am
sitting h...
*Photo by **eston*
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*
All the shopping is done, the gifts are wrapped, the cookies are baked, and
tomorrow is Christmas. I can hardly believe it.
Financi...
*That the Creator himself comes to us and becomes our ransom -
this is the reason for our rejoicing.
~Martin Luther
*
O Holy night,
the stars are brightly sh...
Christmas week is here!!! Our household is brimming with excitement. The grandparents are here... the presents are wrapped... grocery-shopping is done... get...
Something about Annabeth in these purple Baby Legs melts my heart.
She also just looks so adorable in that clip.
I later learned that it was a choking ...
I hope you all have a Merry Christmas!
There won't be any Friday Funnies this Friday as I will be chilaxin' with
the family and celebrating our Saviors bir...
Well, the 1 week of Christmas was a success! We had a great week and made
some great new family memories!
Last Wednesday, we had our family picture taken. ...
I do love this idea and have been anxiously awaiting this week's Show and
Tell to show off what I did with the nativity and O Holy Night I purchased
fr...
We’re still in the throws of the Great Viral Epidemic of ‘09. But I wanted
to share just a tad more information. More information than you wanted, I’m
su...
Whenever my sisters or I got sick when we were little girls, my dad would come home from work with a little gift to help cheer us up. His tender heart ju...
*(image courtesy of Google) *
I noticed that pomegranates were on sale a few weeks ago at the grocery
store. I don't purchase them very often (okay, hardl...
I wish all of you a Merry Christmas filled with the joy that only Christ can
bring!
I will be stepping away from blogging until next week to focus on my Sa...
When I was a girl - I loved boys with long hair.
When I was a girl - boys wore their hair long - it was the thing.
Now days - boys are wearing their hair...
In my top secret Baby Name Cave, I've been crunching numbers, calculating
formulas, and mixing potions. At last, I emerge with the revelation all of
Amer...
[image: Nathan Jones]By Nathan Jones
*Are there Christmas promises yet to be fulfilled?*
Dr. David Reagan, Dennis Pollock of Spirit of Grace Ministries, ...
I told you yesterday that I would keep you updated on my Christmas
preparations. Well, things are moving along pretty well.
Shopping is 3/4 done. I wen...
Wednesday~December 23, 2009
It sounds absurd, believing in this spirit pregnancy and the coming of a
Baby God to a small barn with the stench of cows. It...
We are all praying for the dear Duggar family, especially concerning the
recent and premature birth of their 19th baby. While looking online for an
update...
A sheepish "thank you" to those of you who have dropped a note to ask if my lack of posting means that something is terribly wrong. Things are, in fact, terr...
This is one of those very simple recipes that is WAY more than the sum of
their ingredients. I will seriously eat a LOT of these, given the chance.
Here it...
Last night I walked into the living room and Higgins was sleeping. Tucked
under his neck was a poinsettia from my Christmas tree.
[image: SDC11741]The...
“Let us remember the proclamation of the angel: 'I bring you good news of
great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a
Savior ha...
Alyssa writes:
I need a little reassurance on my baby's name. Our little girl is due in a
few weeks. We have choosen the name Keely Jane. Our last name sta...
Noah Ben,
You came into this world on a chilly, but pleasant December morning {morning
by only 22 minutes}.
So close to Christmas.
By far the best gift ...
Well Squirrel and I are home now...he was released from the hospital
yesterday afternoon. He is still wearing a cervical collar and will have to
wear that ...
I'm thankful that the only moisture we experienced in New York last week was a bit of rain. This week it’s ice and snow… a little harder to maneuver in, I da...
Anticipation
We know the story. The order was given for a census, and Joseph took Mary,
not yet his wife, though she was pledged to become so, to Bethlehe...
Actress Brittany Murphy, age 32, died on Sunday.
This is just so sad to me. She was so young.
You can read more of the story here and here. Of course whene...
Over the last few months I’ve been busy reading whenever I have a spare
moment, actually reading a few of the books on my list but completely going
off ...
We’ve been showing the kids our favorite Christmas movies. Most have been
smashing successes. Home Alone, although funny to Laylee, came across as a
total ...
One of the things the three seventh grade teams had to do before we left for
our Christmas break was to select the twenty-four students per team that we
wa...
The great day has arrived...Christmas break officially starts at the end of
today's school day!!! Mere words cannot convey how happy I am about this,
lol. ...
Well, now, the past 12 weeks have past by so quickly, haven't they? Luckily,
my family loves cookies and they didn't get tired of them, they are actually
...
Tomorrow is the last day of school for Isabelle and Alex before Christmas
break. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to having them home for
2 we...
I've been putting off taking a picture for the Christmas card for several
weeks now...I finally had to give in (time is running short!)....I was
dreading ...
Wow. Blogging has really fallen by the wayside as of late. I think between
Jerry's new job, and house contracts, repair negotiations, private school
applic...
Today's Thankful Thursday Theme is being thankful for the gift that the God
has given me.
Ps. 85:12 "The Lord will indeed give what is good."
There is j...
One month shy of six years ago, my life was forever altered by a bitsy baby
girl. Exhausted, yet exhilarated, I clutched her tender body...pink and
squirm...
We just *might* have a white Christmas this year...White Christmas' are so
magical.
Come on Mother Nature... hit us with your best shot!
[image: Photobuck...
The Christmas Pledge
.
.
Believing in the beauty and simplicity of Christmas, I commit myself to the
following:
1. To remember those people who truly need ...
Just something that fell out of my brain ..
*
*
*Lies and Truth: The Life We Live*
The words danced neatly,
Slipping through the ranks of soldiers
Polishe...
Once again, our weekend was filled to the brim! In the midst of busy-ness, I
must say it was another reminder just how blessed I am!
On Friday, DH and I to...
When we were at Legoland, Yummy Man told all the kids that they could each
get a souvenir in the Big Lego Store. The one caveat was that it actually
had t...
I don't need a long post to review this book. I can sum it up in three
words:
Just buy it.
I love it.
You'll love it.
Give as gifts.
Keep for yourself...
Overheard Riley today while he was playing --- "You better be nice or time
out!"
While riding his toy truck- "Oh no! I'm stuck in mud! What gonna do? OH! I...
whoop! gasp!and she plunges down for one last marathon of studying.One more final on Monday, and I'm done for this semester. Not bad for an old chicka...chi...
You know those couples who say they can't wait to retire so they can travel
the world together?
Okay, that's not me and The Hubster. We can barely manage t...
This was on wednesday. I got these muffin tins from my MIL for my birthday.
I surprised the kids by serving lunch in them. Elijah LOVED it and Josiah
thou...
I officially told the Private Christian School that I was withdrawing
Blondie at the end of the semester. They requested an "exit interview" with
the admis...
As I have been seeking the Lord these past few weeks I have felt a churning
as never before in my spirit.
Change is on the horizon.
What kind? I'm not ex...
If you could use a NEW TOUCHSCREEN HP computer than....
You've got to head over to Boomamas blog and enter this OMAZING GIVEAWAY!!!!
She and HP have outdon...
She's Becoming DoughMessTic is having a great giveaway...a PURTY RED
KITCHENAID MIXER! and I want to win it. Thus, I am posting to my blog and
this gives ...
I found her huddled in the corner of her bedroom, looking sad.
"I don't want to be a grown-up!" she wailed.
I don't know what brought this on, what tippe...
Because it is Christmas and I want you all to know how much you mean to me,
I am giving away ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.***
REALLY.****
Entering my giveaway****...
I thought this show was very interesting. Katie and I have never really had
to worry about money before. We have been very blessed, financially, over
the...
"God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is
not there. There is no such thing." C.S. Lewis
Too often, I'll find myself en...
... *did you sing-song the title? :)*
One would think that I would be hyped up and ready for the season ... and,
honestly? That is farther from the truth t...
"The weather outside is frightful, but the dome is so delightful...tebow has
no where to go, let it roll, let it roll, let it roll...." Roll Tide Baby!
...
When I was a little girl, we had a Christmas tree forest in our back yard.
Not a tree farm, but a random bunch of evergreens. Every year we would go
out in...
In my last post, I promised to share more about the method I am using to
keep track of what we are doing and making sure we are covering the basics,
instea...
The holidays are here and I can hardly believe how fast 2009 went! I'm a big
fan of holidays in general. Yesterday we decorated our home. I love the
warmth...
For the past several months two of my co-workers have been almost mean to
me. I keep questioning what I have done and hope it will just pass over. I
don'...
Shamelessly swiped from the Facebook status of my dear sister Donna, a homeschool mom of eight children 17 and under: It only takes......One Macy's catalog...
If I thought blogging on my BlackBerry was hard, then this thing is so much
worse. Which is why I haven't posted as much even from my phone like I had
been...
So I got my hair cut a few weeks back. I don't remember how many. Long
enough that I should've posted it then, but recent enough that I'm still
being stopp...
The man-child is growing up too fast.
I can no longer see the chubby faced baby in his whiskered face or hear his
sweet voice in the deeper pitch of adult...
I have never been cool. Trust me when I say it was never for a lack of trying. At various stages in my life, I worked so hard on feigning coolness that I'm s...
Hey friends!
Since this blog is primarily a homeschooling blog (& I'm not primarily
homeschooling anymore), I've set up a new "all-inclusive" Mommy blog!
...
We had one of those church services yesterday morning where you never want
to leave!! Our pastor preached for an hour and it seemed like 10 minutes.
And at...
Anna looked at all the traffic as we drove to church Sunday morning and
said,
''Wow! Are all these people going to church?''
I wish, Sweety. I'm pretty su...
Has it really been two months since my last post?
Ugh! Time flies when you are a full time Mommy and it's Christmas card
season in the photography world. M...
Last Christmas, my aunt made a suggestion that I make a t-shirt quilt out of
Daniel's t-shirts. I had never heard of one and was intrigued. She showed me
o...
Our darling youngest daughter, Brittany, celebrated her 14th birthday last
week. While she was fighting the flu.
Her actual birthday was the 28th and she d...
I give up for now. I cannot find the time to keep my blog updated without my
own computer, and I am still saving money to either replace mine or repair
it....
This is it for Halftime Lessons on Blogger.
Starting tomorrow, HalftimeLessons.com will now run on WordPress instead.
Please make sure that if you wish to...
Hello everyone?????? So much has happen I don't no where to begin well
Michelle had her baby early do to preeclapisa and the baby only weighed 2lbs
5oz sm...
My very first post here at HSB was in 2005... My illustrious writing career
(snort) began with some banter about a trip to Wal-mart and crayons being on
sa...
coup de grace ("blow of mercy") means
a death blow to end the suffering of a wounded creature.
Act 3, Final Scene
Five.
That's how many drafts I have wai...
Got this as an email:
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never
failed a single student before, but had once failed an en...
Love this song!
Chorus
It doesn't matter what you've done I still love you. It doesn't matter where
you've been you can still come home. And Honey if ...
I am really behind the times, technologically speaking. I do not have an
ipod, or a blackberry, or any other fancy thing. I barely have a cell phone,
and i...
Hey Friends,
Since going back to work, I don't have the time to blog, do Facebook and
Twitter. So....my blog is going by the wayside. You are welcome to ke...
The short answer is, yes… I’m tired of blogging, and no, I don’t plan on
starting up any time soon. Thanks for the nice emails and such. I’ve been
postin...
We have been very busy the last month of summer! I am obviously wayyyybehind in my blogging :( Spending lots of time together as a family. We have
finished ...
Well, it took me more than a month but I finally saved up the 12 dollars
needed to renew my American IP address.
You see, the only good thing about the inte...
I have decided to make my blog private. If you would like to continue
reading please send me your email so I can send you an invite. I will be
doing this i...
Yes!! That is Queen Latifah!
My art in the booth!
View from our room!
Malen and I just got back from exhibiting the the Beverly Hills art show in
Bev...
Hello All of you who are still subscribed to my old feed. :)
Please head over to www.shaunacallaghan.com and re-subscribe (or you can do
it here). In the m...
I'm currently sitting in a cabin in Pigeon Forge, TN. My parents and I
decided to take a long weekend and get away from, well, life. So, if you
want to rea...
Just felt like I needed to stop by and say I am still here. Still busy, but
doing well. Faith has had her kidney and ureters and bladder checked out by
a u...
I have so many things going on but I just read through my whole blog roll
and now I feel like I have nothing of substance to say. People post things
that l...
So I'm all moved in over at www.raisingchickies.blogspot.com. But it's
lonely over there without all my friends stopping by.
I am not sure why I didn't jus...
I consolidated my blogs and have a new URL. You can now find me at:
http://whendoesdaddycomehome2.blogspot.com/
I left comments on almost everyones' blogs ...
Do you like the concept of enduring to the end? Not me. I don't like it at
all. I like my trials to have a clear and preferably near completion date.
W...
Bye Bye WordPress Well I have finally packed my bags and picked up stakes. I
made the switch from WordPress to Blogger. My deciding factor was that 99.9%
o...
Testing. Testing.
One. Two. Three.
Is this thing on?
(Just ignore me.)
It has been a long time since my last post. During my blogging break, I had
all...
It is with a sad smile I say goodbye to Butterville.
It has been such a wonderful place these last 7 months.
But all good things come to an end. A lurker mov...
I've been thinking about this decision for quite a while. Actually, I've
thought about this decision pretty much since I began blogging. It has
always been...
Can you spare a Christmas Card for a wounded American soldier? This week my
WFMW is Really support our troops. When you're addressing your cards this
year,...
John Piper has some encouraging words for missions minded people....
* The worst of all times is the best of all times for missions.*
1. During an econo...
Egg & Cheese on Croissant
Fruit Salad
Pastries
Muffins
Cereal Bars
Milk, Juice & Coffee
Sounds good, doesn't it? And, all it cost was a *BUCK*! Yep, you hear...
Well today is a sad, sad anniversary. It is a year to the day that a very
special little girl was snatched from her bed, torn from her family and
entered t...
6 comments:
Cute Picture!
at this stage of my life, I'd be excited to turn five too! Glad to see you posting again...
Great pic. I've missed hearing Owen stories!
I can almost feel his "incitement"!
The incitement is catching! I just love those little things they say. You'll be so glad you record them here.
Awww... it makes you want to smile right with him!!!
BTW, I am in the process of moving my blog from HSB over to othersuchhappenings.com. I would love it if you would follow me over there! :)
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