and thought about how you would laugh when you read this post.  Saying, "I told you that was a bad idea."  "Why do you do stuff like that?"  Yeah. I had to change the marquee today.  And the only window of time I had to do it was when it was pouring down rain…mind you,…

…to blog about. That’s how this week is going…good, but nothing funny or exciting.  Which is probably a good thing.  But it makes for a very boring blog.  I could ramble about nothing… Jacob’s snaggle tooth is driving us crazy…his big tooth is pushing the baby tooth out and up, but it won’t come out…

The men in my family crack me up…here’s a sampling: Caleb (after waking from a nap):  "That bed wet me!" Derek (getting ready for work):  "That lotion you bought makes my nose sweat." Jacob (after acting like he had sugar in his veins instead of blood):  "This loose tooth is making me act crazy." Is…

OK…so you may remember a post I made in mid-January with a million fabric samples.  I was trying to decide on a color combo for my window seat that is on the landing of my stairs.  This is one of my favorite spots in the house.  It has a large window that overlooks our yard…

when homeschooling looks really attractive…and this is one of those days, and here’s why: 1.  Because it was hard to wake up on time this morning after a week of sleeping in and playing all day. 2.  Because Jacob came to us this morning and said "Mom, Dad, you want me to show you a…

My mom and her husband, Steve, set out to rid me of my St Patty’s slump, my green-day gump, my holiday humbug, my lacking luck-o-the-Irish, etc, etc.  So they threw a very green party…green attire, balloon, shamrock cupcakes, green ale (i.e. Sprite with green food coloring), green plates, an ivy plant in a green polk-a-dot…

I gave Jacob some new church pants that I had bought him a few weeks ago.  He put them on, with a white shirt and blue blazer…took one look in the mirror and exclaimed "Awesome…I look just like Dad!!"  Awesome, indeed.  These two are starting to be more and more alike…similar interests like art, sports,…

Ok, to all my bloggie buddies, you know the drill.  In blog land, there is a lot of "tagging"…information that goes around in circles based on the same questions.  I’m going to make up my own "tag"…Mer-style (that means simplified).  10 things I enjoy: 1. baths 2. Heath bars (toffee!) 3. Texas sunsets 4. Shirley…

So, I was thinking this morning…what on earth is St. Patrick’s Day?  Does anyone know?!  What are we celebrating?  Who is St. Patrick?  What’s the point of it all, really?  Why green?  Why the pinching?  Why the green beer…which, I mean really, seems very disgusting, if you ask me?  Here’s some info I got from…

…another doll.  I promise this will be the last.  Why do I enjoy this so much?  Maybe because it’s the only clothes shopping I get to do these days.