we prefer the functionality of our wellies…

…over fashion any day.

now that the holidays are over…

let the backtracking begin! I’ll begin posting *postworthy* things dating back to early December. I know…the nature of the blog somewhat defeats the purpose of this post and any late ones, but let’s just amuse me on this one. :) Give me about a month and I’ll be caught up – with the blogging anyway. [...]

my 16 random things…

I’d like to share. I was tagged by some friends and here were the instructions (I followed all but the last)…
Once you’ve been tagged, you have to write a note with 16 random things, shortcomings, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end choose 16 people to be tagged, listing their names and why [...]

as go the children…

so goes the blog. After a week away it looks like the blog became a little stagnant. I guess our lives just aren’t that interesting without the kids. But on a good note, despite all of the doting and spoiling that occurred over the last week, Abby and Jadon were still excited to see us [...]

just another reason…

I LOVE this time of year. Yummmmmmm!

my blogging sabbatical…

has now come to an end. It all began because of our busy schedule preparing and entertaining for our lectureship and gospel meeting. Which, by the way, were both encouraging in so many ways. Several congregations came and showed their support! There were great lessons prepared and presented to the  youth and adults alike that [...]

if you’ve thought about using this stuff…

don’t. I have always wondered if wallpaper remover really lived up to its advertising, so I tried it. Well, let’s just say I had much more success with liquid fabric softener. I used a scoring tool, but this DIF gel didn’t seem to penetrate the wallpaper at all. So if you were wondering too, it’s [...]

you would never guess…

but a praying mantis can make a meal out of those cute little hummingbirds ghetto birds I posted about yesterday. Apparently it is a very precise, quick and powerful ambush predator. If you want to see a video of one devouring a hummingbird, click here. For some still shots of another incident, click here. Just [...]

our hummingbirds do drive-bys…

almost as bad as the media these days. Therefore we now refer to them as the ghetto birds. I never knew they were so territorial.
Hardly is there any serenity for these guys. They’re always on the look out.

Every once in a while, there might be a split second of peace…

then WHAMMO! Another drive-by…

We have one [...]

i see the light…

after three days without!!!
Woohoo!
We were one of the 97,000 in Arkansas that Gustav robbed of electricity when he came through. Thankfully that’s all he robbed from us!
Blogging is back on the *to do* list! :-)