We agreed to buy a travel trailer today.  We are already working on three projects, so what is one more, right?  We are probably out of our minds to do this, but it was such a good deal. Of course, the ceiling is falling down and the cabinet is sloping backwards, but it has good […]

This past Sunday I heard a sermon that has caused me to rethink my approach to planning, work, and future directions.  The preacher was saying that we all have things to do, but we need to look to Jesus to see what His plans are for goals, projects, etc.  I knew that God is in […]

Twice recently, I and a crew have cleaned up after someone else.  They just abandoned the property and left behind whatever they didn’t want, need, or took time to throw in a trash can.  The first house took a 16 foot trailer of furniture and a pickup load of clothes thrown around the house to […]

Riley came for a visit this weekend.  He comes the first of every month, and it is a busy weekend.  We have a routine: ride the four-wheeler (kid size) around the circular driveway until the battery runs down, play a little basketball, kick around a ball that passes for a soccer ball, then into the […]

My goodness, but my grandson has brought a fresh breath of air into our home since his return from the Army.  Always smiling and joking, he has helped me with so many chores.  The lawn was about half mowed when he arrived.  It is now finished and weed-eated.  I can’t weed-eat, so I am ecstatic […]

My grandson just returned from the Army.  It is so good to have him home again.  He will be with my husband and me for a short time until he gets his house finished.  I drove three hours last night to pick him up a the DFW airport as he came in from from his […]

Tomorrow, I’m going to tackle a forgotten room, neglected, dank and slightly scary.  It’s my tree room.  I call it that because there is a tree growing through a glass roof.  Yes, it began as an experiment in creativity, and ended in a place I didn’t want to enter.  The problem began with the “boot” […]

I got my crown molding put up yesterday.  I have been waiting about five years to find someone who was skilled enough to do my small job and not cost me a fortune.    The first part, finding someone skilled enough to do the job, was one of the biggest obstacles.  My living room has different […]

My, but the weather is hot!  I try to do work in the shade and follow the course of the sun from front yard to back yard.  If there is a breeze, I feel like rejoicing. The guys must have done a pretty decent job of insulating the metal-built shop as it offers shade and […]

Anyone out there still interested in reading  anything I have to say?  I know I have dropped off the edge of the (internet) world, but I got to a place where my world was more internal than reaching out externally.  Weird thing to say?  Yeah, I just didn’t have anything profound, witty or insightful to […]

I thought I had seen everything before i saw a package of chicken feet at Wall Mart yesterday.  There they were, all cleaned up and wrapped in plastic wrap.  I shuddered at the sight of them placed next to the other meats in the meat department.  I passed on by quickly. I related this to […]

It was a meeting I never thought I would attend.  It was a Family Group Decision Making meeting to get input from the family of what they would like happen in the custody of two little girls.  My little grandchildren.  Child Protective Services held the meeting. Both sides of the family (mother’s and father’s) met […]