Archive for September, 2008



Return of the Pink Longhorn

Just in case anyone out there was devastated that they weren’t picked to win the longhorn bookplates . . . there’s still a way for you to get them! But only for another week, so you’ll have to hurry it up if you want some. Details are over at the Fortnightly Purse - and if […]

More Giveaways!

OK so you’d better go on over to the Fortnightly Purse to find out about the new giveaway (yes, it’s worth the trip) . . . and who won the last purse!

Ah, the County Fair

This morning I got the chance to walk around the County Fair with my daughter’s pre-school class, which was a hoot. I absolutely love the Fair. Especially the livestock barns. Yes, I enjoy a stroll through the quilt show, a walk past all the booths where we get free popcorn, lollipops, and “future nurse” hats […]

Introspection: a looking into one’s own mind, feelings, reactions, etc.; observation and analysis of oneself.
Morbid: having, or caused by disease; unhealthy, diseased.
It is good to check up on ourselves from time to time to see if we are tolerating some major blind spot or nursing along some grudge or other. But there is a […]

When it comes to understanding our own hearts, we are in deep water. It’s easy to assume we can read other people’s hearts and motives, and we may even think we have a grip on our own, but the truth is, man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart. We attribute […]

My Mom

Recently my friend Chris LaMoreaux (many of you know her as our church secretary) and I took my dear sweet mom to lunch (an early birthday outing). Mom got married on her 21st birthday, and she and Dad have now been married for 65 years! Mom has always been the most beautiful woman I have […]