Like much of the world, my family is fond of the game Angry Birds. I played it for about a week. To say it was obsessive is a little of an understatement. That game was all I could think about. I couldn’t sleep. When I did sleep, I dreamed about those stupid birds. I knew…
Read MoreWe are nearly half-way through 2012! Our summer has been crazy busy, but also a blessed one. Before we take off on yet another adventure, I thought I’d give you part 3 of my Thankfulness Journal. Enjoy! Day 125- Reagan’s love of singing Day 126- Organization in Pierce’s room Day 127- Passionate women on MNC’s…
Read MoreI’m sure I’ve said before that God blessed me with an amazingly compliant daughter. As the years go by, we’re realizing that she is compliant to a fault. She does have her very own personality as well as some likes and dislikes. But Reagan is very much a people-pleaser. Many of you that have children…
Read MoreWe are more than 1/3 of the way through 2012. As you may remember, at the end of 2011, I posted a rather lofty list of goals that I wanted to accomplish this year (If you don’t remember, here is the link: http://musings-from-melmac.blogspot.com/2011/12/lotta-mo-betta.html). Here’s what I’ve learned about myself since then. #1: January is one of…
Read MoreAs I said in my post about goals for this year, I read The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin a couple of months ago. In it, she talked about starting a journal in which she would write down one thing every day that she was thankful for. She wasn’t able to maintain it for the…
Read MoreAnyone know how I can slow down time? I’ve been meaning to follow up on the post I wrote about this year’s goals, but since it’s close to Valentine’s day, I thought this might be more appropriate. Our anniversary is December 12th. Since it’s so close to Christmas and on the 12th day of December,…
Read MoreToday I’m going to share with you a yummy experiment from this past Christmas. I was first introduced to the idea of cake balls by accident. I was baking Reagan’s birthday cake last February, and at some point while the cake was in the oven, I realized I had committed the worst of baking sins:…
Read MoreIt’s the end of another year. A new one is on it’s heels. Time to assess and adjust. I’m not completely happy with the way my year has gone. I’ve broken promises to myself and others. Life has become a check list. I look forward to marking events off of my calendar, thinking I’ll feel…
Read MoreHere I go again, stirring things up and asking for trouble. This is a post that I intended to write last Christmas but never got around to it. It’s something that I’ve been wanting to get off my chest for a few years now. As I’ve pointed out many times in my musings, I was…
Read MoreFORWARD:I wrote this nearly a week ago. I was waiting to post it until I knew what the ending to the story would be. Yesterday, December 20th, an X-ray showed that the stone is GONE! I have no idea when it decided to vacate the premises. Instead of doing some editing, I decided to leave…
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