flashback friday – 5 dec 2008

Each Friday I highlight old favorites from my now-abandoned blog “From the Top of the Stairs.” I hope you enjoy the re-runs as much as I do!

Braden will probably hurt me if/when he sees this repeat!  However, he and I went running together last night (he felt I needed his encouragement – “Just ONE more block,” said about 16 times), so today I am unable to move without great pain.  This is the least I can do to get back at him!

Not exactly my style, but…

…it was pretty sweet all the same.

As I’ve said before, I really love listening to my favorite music. The boys, Tom, and Savannah all have their own favorite tunes too, of course. Each of our tastes are often VERY different, although there’s usually a few places where common ground can be reached: Chris LeDoux, Toby Keith, etc.

Braden is my truly musical child. He has always been able to carry a tune beautifully (which he did not get from me), although now that he’s hit puberty he sometimes hits an odd note. I love to sing, but I can truly say that I suck. When the kids were little, there were no lullabies in the world that came from my mouth that would calm the kids; I daresay that they usually cried harder after my feeble attempts to soothe them.
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wisdom wednesday – 18 Jul 2012

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Going through some hard times round here, which seem to have drained away all my energy, not to mention my love of writing on this blog o’mine.  However, this quote makes me smile and gives me hope that I’ll be back to “normal” soon…

Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall. Count your life with smiles and not the tears that roll.

~ Anonymous

flashback friday – 29 nov 2008

Each Friday I highlight old favorites from my now-abandoned blog “From the Top of the Stairs.” I hope you enjoy the re-runs as much as I do!

Another favorite memory!

“NEVER TOO YOUNG TO MESS WITH!”

Tonight Savannah came into our bedroom holding a small, white scrap of paper in her hands.

In a worried little voice she asked, “Mama, what’s a consumer (pronounced ‘kahn-soomer’)”?

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