Argyle & Apricots

Everyone Doesn’t Mean EVERYONE

I LOVE Perryann. We laugh a lot-generally at my expense. I love that when we hang out, we have fun. I would not trade these 3 minutes 29 seconds for the world. This is soooo us. The set up. New photos were taken of all of Sandals staff.  A co-worker has his new picture on FB [...]

I Won the Trifecta!

No, not at Santa Anita, Del Mar or Hollywood Park.  And I did not bring home a huge payout but in my mind, I think I may have scored bigger than that anyway. My Trifecta: 1. He found all of the socks that were missing it’s match and WASHED AND DRIED them. 2. He did the DINNER DISHES. 3. [...]

It’s Been a Tough Two Weeks

I have not posted here in two weeks, not because I did not have the desire but because I did not have the time.  Writing here is my joy…yes, my children and my hubby are my real joy but you know what I mean. My strong moments are here on this blog. I looove it [...]

A Menu Plan At Last!!

I did it. I have always wanted to do it and I even printed out the template 8 months ago in the hopes of getting it done. But yesterday I actually did it. I made a menu plan for the week! Big deal you say? Yes to some this is no great feat but to me this [...]

Surprised? I Don’t Do Valentine’s Day!

Okay those of you that now know me fairly well, know that I don’t put up Christmas decorations, despise holiday music and even used a basil plant as our Christmas tree this year. You know that I don’t cry at movies and think that The Notebook was the WORST MOVIE EVER MADE! Well I have [...]

Financial Responsibility – Start Young

Today I am posting over at In Good Cents on teaching our kids financial stewardship. Working with the Care team at Sandals, I have seen so many families that are in a financial pinch due to making poor financial decisions when the economy was good.  Dan and I have been talking about what we want [...]

I Forgot to Wear the Garter

This is the third and final week of Fresh Year, Fresh Start – our topic is: Praying for fresh wisdom as we seek to disciple our children with the heart of Christ. We’ll share what God has pressed upon us regarding how to train, discipline, disciple, and teach the precious treasures we have been entrusted [...]

Top 10 Reasons For Lost Socks

I have spent the last two days doing laundry and if you know me, you know I despise laundry.  The reason it took me two days, in my defense, is that I can only run the washer and the dryer separately or it blows a fuse. (the beauty of living in a house built in [...]

Making Lemonade

I thought I would share with you the family fun we had Saturday: Making Lemonade And yes, our neighbors told us to take as a many lemons as we would like. What family fun did you have this holiday weekend?

Just Call Me Zimbabwe

When I was a senior in high school, Sr. Bona was my Religion teacher.  Yep, Sister Bona was her name.  Imagine what puberty stricken, pent up and over excited teens did with that. You guessed it, Sr. Boner.  My Biology teacher was a 6′5 monk named Brother James that we dubbed Bro Joe and the [...]