Hope it was a fun one!
We had a good time here. Brian and the boys carved a jack-o-lantern. We took a family vote to decide whether to give our pumpkin a happy face or a scary one. I was the big loser—totally outnumbered! But look at that expression. Wouldn’t you [...]
Archive for the ‘Friends’ Category
1 Nov
How Was Your Halloween?
30 Oct
Thank You…
To all who left comments or sent e-mail after my last blog post:
Thank you! You have encouraged me to continue writing Epistles from Echowood. I wish I could offer each of you a real bouquet of flowers, in thanks; but I hope you’ll accept this “virtual bouquet” instead.
What you read on this [...]
27 Oct
The Fate of This Blog…
Dear Friends,
I was kind of looking forward to the one-year anniversary of my blog (next month). I’ve been working on some things that I wanted to post, including my conversion story, which is finally finished. A year ago today, I received the Sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church. Last night after Mass, I stopped [...]
9 Jul
I’ve Been Tagged!
Lisa at Unexpected Journey has tagged me for a “meme.” I’ve been blogging since mid-November, and this is the first time I’ve been tagged. I don’t know what “meme” means, but I do know that what I’m supposed to do is answer the questions and post my answers on my blog. Then, [...]
11 Jun
Boys on Horses, Etc.
We went to a birthday party this past Saturday at a local place called “The Painted Pony.” The kids all got to have horseback rides—they had a blast.
Here are a few pics from that. (I took liberties with my photo editing program on Levi’s and Charlie’s, but Urban told me he liked his [...]
28 May
A Knock at the Door
This morning I had a visit from a Jehovah’s Witness.
I had just returned home from grocery shopping and had put everything away. Brian was in the shower.
The man who showed up was an elderly fellow, and very sweet. He could see that I had my hands full (two little ones “hanging on my [...]
2 May
A Profusion of Confederate Jasmine
Our property here at Echowood is shaped like a wedge, with the backyard being the top (wide) part of the wedge. It’s long and narrow, and we have two styles of fence running along the back (due to having more than one backyard neighbor).
The chain link fence is completely covered in confederate jasmine. [...]
25 Apr
A Banner Mail Day!
I was in college when e-mail was just getting off the ground—back when friends from far apart communicated via “snail mail” (which wasn’t even called that, then; it was just MAIL!).
My freshman-year roommates, Heidi and Amy, and I were always eager to retrieve the day’s mail from our little locked box on the main floor [...]
7 Apr
Too Tired to Deal: Church Stuff
So, yesterday I did the two-church thing, as usual.
Being so incredibly tired, I have to say I was pretty cranky when we arrived at the Lutheran church and discovered the nursery lady (who is a paid attendant) hadn’t shown up. I stayed with the two younger boys while Brian and Urban went in to the [...]
