a slice of life

There's a new post up about forming habits over on my new blog, Framing the Days . Take a peek!

So my new blog is up and running, and I've just published my first post. It's called "Framing the Days,"  and it is truly ...

Get a dog, they said! It'll be fun, they said. Seriously. Isn't that the cutest face you've ever seen? Seriousl...

Interestingly, I tried to post on my Pathways Through the Wilderness blog today, for the first time in WAAAY too long, and found it has cras...

On April 7, 2011, I started an unexpected of journey into pain. I began having migraines with seizures, and was in the hospital for several...

Congratulations! Today is your day! You're off to great places! You're off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in ...

I just had to laugh a bit ago.  I will just say that the last week has been tough, and I've done nothing much more than move between my ...

Now that I'm regaining some semblance of normal (ha!) life, I figured I better chronicle some of the lessons I learned while I was out o...

My littlest little turned four yesterday.  She is a 40-ish pound combo of princess, sweetness, third-child-loudness, excellent negotiation ...

Nope, still no diagnosis.  A few possible explanations for some sypmtoms, but no overall answers.  However, that news takes a back seat to w...

This has been a longer pause than I intended!  I do have some good excuses ... mainly that until this past week I have been in a drug-induce...

Ever have one of those moments (or days!) when you get mixed up, or forget something you know like the back of your hand, or put something i...

Last night with the thunderstorms came the mother of all migraines - WOW! I finally got to sleep about 11:00, and had my fully expected slu...

These days ... I've been waiting until this "season" passes to start blogging again. You know, my usual eclectic weird mix of...

Gotta love these two hula-hoopers - Lexi's been working at it for awhile (now don't forget the coordination gene factor that runs in...

In the shower this morning, “ Stop, Drop and Roll ” came into my mind. When we’re on fire every instinct tells us to run, thrash, scream, f...

This is definitely NOT what I expected to be posting about right now.  But this passage from 1 Kings 19 has had such an incredibly profound ...

So, my faithful readers, for all my big talk about getting back to regular posting, it's been something like three weeks since I've ...

My biggest little finally lost a front tooth.  Or I should say, she wrenched that tooth out of her mouth by herself.  She's late losin...

Last week we celebrated the middle little's birthday.  It came during a week of straight-up chaos - their house "flooded" Tues...

Oh, the places you can go in 90 minutes with the Littles!  I wish I had taken my camera ... then again, I would have been relegated to obser...

Mother's Day.  Celebrated far and wide.  Around tables, in churches, over the phone, in restaurants, in parks, backyards, visiting, laug...

Brooke lobbed me a good topic today!  (See  come play with me  if I've lost you.)  :)  I'm mulling it over and will give it a go soo...