Frantic Friday
Have you ever been so tired you just wanted to sit down and cry? I don't get that way very often, but I was today.  And yes, I did cry.  Just a little bit.  Then I felt better. I came home, and I was really, really glad I went ahead and did my shopping yest...

Chats On The Farmhouse Porch
Guess what?  It's Wednesday, and I remembered to do Chat!  Aren't you proud of me?  So, let's chat, shall we? 1.  Do you like cucumbers? Is there a favorite way for you to prepare them?  No, not really.   I don't dislike them, but they aren't my favorite.  ...

In The Garden
I come to the garden alone While the dew is still on the roses And the voice I hear falling on my ear The Son of God discloses. And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own; And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ...

Bluebonnets And 'Merica
My little bluebonnet is in full bloom. I want to print this photo out and hang it on my wall.  Speaking of printing, I priced wireless printers the other day.  You can get a decent one for around $60-70.  I have a printer, but I have to use Cody's antique, ...

New Flowers
  I wandered through the garden center at Wal-mart today, and managed to find some plants on clearance.  Naturally, I snapped them up.  I actually found a couple of flats of marigolds that weren't dead, so I got them.  And I got two Vincas and a couple of z...

No Chat Today
I came in all excited and eager for this week's Chat, but when I went over to Everyday Rurality to get the questions, there weren't any.  In fact, there was no post at all.  I hope nothing is wrong.  I seem to remember her mentioning taking a break a while ...

Mayhem and Miscellany
I survived another Thor's Day of mayhem at work.  Yeah, the no more overtime rule didn't last very long.  I'm back to going in early tomorrow.  Well, for one day, at least.  We'll have to see after that.  After work, I had to run into town to get milk.  I f...

A Scarf And A Sock
I hate to break it to you, but this is another one of those days when there just isn't that much to say.  Unless you want to hear about my bi-annual trip to the eye doctor, that is.  Suffice to say, my eyes are healthy, though very nearsighted, and I'm gett...

A Brief Post
There I was at work, minding my own business, doing my job, when Group Leader Fernando comes up, punches me playfully in the arm and asks, "How you doing?" "What do you want?" I ask. "What makes you think I want something?" he replies. "Because you're smili...

Dear CoWorker
You may think I'm fat. You may think I'm ugly. You may think I'm stupid. You may think I'm unimportant. I don't really care what you think, because my sense of self worth does not depend on your opinion of me.  No, I get my sense of self worth because the O...

Chats On The Farmhouse Porch
And on Thor's Day.  How lovely. 1.  What do you think you would have liked most from my menu? The chocolate cake.  And the baked sweet potatoes.   (To my non-chatters, Patrice had a birthday party for her daughter.  She posted the menu on her blog.  The lin...

Progress
I thought I was going to be all cool and all last night, and go to bed early and get a good night's sleep.  Circumstance had other plans.  Somewhere in the night, the electricity went out.  Yeah,  I slept through the storm that caused the electricity to go ...