this is for all the introverts -- and the people who love them :-)

Tiny Houses and Quiet Spaces
                           I’ll admit it: I’m obsessed
with HGTV’s “Tiny House Hunters.”  Over
the years I’ve been hooked more than once on home improvement shows, dating all
the way back to the days of TLC’s “Trading Spaces.” Remember that show?
Neighbors ...

thankful.
by Claire 
 (my sixteen year old
daughter :-) I think that being thankful is  meant to be more than just  adding another sentence  onto my prayer. 

 It's more
than writing down  a few things I
like about my life  and then forgetting about
it until next Tha...

thankful.
b y Claire (my sixteen year old daughter :-) I think that being thankful is  meant to be more than just  adding another sentence  onto my  prayer. It's more than  writing down  a few  things I like  about my life  and  then forgetting  about it  until  next...

thankful.
by Claire (my sixteen year old daughter :-) I think that being thankful is  meant to be more than just  adding another sentence  onto my  prayer. It's more than  writing down  a few  things I like  about my life  and  then forgetting  about it  until  next ...

thankful.
thankful by Claire I think that being thankful is  meant to be more than just  adding another sentence  onto my  prayer.  It's more than  writing down a few  things I like  about my life  and then forgetting  about it  until  next Thanksgiving,  or next Chr...

backwards prayers
I said I’d never do it again.  After my last
garage sale a couple of years ago, I decided that it was too much work and not
worth the reward.  But apparently garage sales are similar to childbirth,
because over time I changed my mind.  We had a kitchen tabl...

life lessons from a kitchen reno
            It
all started with the oven.   I don’t know
why it took me so long to figure out that the reason our chicken was regularly
undercooked and our cakes were not fluffy was that our oven was not working
properly.   It felt hot enough, but when
we f...