Rambling Update On Life

This summer has flown by.  Nothing has turned out quite how I’d expected — which, I’ve learned, is just how my life always goes.  
We’ve gone swimming several times in the pool.  We’ve gone to the zoo and played in the splash park many times.  We’ve had company — a big group of company.  
We [...]

Fajita Soup

Holly, ask and ye shall receive.  :)  
I think I posted it a year or so ago, but I’ve made some changes and here it is again.  I’m really bad at writing recipes and I never make it exactly the same way twice, so I hope you understand all this.  And this recipe is for [...]

One year ago . . . .

. . . I was in Brazil.  
I am looking over my journal from that trip.  
I missed my children a lot while I was gone.  We said goodbye to them on June 22, and I didn’t see them again until July 5.  That’s a long time for a momma to be away from her [...]

Random Thoughts On Living In Florida

We’ve lived in Florida for nearly 7 months now.  Hard to believe.  Anyway, I have some random thoughts about living here. 
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This one is obvious.  It’s beautiful here.  I look out my window at the palm trees and the lake and the pristine white boats bobbing in the water, and I have to remind myself that [...]