Last weekend we went to visit Mark’s parents in Kentucky, and Jack got to go fishing with Daddy out at the pond. Mark bought a fishing pole for Jack before he was born and he finally got to use it! Well, he mostly got tangled in the short line, but he had fun anyway. I sat down at the piano and opened the Country and Western Gospel Hymnal to pick through the...

This site cracks me up: cute pictures of pets with crazy captions. Before you buy something, particularly online, check this site for a coupon. If you don’t find anything there, try just Googling the store name and “coupon”. I just ordered a bunch of pictures from Snapfish, and before I placed the order, I thought I’d just try Googling for a...

Have you ever watched Top Chef? I enjoy the show simply because I like to watch people who are experts at a craft compete. Since I am a person with extremely simple tastebuds, and eat everything plain, I am regularly amused at what “foodies” consider to be “haute cuisine”. Here’s a sampling of recipes from the episode I watched most...

Did you know that if you become blind, that a dog is not your only option in animal assisted mobility? You could also choose to get a tiny, sneaker-wearing pony! I’m not making this up. Apparently, they wear the tiny sneakers to protect their hooves as they walk on the pavement. Check out the look on this little guy’s face. You know he’s...

This last Sunday, our Bible Study group was responsible for doing the services two nursing homes that our church is involved with. We had to wake Jack up from a nap to make it to the first nursing home by 3pm so I could to play and sing, and Mark was to give the message. I HATE to wake Jack up from a nap. The one day he wants to sleep longer than 2 hours and I...

I’ve been watching the Noggin channel with all the preschooler programs for a while now, and there are some things that have really been puzzling me: What is with Dora’s head? No one else in her family has an enormous “noggin” like she does, so it doesn’t appear to be genetic. I wouldn’t have wanted to give birth to that...