This is my latest flower find in my neighborhood! A simply gorgeous tree that blooms everywhere around here. I have no idea what it is but there’s a vacant house across the the street from us and this purplicious tree has branches spilling over onto the sidewalk so I figure it’s totally fine for me to snip some branches and clean up the street some. I have enjoyed them so much ... Read More »
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The art of stealing flowers
Flowers are by far a fetish of mine. Tulips are my favorite and they’re in major bloom right now which means we’ve had tulips in our house for the last several weeks. Walmart has them for really cheap. Like almost two dozen for $5.00. But after buying them for three weeks in a row I decided I should not spend anymore of the grocery money on flowers. The children probably ... Read More »
Culinary Disaster
Introducing my most recent culinary disaster….. char grilled, char-colate chip muffins. It’s easy. All you do is cook them on 425 for about ten minutes longer than they should be and whah-lah there you have it. Let’s just put it this way – the pans are still soaking in my kitchen sink. And these were the muffins I was supposed to offer at Bible Study last night. Our first ... Read More »
Cake Fail
It looks like a scene from a Halloween movie. Ha! It’s beautiful on the inside though ………creamy red velvet, perfectly round cake but the outside just took a bad turn at the end. Randy entered the kitchen and this was our conversation: Me: (laughingly) Hey take a look at the cake Randy: Awwww, that's so nice – looks great! Me: No, really, look at the cake Randy: I did Me: ... Read More »
Adoption – When to tell
Our kids have known from early on that they are adopted. We decided from the beginning that we would tell them their adoption story starting when they were even too young to understand. So at about six months of age we started telling each one their adoption story. We make it short and fun ....like the part where we got pulled over by a policeman and almost got a ticket. I ... Read More »
The Cost of Adoption
One of my dreams in life is to start some kind of a support system through the local church for couples who desire to adopt but don’t have the financial means to do so. I can only guess the desire comes from personal experience as a couple who experienced multiple infertility treatments and then adoption costs which can suck a purse dry. It was worth every penny and we didn’t ... Read More »
My most embarrassing moment – on video
I will tell you in this space what I told our church two years ago as Randy and I faced the congregational interrogation while we were candidating for the Sr. Pastor position. A church member asked if I sang or played the piano. My response was this: The most musical part of my entire self is my name. Melody. That’s as good as it gets when it comes to me being musical. I don’t ... Read More »
Drive-by Donations
I remember having a conversation with a Christian woman about the needy people in our area. She is a very generous person and has a wonderful heart. She talked about how they adopt a family each year at Christmas and will anonymously drop off presents on the doorstep. Sometimes they will leave bags of food on the steps or other specific needs. These are usually families that ... Read More »