Thankful Thursday

An Unplanned Day

Amidst blistering heat and preparations for homemade chocolate ice cream, the lights went out. Not exactly what we had in mind for our day. Luckily …

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Fun in the Sun

We went to the pool this week. Every day. We’re hoping to move to the housing area that has this pool here on post (which …

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Summer Family Fun

Every year we go out and buy some flimsy inflatable pool for our backyard. Every. Friggin. Year. Usually, we get the same pool and something …

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Two-Hundred Nine

(Mind you, I didn’t say 2009, like the year. I said 209.) That’s how many people voted for my entry into the Protect-A-Bed Scholarship contest. …

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13 Reasons We Need to Move

These are my thirteen reasons we want to apply to move into the newer five-bedroom military housing that they’re building here on post. (Ha, as …

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Garden Love

There’s something to say for the pride you feel at the end of a job well done. I’ve busted my behind this week, weeding, picking …

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Storm

April showers, yadda yadda. (Between you and me, I’ve had enough in the past two weeks.) I am thankful for candles, for flashlights, and backup …

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Goals

My oldest scored her first goal monday. On tuesday, she scored two more. Thirteen words of pride. Pride in a daughter who, after many seasons, …

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