- formerly Gabbing with Grace
The hubs & I aren’t great planners. We’ve sent Christmas cards once in the 12 Christmases we’ve been married. Yesterday, we started opening the gifts before we realized we forgot about the stockings. Our house was messy until the last minute possible. We don’t have many Christmas traditions, something we’d like to change and often […]
When we bought our first home in 2003 everyone said it was “a great starter home.” And it was! Was. It had all new shiny-everything, a finished basement, a beautiful sun porch, a very big backyard. The garden had been kept so meticulously, we knew that the day we moved in would be the last […]
I’m willing to bet you $5.50 you did not know that livestock produces some of the most dangerous greenhouse gases—methane and nitrous oxide—through their digestive systems and their manure. And did you also know that these gases are far more powerful than the more commonly talked-about carbon dioxide? And did you also know that livestock […]
**Don’t forget you can still win a $100 prize pack from McDonald’s by commenting & pledging to spend time with your family on my post about the importance of family.** Sooooooooooooo… I have been angry, sad, frustrated, stressed and sweaty for the past 5.5 days? What could take me to these measures? What could make feel […]
My messy living room. Or in the 4 words my friend Michelle likes to say to me often, “you doin’ too much!” Last night at about 2:20am I woke up with contractions, getting fast & more intense as the hour went on. At first I took some Tums. In pregnancy, it seems Tums cures everything! […]
(That is in our Ranch style home…) We had a great anniversary weekend. My in-laws watched Ransom while we went up to Macatawa Lake for a dinner at this pretty nice place overlooking a boat harbor. An anonymous friend gave all the students at my school a $50 gift certificate there. How is hot is […]
…hearing the new baby’s heartbeat. There are two hearts beating in my body right now, weird & miraculous & beautiful wouldn’t you say? …warm days with sun …hearing him say, “Mama, you look very nice today.” …being done with school for this semester …sleeping more often (this is especially good since I’m starting to deal […]
If this article doesn’t make you wanna go clean your house a little, I don’t know what will. Off to change the sheets!
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