All the Things That Matter Blog

I couldn’t think of any catchy titles for today’s post.  Sorry.  The weekend was actually pretty good.   Eric took Friday off to start a fix-it project.  It turned out that our back storm door had never been properly caulked, so for 12 years, water has been leaking down around it.  And with the...

Here’s a quick update of my life today: Erin (sort of) picked out her outfit for today.  First she grabbed a shirt from her drawer (pink), went the closet and came back with a dark pink fleecy jacket.  Then she came back with a purple dress.  Since it was the last thing she brought...

I’ve been doing a lot of sitting this week. After Eric was gone two weeks ago, and after all the laundry that I finished last week, my body decided it had had enough. In the middle of the night on Saturday night, Eric took Erin downstairs to rock her (she was up from 11-3...

A friend from church has asked me to chat with her middle school small group about my Journey towards Jesus on Sunday.  The girls are 8th graders.  The setting is totally casual.  I just found out that I can be there.  And now I am beginning to really ponder what I will talk about....

I’m physically tired.  I’m mentally tired.  I’m emotionally tired.  This morning, I’m just tired. But, it was a good weekend at the farm.  We saw the family.  Eric got to be a farmer on Saturday.  I watched an Anita Renfroe DVD (highlights from the last 10 years) which was SO funny.  If you get...