Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Nov 16th, 2005 2 Comments »
Yesterday I made the two dresses I was talking about and they came out so nicely. Samuel insisted that I wear the purple one today so I did. I felt so snuggly in my snoogely dress. I guess Crystal hadn’t slept well last night because Justice was in the swing downstairs when I got up. [...]
Posted in Gabrielle on Nov 14th, 2005 1 Comment »
(Warning: This is one of those posts that I wrote because I am feeling bubbly and excited. I don’t know if any one who is not me will really care, but, you know, I don’t care. I’m going to post it anyway. Hahahahaha) Snoogely is a word. Spellcheck tried to change it to Snuggly which [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Nov 14th, 2005 1 Comment »
Yesterday Arianna started the first Boxcar Children book. She read one chapter before breakfast and brought the book to the table so she could tell us about it. We served breakfast and we were eating and talking about something when, all of a sudden, Seth says, “Arianna!” She has her head down on the table [...]
Posted in Raquel on Nov 13th, 2005 No Comments »
Tomorrow we will be leaving to travel to my parents’ house for Thanksgiving. No, it doesn’t take a week and a half to get there. (Smart aleck.) We will be spending a week or thereabouts at my parents house, including Thanksgiving. Actually I think we’re all going to my aunt and uncle’s house for Thanksgiving. [...]
Posted in Raquel on Nov 13th, 2005 4 Comments »
Today I took homemade marshmallows to the fellowship dinner. That is, I claim I took marshmallows to the fellowship dinner. Gabrielle says they are quite good, but they are not marshmallows because marshmallows come from the store. Yes, I reply, marshmallows come from the store. That’s exactly why it’s so cool that I found out [...]
Posted in Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Nov 11th, 2005 No Comments »
This isn’t really about the Burning Plum. Or maybe it is. It depends on how you look at it. Thinking about last night I realized something once again. I have friends. In the plural, even. And not just acquaintances who are called friends out of politeness.
Any conversation which involves me saying the words “deer [...]
Posted in Raquel on Nov 11th, 2005 No Comments »
Though I haven’t read all of these poems I liked most of what I did read, and they are by one of my favorite mystery authors. http://www.anglicanlibrary.org/sayers/catholictales/index.htm
Posted in Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Nov 11th, 2005 1 Comment »
For most of my life I lived in a place where I could walk out the door into a front yard, and from the front yard to a moderately quiet road where I was unlikely to meet anyone. When I moved to Marquette Heights I thought of that as city life. I walked out the [...]
Posted in Gabrielle on Nov 11th, 2005 No Comments »
Now, I’ve seen all kinds of things turned into something romantic. I’ve heard of plumbing being romantic and mowing the lawn a sign of cherishing your wife, but today I saw one that I’ve haven’t seen before. Last night Seth copied some music from his laptop onto the home computer and this morning Crystal was [...]
Posted in Dinner at Lansberry's, Gabrielle on Nov 11th, 2005 2 Comments »
Have I ever told the tale of the Burning Plum? No? Well, the story of the Burning Plum started when Theresa was looking for a paint color to go in their new living room that would not clash with the fireplace tiles. The color she eventually decided upon is called Burnt Plum. We spend many [...]