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ON THE PORCHDROP THE POO! Our pup Wicket loves to collect “treasure,” especially from the walks down our dirt road. Coyotes come through there and leave appetizing presents. A couple months ago, she somehow made it into the house unnoticed with a piece of poo. She buried it behind our couch pillows, her favorite hidingContinue reading “DROP THE POO!!”

A few nights ago, I dreamed that I finally found an empty bed.  Mind you, it was a display model on a showroom floor, but I didn’t care.  I was exhausted and it was too inviting.  In my dream, I watched myself lying there asleep with my foot sticking out from the edge of theContinue reading “I KNOW THAT TATTOO!!”

“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” — Randall Terry Have you ever done something embarrassing or dumb, then thought, “Good grief!! Why did I do that?? I should have known better!” I love studying the patriarchs of our faith. Let me tell you, they were quite the characters andContinue reading “FOOL ME TWICE, SHAME ON ME”

I try to be honest in my posts, and I am reposting this one because in this day and age we are living in, life is lonely, rules are changing, and we all need to know we do not struggle alone… Originally posted January 2, 2019ON THE PORCH“ME, TOO” Sometimes the most important words anotherContinue reading ““ME, TOO””

Originally written December 17, 2018 ·  Our garbage hadn’t been emptied in over three weeks due to different reasons… their truck broke, it rained and was muddy, then they just forgot us… Each time we took out our trash, it stunk worse. Benny would go out and push it down as much as he could, butContinue reading “GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT”

Originally written December 14, 2018 ·  When asked how things are going, many times my automatic response is, “all is well,” whether it really is or not. This morning, I want to realize that if I have Jesus and the LORD is on my side, all truly is well. I want to cultivate a relationship soContinue reading “IT IS WELL”

“Bump heads with” – to clash with another person on a particular issue; disagree What about “bumping helmets?” Inevitably, when I am on the motorcycle with Benny, we will bump helmets. When he accelerates or slows down and I’m not anticipating it, my helmet hits the back of his because I have relaxed and I’mContinue reading “BUMPING HELMETS”

Originally posted November 16, 2018 ·  QUIET THE VOICES “I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.” That was a joke in an email, it but didn’t seem so funny when I read it. In fact, I wasn’t funny at all… How many of us can’t repair what is going on in ourContinue reading “QUIET THE VOICES”

How many times do we start out having a great day and let one thing change our attitude for the rest of the day? We start out happy and end up grumpy. It is easy to allow one mishap to begin playing the music in our heads for a pity party. Then another mishap turnsContinue reading “THE LITTLE THINGS”

Our 15-year-old poodle, Champ, passed away in August. After mourning him, we got a little yorkie and named him Auggie. He is full of energy, spunk, and just plain annoying sometimes. But we love having him around. He tends to get stickers in his beard, and they end up in his mouth, and they causeContinue reading “IT’S WHO YOU KNOW”