Names and Anticipations
Here are the current rankings:TOP Boy names:JamesonWilliam (but I’m hesitant bc I don’t like Bill, Billy, or Willy. I like Will alot, but “Will Hunt” could be t...
Category: FAMILY
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I felt movement this morning
I jumped out of bed quickly because I poured my bedside glass of water on myself. Smart. After changing shirts and switching to the dryer side of the bed to coz...
SPRING TIME!
You make anew the earth. You renew the life of me and You make a new life within me!If you can’t read the small print, it just says the week #. Ex: “March 26: 1...
Family Vacation
The Denver Post published this picture the week we were in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. As we rode up and up the lift, the balloon appeared to go down and down ...
On Child-rearing
“We rob our children if we merely seek to have them meet our expectations. We need to be on God’s agenda for our kids lives so they can experience the abundant ...
An Announcement.
Heather’s Text to Paige Marcella Rieck Hill:Hey Paige, guess what I am. It’s a sort of state of being or a condition if you will. an unplanned and unanticipated...
As you can see, I really enjoyed Middleton Place Plantation.
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I promised some pictures of Charleston and Savannah, so here are a few of the few that we took.
Ice cream in Savannah because it was Blue Bell. Even though it was cold, we were so excited about seeing Blue Bell ice cream (which you can’t find up north) tha...
Back to the Big Apple
Well, I came back to a 65-degree-New York (I could literally watch the snow melt) and mouse poop. Yes, almost every drawer in my kitchen was decorated with unbe...
Bed & Breakfast
BED: BREAKFAST: AND THE PARLOR: of Park Avenue Manor, my and Chris’ uncle’s spectacular Bed & Breakfast Inn in Savannah, Georgia. If you are ever vacationin...
A Look at Historic Charleston
Yesterday, I toured 18th and 19th century mansions in downtown Charleston. Then today, I toured Middleton Place, an 18th century rice plantation. The gardens ar...
>Boarding Officer School
> I’m glad Chris enjoys BO school because it takes up a lot of his time. He’s at class from 6AM to 5PM everyday then he comes home to do homework assignment...
>Low Country Oyster Fest 2011
> Yesterday, we joined the masses at the World’s Biggest Oyster Roast on 350-year-old Boone Hall Plantation near Charleston. The oysters were steamed then...
The beach by the lighthouse
I’m standing in the sand between Charleston Harbor and miles of yellow grass growing in shallow water that sparkles in the afternoon sun. The sea is calm at its...
>Chris, I think we took the long way from Indiana to Charleston
>I woke Tues morning with no inclination that I would wake the next morning halfway through a road trip to Charleston, South Carolina. Only two mornings prev...
His and Hers Wedding Vows
REPOSTED 2016: Funny little story on how we found out our vows had been pinned thousands of times on Pinterest: When we moved from Maine to New Jersey, a new fr...
>Letter to Liz Gilson
>“…We are doing good- drenched in Christmas spirit. Yes, we still LOVE our church oh my oh my we love it so much. These people are so genuinely loving and gi...
>The expiration date on my milk carton
>Back when Chris went to sea (thank the Lord that is over), I would get excited about his homecoming when my milk’s expiration date was after his return date...
>Time Warp
>I don’t know if I have ever been quite so aware of time as I was yesterday, when we were leaving Boston. On 93 South, we came to the intersection: S to Prov...
>Actionpacked 4 days
>Thursday: Bell ringing at New York Stock Exchange. We met Navajo Wind Talkers and I got to walk around the floor while Chris joined the men on the bell plat...
Odd Job
English Breakfast Tea in hand, I walk from the parlor of our 1890s house staff building, where my sewing colleagues sing English folk ballads in harmony, to the...
I work in a historic village museum
Blacksmithing, tinsmithing, carpentry, basket making, rope making, weaving, quilting, butter churning, cider pressing, bread baking in a historic brick oven, ap...
>Conversation with Mom
>Mom, So I attended a women’s Bible study group that meets every Monday morning- its pretty much a group for stay at home moms, so naturally they bring their...
>My New Job
>Last night, I looked up from carving the leftovers of the chicken I had roasted for dinner while listening to my JJ Heller station on Pandora.com after comi...
>We are being restationed to NYC
> We found out this week that Chris’ next job is at sector New York. Fort Wadsworth is on Staten Island (the orange burough) A toll bridge away from Brookly ...
Lovely Friends
Oh wow. What gifts friends are. And how loving my lovely gifts happen to be. Rachel, Dana, and Laura all flew up here at the same time! I picked them up in Bost...
>Email to
>Chris, I’m suddenly crazy about sweet Italian sausage. So for dinner tonight, I had penne pasta with sausage and green peppers with sea salt and a touch of ...
>Betty Botter Baked Bread & Snacked on Sesame Seeds by the Sea Shore
>No, I don’t know Betty Botter; I just wanted to combine two tongue twisters. Today, a woman-friend taught me the art of mixing, kneading, braiding, baking, ...