Blogging Through the Alphabet

Hannah is my fourth child and my second daughter. She’s one of the “middle children”. With six kids, you can’t have one middle child. lol She will be 17 this December. Hannah America is named after my grandmother. America was my grandmother on my father’s side. It was a good choice for a middle name for…

Good night! awwww……has a parent heard sweeter words than this after a long day? I think not. We’ve been watching The Andy Griffith Show together and one thing that really struck me was how early Opie went to bed. And how Andy and Aunt Bee always had what seemed like a couple of kid free…

Freezing…….as in cold! The weather has taken a turn to the cold side here in Kentucky.  A cold snap we weren’t prepared for! There has been frost a couple of mornings. brrrr….. The days have mostly been in the 50’s though. Since I try really hard not to turn the heat on until November 1st,…

Oh, how we wish everything could be easy. No troubles at all. Or if we did have trouble we could just press an “easy button” and all our troubles would go away. Our family has had some stuff going on lately. Including the death of my mother in law. Her memorial service is tomorrow. So,…

Dress shopping should be easy, right? Well, it’s not. As anyone that has tried to go dress shopping lately knows. I’ve been searching for a decent, modest dress for my 13, soon to be 14, year old daughter for her grandmothers memorial service. I really didn’t think it would be this hard. It’s just a…

I love baking. Always have. Always will. I remember way back (way, way back! roflol) when I was probably 12ish. My mother used to buy these cake mixes that came with the pan and everything right in the box. A cardboard pan, at that. You dumped the mix into the pan, added water, stirred it…