I'm feeling a little blue today. Nothing serious, just a pattern that often occurs when I'm in the middle of a home decorating project. It's a bit of a vicious cycle. Because I'm focused on what I'm doing, and want to get it done within a reasonable amount of time, I...

Yes, sometimes I worry. I try not to, and I’m bound and determined not to be “a worrier”, but I can’t help it. I’m a Mom. It’s like I got new “worry dna” injected into me the moment my first daughter was born. As a matter of fact, it was probably even a little before...

Today's the day for "the talk that will expose me". It's time to have the annual "budget talk" with madame finance guru. Yes, I suspect this will be the talk that will expose me as a pathetic fraud, totally and utterly incompetent and incapable of managing an annual...

Dubya's three day inauguration event is apparently costing a mere 41 million dollars (and that's not including the cost of security). Huh? I'm not getting something here. FORTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS just to say "Hey - here's your job for the next 4 years. Hope you don't...

Yup, it's official. I'm old. I just got fitted for custom orthotics for my feet. All that's left is a blue-grey rinse in my hair, kleenex stuffed in my bra ('cause you just never know when you're gonna need it!), and endless complaints about my arthritis. Turns out I...

Yikes! Three weeks from today, I'll board a plane for Toronto, with the eventual destination (2 days later) of Nairobi, Kenya, AFRICA! I can hardly believe it's really happening! Somebody pinch me! And yet, as excited as I am, I can't help but let some of that good...

I'm at the computer because I'm playing the avoidance game. No, I'm not avoiding anyONE, but rather anyTHING that smacks of work, or more specifically the disaster zone formerly known as the laundry room. I have to dig through a few mountains of stuff to get at the...

God, I’ve realized lately that I really don’t know how to talk to you. I know that sounds funny for someone who’s been well raised in a solid Christian home, spent a few years in Bible College, said prayers almost every day of my life (at least those parts of my life...

I've been thinking about Paul & Jo's baby - due February 12. She asked me to help plan the baby dedication. I wrote this spontaneous tribute to little Thumper... Your baby… I hope he’s beautiful and wise I hope he’s got a wrinkled up nose that twitches when he’s...

My new biblical hero is Queen Vashti. We don’t hear much about her, but she’s the predecessor of Queen Esther. While the king was busy partying with all his drunk friends, she threw her own party for the women of the kingdom. His party lasted at least 7 days! Yikes!...