At 2:48 a.m.

I am sitting on my sofa in the quiet of the night, typing away on my Mac. The only illumination in the room aside from the computer screen are dozens of multi-colored twinkly lights, occasionally disrupted by the colorful blinking star perched precariously at the top of the Christmas tree. I cannot sleep. There is [...]

A Helping Hand

I feel so special!! I mean, really special! Oh, sure, it’s just a blog, some friends would tell me, but to me, blogging is more than just typing funny stories, it’s an expression of my feelings and frustrations. And to be asked to share those feelings and frustrations on 4P’s, well, I just have to [...]

Change Your Mind

“Man, I HATE the color gray. What a stupid color.” I thought moodily to myself . “Why did I wear gray today? And why did Mr. B chose THAT outfit with the gray shirt? Talk about overload of gray-ness. Sheesh.”
I frowned.
Sitting at the intersection, I was waiting for the light to turn green.
“Green is nice, [...]

Halloween Fun (and an explaination)

Ah, November. The month of my FAVORITE holiday. Thanksgiving is all about being kind, thankful, seeing family and eating good food, and remembering those we love. Now, I love me some Christmas time spirit, don’t get me wrong. Christmas and Thanksgiving are very nearly tied, but it’s Thanksgiving that continues to hold the number one [...]

Being Thankful and Learning Lessons

Being thankful should be a part of my every day – yet somehow it isn’t always foremost in my mind. On a daily basis, I can constantly think about things I need, or need to do, or need to get done, or want to do, or want to have, or want to need to do.  [...]

Why Won’t My Chickens Lay Eggs? Another Random Mystery…

Now, I know that some of you are surprised. A couple of you readers even called (or texted) us to ask the question: “You got chickens? Why in the heck did you get chickens?”. And how many and what kind and why?!? Well, I think I can tell you why…
One of my very first memories [...]

“You wanna fight?” “If you insist…”

Yep. We are totally fighting. There’s bloodshed. And tears. And even yelling. But no bloodshed. Mostly because the fights have been on the phone. And there hasn’t been any yelling. Not yet. But there will be, you bet yer butt there will be. Why, you ask? Well, I’ll fill you in really quick…
Back in April, [...]

A Baby Story

Ok, so this blog entry has been about 3 weeks in the making. Every chance I get, I sit down and try to get this story out, but as soon as I get a sentence or two written, something ALWAYS calls me away from the computer. Needless to say, the story might have a few [...]

He’s Here!!!!

Well, after a long and rather nasty labor, Oliver Ray was born on May 5th, at 1:51 a.m. My brother Michael called it at LONG time ago, he said the Baby O would be a Cinco De Mayo baby, and it happened. At least it’s an easy date to remember.
I’ll have to post about the [...]

Tomorrow’s The Day!!

Well, tomorrow is the date set for my induction, and I have to tell you that I am SOOOOOO excited about it!! It is a little hard to see people’s faces when I tell them that I’m getting induced, because EVERYONE has an opinion about it and very few of them have been positive. It’s [...]