A Quiet Evening

"The best laid schemes of mice and men oft go astray . . ." Robert Burns

I have been trying to finish a wonderful book by Bruce Wilkinson entitled Dream Giver for a couple of weeks now. It takes me a while sometimes!! This evening while I am trying to read I can hear a Tim Hawkins video in the background, "no, Thomas, no! That's not the way we do things, no!!!" My three year old is being chased around by my thirteen year old - squealing and carrying on! As they go by, my eleven year old is shooting them with his Nerf gun. Next thing you know, the remote control car goes careening by being chased by the three year old, now with the Nerf gun!!! UUUUGH!! I am wondering how many times I have read this paragraph? Saturday night or no, I think it's time to put the kiddos to bed.

Welcome to my Humble Hootenanny!! Where there is NEVER a dull moment!!

Oh well, tomorrow is another day . . . and I am so thankful for library renewals!!! :D

In the beginning . . .

I have always been a bit of a late bloomer (or maybe a slow learner) -- taking 6 years to finish a 4 year degree, marrying at 24, being close to 50 and having a three year old, all these could be proof of that -- but having a 13 year old daughter that has beat me to blogging is more than I can handle. I did try blogging a year or so ago when we had a business I was trying to market, but when the business folded so did my efforts. Anyway, I guess I am going to try again. I am not sure where this will lead . . . it will probably be more like rambling, since that is what I am prone to, but we shall see!

"For behold, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers have already appeared in the land . . ." Song of Solomon 2:11 & 12a

I love spring!! But it comes and goes so quickly. Above is a picture of my forsythia just a few short weeks ago. Her profusion of blooms was wondrously splendid! But alas, like the parting of a dear friend after a short visit, it saddens me to see her change to a state of verdure. I will look forward to her return next year and, Lord willing, with a little propagation on my part, she will return with many children as well!