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Month: November 2007

happy thanksgiving!

happy thanksgiving!

I just wanted to wish all my wonderful readers a Happy Thanksgiving! I woke up this morning to the sound of RAIN! Wonderful, delicious rain… I am so thankful that God gave us rain today. It’s been mighty dry here. Now we only need 19 1/2 more inches. ;-) I also woke up with two little kitties curled up next to my body. I am so grateful for cats, and that I can have two of them living with me….

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do you like Christmas music?

do you like Christmas music?

And, do you like Michael W. Smith? Well I like both so I was really excited to see BooMama’s post today. If you are a blogger who lives in the U.S. then you can go take advantage of a CD giveaway of Michael W. Smith’s Christmas album, It’s a Wondeful Christmas. They are giving away copies to the first 150 people who sign up! So hurry! Click on the image below! UPDATE: I just checked, and all the CDs are…

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our new car

our new car

Thanks to Joanna for passing along this link. Kia is making a new SUV and I think we should get it. What do you think? Looks like they made it just for us! In other news, Paul just found out he is getting tomorrow off!! We thought he was going to work, but his boss decided to cut the staff down to the minimum! I hope this doesn’t hurt Paul’s chances of getting Christmas off. :-/ But for now, I’m…

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homemade pumpkin pie

homemade pumpkin pie

Editor’s note: Check out the updated recipe, with more pictures and some refinement after 3 years of making these pumpkin pies. This year, Paul has really gotten into homemade pumpkin pie. He’s made three pies already! He was going to make a fourth pie, but I think he ran out of time. Here is the process he followed. The best pumpkins to use are pie pumpkins. They are fairly small, about 2 lbs each, and can be bought at the…

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a new chapter

a new chapter

My dear blog readers, On my blog I have chronicled many changes of my life, and you have followed me through all of them. Especially those who have been around since the beginning – Beth, Joanna, Matt. I’ve gone from a college student, to a college grad. I’ve gone from single, to engaged, to single again, to engaged again, and then finally to married! I’ve gone from pet-less to having a fish, to having two cats, to having a dog,…

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