“ Healing takes courage, and we all have courage, even if we have to dig a little to find it.” Tori Amos One of my cousins emailed me a awhile back wanting to know if we were all okay. She had just watched the news that night and had heard that Arizona was the worse…
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Visit to an Arizona museum.
When it gets hot here in the summer our city museums have free family fun days that encourage families of all ages to get out of their homes and explore. This is a visit we took last year that I forgot to share with you all. When you look through the photos you will see…
Thrift store treasures…a mysterious cat.
A few weeks ago my husband came into the living room where I was watching some lifetime movie from long ago and had a cat in his hands and asked me a question… “Hey, where did you get this cat?” I looked over at the cat and answered back “ Up in one of those…
To be a father.
“ A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.” Billy Graham Just wanted to give a BIG THANK YOU to all those men out there who father and mentor children of all ages. And an especially big THANK YOU to…
Thank you everyone, another prayer was answered and in a very big way.
Just a mini post to let you all know my uncle is off the ventilator again and last I heard he was slowly getting back to normal and trying to eat. As any of you know, being on a ventilator, even if for a small time, well it takes awhile for things to work normal…
ASD Table time crafts- pretend play
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin Trigger warning, this post might trigger some educational professionals. Just my personal opinion and experiences with the educational system here in our country. I know there are exceptional teachers out there and if you are one of…
Shopping trip to a real Arizona trading post.
Oh boy, do I have a fun one to share with you all this time. Out here in the old west we used to have trading posts in the middle of nowhere Arizona where natives, cowboys and pioneers would get most of their supplies. There was a lot of bartering that went on too. Sometimes…
Thriftstore treasures- A gift from Alaska to Arizona, and the power of prayer.
Look what I picked up at the second hand shop…this. I saw it laying there under a pile of mismatched items. It was the baby blue that caught my eye. This used to be a very popular color in my home as a child. It was my father’s favorite color. We had a baby…
A road trip to the country.
“A little bit of country is good for the soul.” We are so happy to finally have a truck. Remember the accident my husband was in a couple months ago? Everyone was okay and that is the most important part and now we have a vehicle to drive up north with. The day…
Arizona adventures- A Haunted hotel room part 3
If you are a regular follower of mine then you know we travel to Prescott Arizona a lot. Not for ghosts though, for fun. It is such a beautiful place. This is one of those places I would love to live. They get four seasons here. In the desert we really only get two seasons….
