Extraordinary Ordinary Life

I can't really say when it happened.  Sometime over the last year I've started becoming a really bad friend.  I all but refuse to ta...

I have been a super lazy blogger right?  I have lots to talk about but I just haven't been talking about it - to the computer anyway. ...

When I think back to where I was this time last year - I am so thankful to be where I am now.  Last year I was still struggling with the hyb...

I have this thing about kids.  I care a lot about them - about everyone of them.  I love them dearly and I pray for them every single night ...

I go in phases here at the old blog.   If I'm cooking a lot then I'm not doing as much other things.  If I'm kicking up the home...

In honor of today - the day we are having sloppy joes:

I am testing out this app that lets you blog from your phone since it seems that is what I am on most of the time these days. Here goes. ...

What? I just now saw that I haven't blogged in almost a month.  Well, we had our fourth child - a girl, cute and healthy.  I still don...

I have been wanting to show you these pictures for a while.  When I had my first two babies I had an epidural with both of them.  And three ...

I had a conversation today with someone that I dearly love.  Towards the end of the conversation I was accused of being judgmental.  Honestl...

I have been going back and forth and back and forth and I think it is just finally time I pull the plug on this operation.  I'm not sure...

I often post pictures of my meals on my Facebook page.  And I think about the women who, two generations ago, would just laugh at that a...

I have been watching You Tube like crazy lately. We can now get it on our TV through our DVD player (I think, I'm really not sure how ...

I don't subscribe to many magazines.  Okay, I only actually subscribe to one.  It is MaryJanes Farm .  This is a magazine that you want...

I had this very, very annoying virus on my computer.  I am so tired of Microsoft.  I am dangerously close to getting a Mac, if only I knew ...

 Some of you might know that I am slightly obsessed with menu planning .  I love it.  I love to do it.  I love to talk about it.  I love to ...

Beans and cornbread have been a staple in our house for years.  Growing up it was one of my favorite meals that my grandma cooked.  She u...

My friend Cari has been through hard times.  She definitely has a story (or two).  Yes, it is a sad story.  But it is also a story of encou...

Its the little things in life that mean so much.  Like when the clock strikes 8:00pm and you know that soon your little ones will be tuc...

I was talking to my BFF Heather and she said she gets depressed when she reads my blog.  Another friend said the same thing.  I think I...