“I’ll call her Yzma”. {gulp} As soon as those words left her {innocent, adorable, 3 year old} little mouth, my involuntary eyebrow-lift and lip-curl occurred simultaneously. I may have snorted a little too. Not because “Yzma” is such a dreadful name or anything {however it will never not conjure up frightening images of a shriveled-up, overly-eye-lashed, evil little woman}, but… Read More
simplyflush.net
I decided late last night that it was time to get my own domain name. Not because my little blog is working magic in the blogosphere or any reason remotely that extravagant, but simply because I’m tired of typing .blogspot.com. I’m lazy like that. I had grandiose plans, I tell you. Until I discovered I was too late. Simplybloom.com was… Read More
Our Wild Day at the Zoo
If nothing else was gleaned from our ridiculously exhausting, overly priced, underly enjoyed {is ‘underly’ a word?} day at the Detroit zoo…it was what NOT to do next time. And that the little local zoo – with it’s cheaper rates and shorter drive – is where we’re heading next time we get spontaneous and think…gosh, wouldn’t it be fun to… Read More
Holy Moment
Cricket loves Jesus. She loves what she understands of Jesus, which doesn’t seem like much at the tender age of 3. But it’s growing everyday as she explores the beauty of nature, learns about the stunning intricacy of the human body {her favorite bone is her patella}, and gets a front row seat in watching God faithfully work out details… Read More
Stream of Consciousness
Today was a toughie. Definite crazy cycle going on between Cricket and I. Both ended up in tears. Twice. Was not pretty. Most definitely not one of my finest parenting days {by a long shot}. Comedy of errors in getting together with a new friend I just met…running behind, gas light on {country life does not provide us many gas… Read More
Shortcake is on the Line
It never ceases to amaze me just how many potential ‘lessons in love’ I face daily. Potential because there are days I choose not to take the opportunity to learn, but simply to remain in whatever frustrated {read: impatient, ungracious, and overall unpleasant} state I may be in. It does amaze me, however, just how little I seem to have… Read More
Farewell Mommy Mafia
Judgment. Doesn’t the feeling of the word in your mouth just make your tongue swell? Judging. Judgmental. However you say it, when coming from one human to another, based on flawed perception, it wreaks havoc. Dishing it out, like we so easily do {especially as Christians, you know it’s true!}, may deliver a temporary sense of superiority or achievement, but… Read More
A change of heart
My husband is a country boy. I was a city girl. Notice I said “was”. I’m a changed woman. You see… Boy meets girl. Girl who despises smell of cow poo {and who assumes all country life involves having to smell cow poo day and night and life in a crappy, old farm house} convinces country boy that life in… Read More
Paint, Cookies & Attitude, oh my!
How has 3 years flown by so quickly? It seems just yesterday I was feeling her little feet kick within my belly. Okay, that’s not true. Many days it feels like 13 years, but you know. As my beloved besties remind me, “it is what it is…but it will not always be this way”. And it is for that reason,… Read More
Our First {Real} Adventure
Yesterday I ventured to the store for the first time, by myself, with the kids. It sounds silly, I know, but for some reason this whole living in the country thing has me a little gun-shy. Okay fine, I’m down right hibernating. I don’t know anyone. And I’m hesitant to get to know the neighbors {term used very lightly, as… Read More
Do the limbo!
I’m not sure I’ve ever felt as unsettled as I do right now. It’s as though my whole world is caught in a state of unrest. The container company that is responsible for damaging thousands of dollars of our belongings is not returning phone calls. Our garage holds moldy furniture and lampshades that may not be replaced. And we have… Read More
