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The month of August has been quite trying for the Sanders family. We have, in the last month, endured the following:

Our home air conditioning system went out. Twice.
Our stove exploded- mid baking.
Husband gave the water hose a yank while washing the car and pulled our new-ish cast iron mailbox down. By the way, it exploded into 15 [...]

Recently I switched gyms. My old gym had lots of old people on walkers and a few in wheelchairs. The conversations taking place on the treadmills consisted of hip replacement war stories and how to work more fiber into their diets.  I liked that crowd.
My new gym serves an entirely different clientele. This crowd is hip, young and tanned. They play loud music and talk [...]

We had taken a quick vacation with the family, last week to a resort a few hours from home. This place had a water park full of screaming children running wild. My kids were immediately smitten with the place. Me? Not so much. I was envisioning multiple fall scenarios that would require an Emergency Room visit. Every where I looked there were unsafe acts being [...]

We are finishing up a Sunday morning class at my church  in which we memorized the Sermon on the Mount.( Full disclosure: I am not there yet. I have chunks memorized, but not the whole thing, still working on it…) At first, I was so excited by the challenge, I could hardly wait for mornings [...]

Have you ever believed something ridiculous? I have. For the last few months I have been sure God was going to bring my house keys back to me. They were stolen while I was running at the track by my house. The young men who took them? I smiled at them and gave a friendly [...]

I am a cheater.  A cheater, cheater Pumpkin Eater. I have broken the covenant between me and my Hairstylist by letting other people cut and style my hair.  Don’t scoff. It’s a big deal. Everyone knows that you can only cheat on your Hairstylist with another Scissor Wielder once. Once. Twice? Forget it. IT IS OVER. You can’t [...]

This is my first time to be a Little League parent. It has been a learning experience for my whole family, not just Zeke. We are half way through the season now and his team’s skill level has gone from bad to not as bad. We lose, a lot. In fact our team has won a single, solitary game [...]

I did some traveling lately to a magical land called Malibu. Now to get to Malibu from Arkansas, I took an airplane, which is a big deal for someone afraid of heights and closed in places. For my first flying experiences, I think I did great. IF you don’t count me grabbing my friend and yelling “WHAT [...]

This is an awkward kind of post, let’s just establish that right now.
It’s not going to make you laugh or cry or anything else. There will be no “Aha!” moment or even an “Oh, that was uncomfortable” moment, to be perfectly honest. No, this post is just a casual “Hey, back in town and thought [...]

I am in the midst of a home remodel and need a break. This blog closed for two weeks. Thanks for waiting for me…you are going to wait, right? : )