This is the wife writing. I know that it is rare that you hear from this end, but I have been informed that I must give five facts about myself that the average friend would not know about me. I doubt that any of you readers really care, but I am pretty notorious for not […]
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Brad and I spent part of last night cleaning out the garage. It’s time for the big yard sale. When it comes to things like this, I’m the one grabbing everything and saying “sell it all.”. But Brad, he likes to take his time. He’ll look through each item deciding whether or not we should […]
I have been known to be a idealist, and in this instance it proved itself to be true. We’ve been planning a nice quiet trip to the beach for some time now. I had some, not so realistic, ideas of how the trip would fall out. One of them being that we would leave on […]
Children need very little–it’s true! My daughter is living proof. She is more content to play with pots and pans, and in this case my feminine products than with the latest toys. Lord, teach me to have a heart that is content with what you have provided. And thank you for using this small child–AGAIN–to […]
Not so new, New Years relsolutions
Published by Carrie January 3rd, 2006 in Sanctification. 1 CommentThe year has already begun and I am still thinking about all of the things that I want to accomplish this year. I find that I am a repeat offender. I’m not too original in my thinking. I hope that soon enough I will have succeeded in some of these resolutions so that I can […]
It sounds like a line in the Charlie Brown Christmas movie, but really it is a statment that is resounding in my home. I am sad to say, but it appears that Christmas Eve will be canceled at my home. This was the first year that I was going to host, so my anticipation […]
I have become the cat lady. I didn’t plan for it to happen. It seems that it chose me… or something to that effect. Let me explain before you invision me as some middle aged woman with poorly dyed hair that is long over due for a new perm, still in her robe, and smoking […]
75% of us were miserably sick. Guess who wasn’t?
There is finally light at the end of the tunnel for those of us in the Mills’ household. This past week has been terrible. Both of the girls contracted RSV. This is the third time for Maddie Paige and it is baby Lauren’s first. This is the […]
I’ve been sitting here thinking about what to write, when all of a sudden I realized that we are really close to Christmas. It is right around the corner. I went through my mental list of all the things that need to be done. Here is a list of what has been completed:
Send out Christmas […]
It’s true when they that say your children are mirror images of yourself. My daughter, Maddie Paige, is no exception to that rule. In fact, I would say that all to often it is because of her that the statement holds its authenticity. She, like myself is a first born child, which holds in itself […]
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