Months ago I received an email from John H, asking me if I would be interested in a Groupon for a double date. It sounded like fun, the price was reasonable, and I’d never been on a Segway! We presented the certificates to our spouses as Christmas (Denise) and birthday (Michael) gifts and finally settled… Read More
Today marks a new change in my life. Yesterday my middle child turned 16 and of course part of the day consisted of a trip to the DMV to get a driver’s license. We have another driver in the household. Although we already went through this with our first-born, I’m finding it doesn’t get any… Read More
Another fun get together happened just last Friday. In the “Bread and Wine” spirit we decided to host a wine and cheese party. Everyone was supposed to bring a wine and a cheese for tasting. We ended up with 11 people, a hearty mix of church and homeschool friends. To add to the simple menu,… Read More
As a follow-up to my review on the book Bread and Wine, I decided I would blog about the times that we get together intentionally with friends, as a way for us to remember them (hammering a stake in the ground), a log of sorts. The first one for this year happened to be a… Read More
I received this book as a Christmas gift from a dear friend. She had mentioned that when she read the book she thought of me. The title and this comment intrigued me. I wanted to lock myself in a room with a glass of Chianti and read it immediately. But since I had some unfinished… Read More