The Cozy Corner

As I think anyone who has read my blog at all knows, I am a person with high expectations. I can get quickly let down when events that I ha...

1. When you were little, what career aspirations did you have? 2. What is one childhood dream that is yet to be attained, that you still d...

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! I'm saving my tribute of you for Mother's Day - so don't stop reading..... Second of all, t...

Thanks to a little bit of information from Jodi, I decided to book the last remaining room at a particular hotel on the coast for tonight. ...

This week has been a major progression from bad to good for me. If irritability was put on a scale from 1-10, 10 being ABSOLUTELY DON'T...

So, I gave a little kudos to the homeschoolers of the family, so I thought I'd share a positive about the public education system too. ...

(I don't know if you remember the picture taken of those little green sprouts coming from the ground surprising me, but here they are no...

Here's a few funny things that have come out of the mouths of the kids this week: Little Neice Ellie upon seeing an ad for Chuck E. Chee...

As January begins a new year, I often try to get all of my and my kids' annual appointments out of the way. It's generally the leas...

I wish I'd actually used the camera I'd carefully packed in my purse today. I could have used it to snap a picture of the 7 beautif...

I started my day off driving to meet Michele halfway between our two homes. About halfway to that destination, we pulled over to let Mikayl...

1. When you were a kid and invented names for pretend friends, or for yourself - what was your favorite name? 2. Do you have any exciting ...

Michele and I have used a saying for quite some time to descibe days of financial misfortune or fortune - "landing on a good/bad square...

(compliments of Stephietoo..... I love it!) REAL FRIENDS A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest. A real friend opens your refrige...

Thursday was a rough day for Brayden. He had been staying up late through the week and had been doing remarkably well (especially in contra...

As many of you know, my sister has chosen to homeschool two of her kids for the last two years. It's been an adventure filled with high...

This was from an email sent to me from John, some really made me laugh! All too rarely, airline attendants make an effort to make the in-fli...

Here's what I'm thanking God for this week: - waking up to a house that is 71 degrees (you just don't take that for granted) - t...

Good news on our heat - still ice cold in this house (giving me all the excuse I need not to put away clothes and clean up in the frigid bed...

(This isn't the best pic of the kids, but when I found it on John's computer, I thought it really summed up the family, giving, and ...