Giggles and Girls

Liz's girl friends came over the other day.  

We baked chocolate chip cookies. . . from scratch.  

It was serious business and they giggled all day! 

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ABC Wednesday:: Tone on Tuesday :: Our World Tuesday :: Tuesday Around the World ::

Pure Love

The theme this week over at I Heart Faces is Love. 

The love shared by these two is Love in it's rawest, deepest form.  It is the love a grandmother has  for her granddaughter. It is the love a granddaughter has for her grandmother. 

It is pure. It is simple. It is a perfect love. 

This Love, is all the things Love should be.  We should all be so lucky, to share a love like this. 

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Hidden 

 You maybe wondering why I put this under Hidden. This chimney is just past our house.  Every time I pass this site I wonder "What's hidden in the past here." 

Plain 

The Missouri river in the Plain state  . . . This river runs past the college my son attends. 

Left 

Fast 

Nashville .  .  . we stopped by here while taking Matthew to Kansas. The time past to fast. . . way to fast for me. 

Peace 

Knowing , that while he is away at school, my son will attend Mass, confession and Adoration  in the chapel beneath this cross gives me great  a sense of peace.

My mother's hands

 are always working ~ are always busy: sharing, caring, loving. . . 

It all makes me wonder. . .

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? 

Milton Berle 

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TUESDAY AROUND THE WORLD :: Tones on Tuesday :: Black & White Wednesday :: 



Sweet shot 52

C is for. . .

Contrasting Colors

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ABC WEDNESDAY :: Flip Flop Photo Challenges

This Little girl of mine

Lost a tooth

Cut her own hair 

and won't take off this shirt until her brother comes home from college.

She wears it everywhere with everything. She says she needs to wear it to support her brother and  so he wont forget her. 

This college thing has been a tough adjustment for all us.  It's a good thing he calls her often. 

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Enjoy Friday Fragments with our host Half-Past Kissin' Time :: The long Road to China - Favorite Photo Friday

Floating New Year

New Years Eve Stevie Wonder and the gang set off floating lanterns instead of fireworks.

Floating lanterns seem fitting for us this year. 

We have so many changes coming up. Friday Matthew and I leave for Kansas. He will be going to college at Benedictine this year. Remember, I told you he wants to study philosophy? Benedictine is a 1000 miles from our home. 

I'm not at all worried about getting him there. I'm really looking forward to the drive. The thing that worries me the most is leaving the school without my little boy.  I keep on thinking: how do I just leave him there. . . 1000 miles from our home? 

 I keep telling myself - How can he set the world on fire if his mom won't let him? I can't just keep him home forever. That wouldn't be good for anyone.  So we will be off - I may cry all the way home but, that's okay to me -                      He's ready to fly.

Oh! Yeah! Happy New Year Y'all!

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  Black and White Wednesday with like Christmas every day::

I believe. . .

I believe in the goodness of people.

I believe in the Magic of Christmas.

 I believe in warm and loving conversations.

and yes! I believe in Santa Clause.

Merry Christmas Y'all! 

Love, Lisa

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Sunday In My City

Stripes. . . . Day 10

Friday night my girls were in a little Christmas recital.

Kathryn played the harp, piano and then she brought the house down when she sang - My Fair Lady's   "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" .  She was fabulous. . . or should I say,  It was all simply Loverly.

Just some Sunday photos

Season

 Colorful 

Weather

Silhouette

Calm

Day 7 - the View from . . .

If I were honest, I would honestly tell you this is was what I'm I was looking at right now when I started this post:

I am looking at my beautiful 15 year old daughter while she is studying for her Anatomy exam. Both Kathryn and Stephen take this class from Dr. Bennett.  Here is were I interrupt everything because, I  have to say . . . PRAISE GOD!!!  and then I will go on to tell you how I can't teach science and how  I thank God for Dr. Bennett every time I see these kids working hard in this class. . .  and that is often.  This is one hard class!  then I have to say again firmly:

THANK GOD for Dr. Bennett!

So here is the thing - Through this past week we have established: I am a cheater. 

AND 

With the excepting of Mrs. Claus,  it seems to me that everyone is okay with cheating.  To tell you the truth. . . I'm not worried about Mrs. Claus's husband Santa at all. . . I have a plain for that. It involves fudge. My sister, Lucy, says I'm the best fudge maker EVER!  In fact, I am feeling quite encouraged and confident Santa will like my fudge enough to leave me something VERY nice for Christmas.

Because this photo seems more Halloween-ish then Christmas-ish and I know we are all running around like crazy trying to get IT all done before the big day.  I am not going to post this photo. It seems to me we need something more calm and "peaceful" then a photo of a girl with a skull in her hands. 

Day 7 - the View from here Hunting Island. 

Remember when I told you yesterday the Best Nana took us to Fripp Island last week?  This view is from Hunting Island looking on to Fripp.

Now I ask you. . . Isn't this a better view???

 

Day 6 ~ Burst of Red

Day 6 and I have to say, WOW! I have done this! Okay,  mostly.  One day I cheated and only posted a photo on Facebook. . . a day late. . .  but, who's counting?

Today's entry is a burst of red.

If you know anything about the guy in this  photo - you would know he is bursting in this jump. This is BIG for him.  REALLY big!

and if you haven't guessed. . . the Best Nana took us to the beach last week. We were all bursting.

 

Someone I Love - Day 5

Day 5 ~ Someone that I love 

This one was HARD for me. . . there are so many people in my life how I can I choose just one?  

Soooo,  

 I did what I do best. . .  I cheated.  I decided to post a photo that's not really the best photo but, the photo that makes me smile the most.  I also picked a photo that shows just some of the people in my life that truly makes my heart flutter.

I love this photo because of the way they are touching fists. They were talking about working together on something and everyone was excited.  I don't remember what it was. I just happened to click and they just happened to look. . . all at the same time. 

Since I'm cheating anyway. . . I figured I would go all the way and enter this photo into Mrs. Clause's photo contest. I do hope she will be a pal and not tell Santa what a cheater I am.  I mean after all. . . we are so close to Christmas.

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Day 3 - What I am reading

 Okay, honestly this one worried me a bit a LOT. I do not consider myself to be much of a reader.  I would love to show you I am reading books by:  Chaucer, Shakespeare, and even Dostoyevski.  When I read today's assignment I thought I would just skip this one all together. But, then my daughter said "Mom, you always have a book in your hand."  You read everything we read and more. Your always studying something. 

I am???

 

and then I looked around and thought -   Huuu?

Reading is my thing. If I'm not teaching reading to my 1st grader, I'm reading to her. If I'm not reading to her, I am working with my high school kids reviewing: Chaucer, Shakespeare and all things British Literature.  When I'm not reading with them, I am reading things my oldest writes and wants to publish or I'm  reading about how to "Write a Term paper"

 I am reading books on nutrition because of "the little problem" Mark has with his heart.  I'm reading an American Sign Language book . . .And when I have time for myself I read on the computer about photography.   I just may be a reader.  

Uh? Who Knew???

Simply Sunday

Missing 

I'll give you a hint . . . all she wants for Christmas is . . . 

Purple

Sun Flares  

Numbers

My oldest son is 20. Why does 20 look so old here?

Music

on the Beach with that son.

Bracelet

and the bracelet he wears everyday.

Tu ne cede malis . . .Never give into evil

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Day 2 ~ Elf

The theme for today is Elf. I didn't have one.

I didn't even know I needed an one;  I didn't know anything about an Elf.   I had to Google Elf and find out what it was all about. As I researched I realized what it was that I was missing from my childhood.  I realized what it was I was keeping from my own children.  I knew then I needed to have a very serious talk with my mother.  As I pulled into her driveway this very elf was ridding up on his silver reindeer.

Boy! I was lucky!