Drabble

A drabble is an extremely short piece of fiction - exactly 100 words.

He waited in the late afternoon sun while she went across the street to the church mission pantry to ask for some coffee. As she walked away, her long shadow followed behind her, lingering for a moment at his feet. He noticed his feet, then noticed a solitary shoe in the gutter, and wondered if it would fit his foot. Never hurts to have a spare, he thought. He wondered where it’s mate wound up. As he started toward the curb, a band of young boys jostled by him, adding the lonely shoe to their game of kick the can.

Tree Wrecks

I'm feeling busy and overwhelmed this holiday season, but come hell or high water, I will make time to put up a nice, good-looking tree with the kids.

This site is hilarious. Trees gone terribly wrong. Mustard packets? Beer Cans? As ornaments? Seriously? Yes. Wow.

http://www.lemondrop.com/2008/12/04/tree-wrecks-what-happens-to-your-fine-pine-after-the-holiday/

4 months! Guess I've been busy.

So four months since a post. I'm sure I've been adding links, just not writing. Workin' my tail off. Really want to get back to writing. Ah - miss that. A season for all things my friend. At least I can keep gathering resources and ideas until time comes when I can make regular posts again.

Creating weekly meal plans

Since I'm going to be working and traveling fulltime, I'm trying to learn some new strategies for making better, more realistic meal plans for my family.

I love to cook, and I anticipate this becoming a source of frustration for me if I don't get a handle on it right out of the shoot.

I learned today that Meijer grocery stores does something nice on their website to this end. They create weekly meal plans that are built around the sale ad for that week. THANK YOU Meijer!

I'm gonna give it a try. http://www.meijerhealthyliving.com/

I also signed up for Bust-a-Meal. www.BustAMeal.com
On this service, you go to the website and pick your favorite yummy easy recipes from their database of hundreds (maybe thousands by now). All are sorted by main dish and there are side recipes too. You tag your favs, then each week, they send you an email with a menu for the week with whatever number of meals you want (I just picked 3 per week because I know that I won't have time to cook more than that. Then I just fix extra to have as leftovers and we wind up doing a sandwich or going out once or twice for something cheap and fast on a busy day.)

So, the automatic weekly menu email is compiled from the recipes you flagged. They mix it up and follow stuff that's in season. Then, you get the email which contains your menu and a shopping list to take to the store to make sure you have all the ingredients on hand! I'm loving this! Thank you Bust A Meal!

Silver Screen Surroundings...

I live in an old house.

I love the movie "Moonstruck". It's on my all time favorite list for all kinds of reasons.

One of the reasons I never grow tired of watching this movie is the house. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the house in that movie. It's so home-y and comforting.

I know everybody is into modern style these days, but I love cozy and familiar and comforting style. The house in this movie has it.

So today I found the coolest blog.
Silver Screen Surroundings Inspiring Movie Set Decor and how to "Get that Look"

It's everything you need to use your favorite movie sets as inspiration to decorate your own home.

This woman, Linda Merrill, is an interior design consultant and writer. Her blog is full of resources and tips for defining the style from your favorite movies and figuring out how to duplicate a room from your favorite set. It's soooooooo cool!

What a great way to decorate - imitate your favorite movie.

What movie would you love to base your decorating on?

Where the Hell is Matt?

A friend sent me a link to this today.

Watch the video, be moved and inspired. Feel joy.
And buy a pack of Stride gum in gratitude.

http://wherethehellismatt.com/?fbid=g1SSR

A Parent's Love: Team Hoyt

Today, my cousin sent me the link to this video clip.

This is a true story!

A son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?'
The father who, despite having a heart condition, says 'Yes'.

They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's' request of going through the race together.

One day, the son asked his father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman together..' to which his father said 'Yes' too.

For those who don't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86Kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the Coast of the Big Island . Father and son went on to complete the race together.

View this race at.....
GodTube