Smellyann Strikes Again

Sunday Stealing: Art History Meme

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing! Link up here if you want to play along today! ~*~*~*~*~ Classical: If you were an Olympian god, what would you be known for? I would absolutely be the goddess of the sea! Byzantine: Do... Read more →

Saturday 9: Heartbreak Hotel

Welcome back, everyone! I had to do another disappearing act midweek to go into the hospital again for the third time in a month, and can I just say -- that's enough?!! Because it is. I'm home again now, and... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: The Simple Life

Welcome back, my loves! I'm sooo sleepy today for some reason, so I'm going to get right into things. Link up >here< if you're playing along this weekend! ~*~*~*~*~ What are five things you would like to do more? In... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: The Beginning Of Bev Meme

Morning everyone! It's 4:40 AM here in Boise, Idaho! Thought I'd get started on this meme so you all can enjoy some sillies from me for the day. Thanks to Bev Sykes for carrying on Sunday Stealing for all of... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: The Mommy Time Meme

I stole Bud's Sunday Stealing logo right off his blog! I clicked that instead of the ... well, long story short, it was un accidente, and now that it's there, it amuses me because it's in keeping with the idea... Read more →

Saturday 9: I Don't Know How To Love Him

I missed last week's entry; did you miss me? Link up here if you're playing along this weekend! Saturday 9: I Don't Know How to Love Him (1971) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here. ~*~*~*~*~*~ 1) This song... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: Christmas Q&A

Link up here if you're stealing on Christmas this weekend! Christmas Questions Meme {From the archives...} 1. Have you been naughty or nice this year? I guess it would depend on whom you ask! 2. What do you want most... Read more →

Saturday 9: Beyond The Sea

Link up here if you're playing along today! Saturday 9: Beyond the Sea (1959) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here. 1) This song mentions golden sands. When do you think you'll next visit the beach? We were there... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: If You Could Meme

Link up here if you're playing along today! From Sweet Memes, our friend CAT!: IF YOU COULD: Travel anywhere, where would it be? It's a Bucket List item to SCUBA dive on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Meet anyone, who... Read more →

Redemption Sunday

About 18 years ago, in 1996 I suppose, my friend Beth Degler invited me to go to church with her. I was a recovering Christian Scientist at the time, still reeling from having read C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity and ultimately... Read more →

The Reluctant Christian

[This blahg is my platform. Understand that this is MY space to express MY views, and I am exercising that right and privilege right now. If you want to disagree with me, feel free to do so, but do it... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: The Who Are You Meme, Partes Tres Y Cuatro

Link up here if ye be thievin' this week with us! Sunday Stealing: Who Are you? Part 3: Past 34. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far? My birth. Most of the rest of... Read more →

El Bautismo - The Baptism

If you missed it, the pictures from the kids' and my baptism are on this post. By request, here are the details of the big event: First, I want to say that all four of us have always been Christian.... Read more →

Wordless Wednesday: Our Baptism!

Link up here if you're wordless - or not - today! I was almost done with this post, all written up with lots of captioning, when my IE browser crashed. ZOMG, I hate when that happens!! So I'm just going... Read more →

Product Review: "What's In The Bible DVD"

I was selected for participation in this review and given the What's in the bible DVD as a member of The Homeschool Lounge Review Team. All thoughts and opinions are my own. A little while back, we were given this... Read more →

Saturday 9: Moves Like Jagger

Well, it is Sunday and I did miss this one, so I wasn't going to do it, but when I saw what album was covered, well, come on! Adam Levine...! So. the link is here, if you want to check... Read more →

Saturday 9: Whatever Gets You Thru The Night

Link up here if you're playing along this weekend! Saturday 9: Whatever Gets You Thru the Night 1. What helps you get through the night? Since I'm often awake, pills, the Interwebs, yarn, my friend Mommy of Many if she's... Read more →

Saturday 9: Crown Of Creation

The link is here, if you're a 9'er today! Saturday 9: Crown of Creation 1. Do you understand a belief model based on creationism? Understand, yes. I don't believe evolution and creationism are mutually exclusive. That's my story, and I'm... Read more →

Sunday Stealing: The Imaginary Meme

Link up here if you're playing along - I'm doing Parts I and II together since I missed last week. Enjoy! Sunday Stealing: The Imaginary Meme, Part One 1. Have you ever peed your pants as an adult? I've had... Read more →

Rebirth

On Sunday, we were invited by one of my "Turtle" friends, Saritah, to witness her and her two sons' baptism at their church in Portsmouth. I love her to death, and I've also never witnessed anyone's baptism - except Robby's,... Read more →