My kids go to a mommy’s day out program twice a week (when they’re not contagious). So like once a month, I pile us into the van and I drop them at this place that loves kids, everyone’s kids, and takes such good care of them and it feels wonderful and relaxing.Then I either drive … Continue reading Bringing Big-Picture Love to Small-Picture Life

I love life. Isn’t it beautiful? Isn’t it amazing and wonderful? Isn’t it surprising and delightful? Isn’t it full of miracles big and small?Helen Keller said ‘Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows’. And that lady knew a thing or two about shadows. She’s also one of the brightest … Continue reading Turning Your Face To The Sun

I drink a lot of tea. Green tea, mostly and all the varieties that come with that. Matcha. Sencha. Gunpowder. Bancha. Even Genmaicha; green tea with bits of puffed rice in it. White tea. Chamomile. Bedtime Tea. Tea for colds, tea for antioxidants. Tea with Kombacha in it. Tea with other kinds of tea in it. … Continue reading When the Kettle Quits

Quickly - I just want to say...nothing against the Rams but it should be the Saints tonight - having said that, may the best team win!Alright, I did miss last weeks blog. For the first time in almost four years of blogging weekly! Wow I'm nerdier than I thought.Anyhoo - last weekend all heck broke … Continue reading A Renewed Vigor for Health. Or, Ange, the Almost Saint

It’s January twentieth and I can see green grass. I live in Conroe, Texas, and my garden awaits my future attempts – fertile, expecting, hoping. I am healthy, expecting, and hoping.Not like, actually expecting, like I’m pregnant, which I am NOT, thank you. But expecting good things. Having said all that, you need to know … Continue reading Saints Super-Bowl Hopes and Potty, Potty, Potty

Well it’s that time again – time to share my thoughts on….“Things I’d Never Thought I’d Say”Here’s a sample, most of which happened within a 30 minute period while visiting Nana and Papa in Canada over Christmas: DISCLAIMER: THIS IS ALL TRUE AND HAPPENED EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED. I can't make this stuff up people.(Me to … Continue reading Things I’d Never Thought I’d Say

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Angela’s Top Ten At Ten:I don’t stay up late often. Mostly because I really, really love to sleep, also because kids under four…do not. But here I am, up late at night on the day I wanted to get this blog done because Benji would not nap today and Bill has abandoned me for sunnier … Continue reading TOP TEN AT TEN!

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A lot of people don’t know this but I got Toby in 2007 from who I thought to be a reputable breeder. Turns out they weren’t so reputable and although I don’t think it was a puppy mill per say, mom wasn’t on site and that’s always a red flag.In any case, the day after … Continue reading The Greatness Of Our Fur Babies