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Whiskey is an adorable pup. I've known a few shelties. Nice dogs. We have a puppy at our house. She's mostly German Shepherd, just turned 6 months old and busy growing. She's going to be a BIG dog. She does her best to drive me crazy. She ate the picnic basket the other day. Shredded...

As today is the first Sunday of Advent, and therefore the beginning of the church year, Happy New Year, everyone! I haven't been around here for quite a while. Real life with an active 9-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl keeps us hopping. The first anniversary of our daughter's adoption...

My husband and I adopted two children through foster care. Our son is 8, came to us at 16 months, adopted when he was 2 1/2. Our daughter, 15, came to us a little over a year ago and we adopted her a month ago. We had 24 kids in the 8 years we were foster parents, ranging in age from 15...

Happy New Year, everyone!

Beautiful horses, Stude. When I was a teenager, my sister had a hackney/Arabian mare. Beautiful step. I loved watching her trot across the pasture.

:wave:Hi everyone! I haven't logged in for a while, but I peek in to lurk once in a while. We have had an addition to our family. Tiger has a new sister. The adoption was final a couple weeks ago. Sis is 15, a freshman in high school, and an inch taller than Mr. Bloomer. We have teenage...

Today is the first day of school, tralalala.

Hi, faithgirl37. Are you having problems with rectangular shaped things or 4 sided things worked in the round like granny squares? Is it the chains at the turn that are making a little loop on the edge? Or is it possible you are working the first stitch of the row into the first stitch...

Another rainy day here. If it stops for a while, hubby may be able to get the mulch spread in the flowers. If not, there's always cleaning the garage or XBox with Tiger. Lego games are big at our house, mainly Star WArs, Indiana Jones, or Harry Potter. And it's Westerns Wednesday on...

Congratulations! He shares a birthday with my husband.

When we have spaghetti, the next night is almost always homemade pizza night. We use the leftover spaghetti sauce for pizza sauce, and my hubby gets out the bread maker to make the crust. Taco casserole: recipe on the Ortega taco shells box Tatertot casserole: Brown a pound of hamburger...

Thanks, Filo. Now, I wonder where I left that magnifier.

My husband likes Easter lilies. We always get one then plant it outdoors later. My dad used to raise gladiolas and dahlias. He always tells me, if in doubt, plant marigolds. My late uncle loved pansies.

I generally prefer ESV, as that's what we use in church. I have several others: KJV I was given in 3rd grade, RSV confirmation gift, Good News and Living Bibles from my teen "rebel" years, NIV, couple others. I never throw out a Bible. Can anyone tell me something about the Holman...

I've met QuiltAngel...it was at her church for the funeral of one of my relatives. I'm related to a lot of the people in the cemetery beside her little country church. Hi everyone! I don't post much, but I still check in here. Mr. Bloomer & I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary...

I once asked my dad why we always sat in a particular pew, same spot every Sunday. He pointed at the heat register that was next to that pew. Our congregation started with the individual cups in the early 1970s. I used to use the individual cup until one Sunday a curious small child called...

Belated Happy Birthday, Stude!

Fluffy? Our cat Cyrus is about 50% fur. Brown tiger. Figaro, all black, is also a long hair, but not as fluffy as Cyrus. He is extra large economy size, estimated 18-20 pounds. The newcomer (we've had him a week), Mace Windu, is white with a black tiger tail and black markings on his head...

Monday May 23, 6AM, no disappearances I know about. I read once that someone asked St Francis of Assissi what he would do if he knew Jesus was coming tomorrow. He replied that he'd keep working in his garden. I think that's what everyone should do: keep going about whatever each person's...

Lutherans tend to be hand-shakers, not huggers.