My Field Days

It’s just been such a happy day. I want to write about it. It all began with breakfast out with my mom.  I’d lost a serious bet to her, so I had to pay up.  My treat at IHOP.  Bacon and eggs always get me going in the right direction! Next, a couple of errands… [...]

One the happiest meals in the world is a church pot luck.  You always know to look for your favorites.  You always know that whatever is coming out of one certain crock pot will definitely taste fabulous.  You always eat a little too much. In our church family, we love having themes.  We recently had [...]

Today is the three hundredth day of the year.  Obviously… the year is marching right on by, the holidays are coming soon, and if you had something you wanted to accomplish in 2011, you’d better get on it! As for me and my walk-a-mile-every-day goal… I just want to give a little report since I [...]

The alarm clock this fall is a flock of grackles.  Here they come – every morning – stomping all over the roof and singing out a good morning chorus.  They’re fun… even though they’ve just about taken over Portales!  (They’re the reason we had to get rid of the trees on the square.) This photo [...]

This morning I took the toast out of the oven and did the natural thing… left the oven door open after I turned it off to knock the chill off the kitchen. And so it begins.  First little cold snap of the season. This will call for my favorite hoodie sweatshirt.  This means I can [...]

You’ve heard of the kid in the candy shop.  It’s said so often, maybe we don’t even pause to picture that kid.  But I had a delightful little first-hand experience… a supreme example!  Let me tell you about it. It’s on my mind this weekend, because I’ve been to the ENMU Homecoming parade, and I [...]