tjsthings

  • Keep hope alive.

    A few weeks ago, I wondered to myself where everybody was when I got discouraged. Does anybody remember that Jody Watley song, Friends? I was feeling a lot like that. It seemed like every time I got deeply discouraged, I couldn’t reach anybody on the phone, im, facebook, twitter OR tumblr. LOL. (This doesn’t count Read more


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  • What a summer.

    Yesterday I finalized details for the kids’ orientation schedules. It is so hard to believe that Summer is going to be over in a matter of weeks. I didn’t get all of the things I wanted done this Summer, but I feel that I have learned a lot about my children and myself, so I’m Read more


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  • A Food I Was Surprised to Like – sushi

    Growing up, I had heard about and read about sushi. I wasn’t sure what to think about it, being from a place where they pride themselves on their cooked seafood, but I was willing to try it. I remember going to my first sushi restaurant for lunch while I was living in California. There were Read more


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  • Have I created a monster?

    No good deed goes unpunished. I came outside Sunday afternoon and my husband and son were digging holes in the front yard to plant jasmine bushes. I offered to help, because I was feeling all helpful and benevolent from church earlier :). We planted the bushes, and put bark around them and made it look Read more


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