Last minute Christmas shopping in downtown Pensacola. Time to engage in some Florida tourism! I picked up a few last-minute Christmas gifts in downtown Pensacola, then visited Joe Patti’s Seafood Market for the first time. I stopped by Palafox Pier on my way to pick Isaac up from Mom’s Day Out and saw dolphins playing…
Christmas in Florida
Deck the Halls
Santa’s not so sure about Isaac, either. Whiting Kid’s Christmas Party, Dec 13 Here in northwest Florida we waffle between 80 and 40 degrees. I love Florida at Christmas! We began the season by getting a Christmastree OF COURSE. Isaac loved that. Mid-purchase, we noticed a massive plastic Christmas train on sale. Isaac was enthralled….
Off the Media Grid: An Inspirational Tale
Our first encounter—Jiyugaoka Lupicia Tea class, May 2010! My friend Nicole dropped some big news a few months ago: she and her husband were going off the media grid. They canceled their cell phones, email accounts, personal blogs and facebook accounts. Gone. No television. They retained a home computer with internet access and a single land…
BE QUIET.
Please, take my JOY pillow and stuff in your keyboard! I’ve about had it. If I see one more of my peers posting another post of a repost of a posted reposty post “mommy blog” whining about how hard it is to be a mom, I might toss the computer out the window. Sure, being…
Breaking News on the Gulf Coast
World’s Most Handsome Assistant, on assignment at a recent ribbon cutting Love this layout Now that I’m not sick 3/4 of ALWAYS, my Assistant Photographer and I have been quite busy. We’ve had something in every Gazette except one this month, and have a spread (photos and a story) scheduled for the last issue, too….
Acceptable Worship
After Isaac’s birthday, we started worship training. “Do you want to go to the nursery, or do you want to worship God with Mom and Dad?” I ask him as we get him out of the car. “Mama!” he always says. I feed him Altoids during the announcements, and when we start singing, he joins…
Charming Chickens!
Chris was on a cross country flight to Nashville a few weekends ago. Captain Goodbaby and I found plenty to keep us busy. I watched an online video and cut my own hair, and we stopped by the local feed store and bought some chickens. We were only planning to say hello, but this tiny…