For many many years Psalm 100 has been quoted at our Thanksgiving table. It has been a favorite of mine for as long as I can remember. In 1968, I painstakingly wrote out the entire psalm for a Thanksgiving bulletin board for my class in Harrodsburg, Indiana (Harrodsburg is outside Bloomington, Indiana). Psalm 100 was […]
What to take to Sarah’s for lunch? I puzzled over various choices for several days. The meal needed to be like a picnic – easy to transport and basically served at room temperature. Plus, I wanted the meal to be tasty (Duh!). Eventually I settled upon this easy menu: Tomato Kettle Soup – You can […]
Sarah invited us to have lunch around the table at her home. Well technically, Jill invited us to have lunch around the table at Sarah’s home. (Jill is our fantastic friend from Mercy Street, and she is Sarah’s sister.) Both of these girls (ladies) love the Lord, and try to find ways to use their […]
Mercy Street – the faith based ministry to students in West Dallas – is ten years old. This years fundraising luncheon was a birthday celebration. How wonderful to be greeted by students thanking us for coming. I love how this is day is held in West Dallas on Mercy Street’s “Field of Dreams.” We got […]
What a wonderful afternoon we enjoyed at the Storybook Baby Shower given in Jenny’s honor. The storybook decor was wonderful, the food was delicious, and the company fantastic. Both old friends and new friends alike joined in the fun, and these ladies are like family. Words can not express the pleasure of having others share […]
Number Two Son’s precious wife Jenny is having a baby. To say that we are excited is an understatement. We have three sons. Hot Rod is our grandson. Drum roll please: They tell us that Jenny and Number Two Son’s baby will be a girl. Be still my heart. This will be the first girl. […]
Trick or Treat! For the young at heart senior citizens at water aerobics, Halloween was a treat. People are always bringing snacks to share, and on this day before Halloween there were plenty of goodies to eat. There were pumpkin sugar cookies. Mutilated spider cookies were a big hit. Who doesn’t like Oreos, M&M’s, and […]
Fun Halloween Riddles for Kids Q. Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road? A. He didn’t have the guts! Q. What do ghosts serve for dinner? A. Ice Scream! Q. Why don’t skeletons like parties? A. Because they have no body to dance with! Q. Why wasn’t there any food left after the monster party? […]
It had been too long since I last visited Mercy Street. I missed going in September, and I was excited to return. Once a month the Living Stones Bible Study Fellowship, and The Albers Men’s Class cross the Margaret Hill Hunt Bridge to take supper to the middle school boys and girls that attend Sunday […]
Some of my dear precious readers ask me for menus from our parties. I aim to please – drum roll please. This is the menu for Stephanie’s Art Deco Wedding Shower. Perhaps you can say, we were “Putting on the Ritz.” Sweet Mother of Pearl. Pat’s dining room table was filled with pretty and delicious […]
