monday, monday...

an afternoon post...because work is...before...and if work is before...then what's after? ok, i'm a little too tired to philosophize..not even sure i know how to spell it.
my sweet daughter will begin a new routine...this evening. it's called...bedtime! we've waited a little too long to get this as part of our regular routine..so, TONIGHT! don't get me wrong...we've always had a routine of putting her to bed ~ ya know...pj's (check)...teeth brushed (check)...story told (check)...discussion about the cosmos and endangered animals (check, check). the time factor is the one thing we failed to tend to...and so her daddy and i are worn smooth by the time she closes her eyes for slumber. that brings us to, you guessed it, TONIGHT!...the magic begins...promptly at 8:30pm. we're one month away from the beginning of SECOND GRADE..and the perfect time to develop the good habit! (the only hard part..."Mom, but it's still light outside!)

cookies for today

Want some?...just contact me...i bake for parties, birthdays, holidays, BFF day, any special occasion! just kickin' my hobby into serious gear...and you can help me out!

Lazy Sunday...

just another wonderful, summer Sunday. i'm enjoying the soft summer sounds while sitting on my deck in the warmth...sounds...like the whisper of the wind...our black lab, Solly, panting in the heat, birds chirping at each other in the trees nearby...and Gabby (schnauzer) smackin' on her dry dogfood!
my eyelids growing heavy from the sweet summer heat - not too cold..and not too hot. i just might go in and take a nap - or try one on for size in my hammock...the one my sweet hubby and daughter, Brady Grace hung for me on the deck! cookies were a hit at church!! thinkin' i might finish the batch i have (perhaps make more)...decorate & send forth in the community...see what type of interest it generates around these parts. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for in Your Infinite Wisdom...I'll know my next step. You've already gone before me ~ and have made a plan for me....that is what i cling to.
will post more baking pics soon...until then...i'll be right here bloggin' and bakin'!

Brady's Mushroom!

Day 2 as a blogger...

good~morning!
what a beautiful Kansas sky there was before me today...as a very dear friend, T, and i walked the streets of our tiny town. we've just started morning power walks...and i can't imagine trying to jump start my mornings without them, now. we usually end up seeing another dear friend, G, who is out on her power walk with her schnauzer. (i don't get to continue the walk with them...b/c i have to scurry off to the showers...get ready for work.) today i got to go with G, too!

our two dogs, schauzer (Gabby) and black lab (Solly) have started a morning routine, too. they wait by our front window when i leave for my walk...and are waiting (SO excitedly, i might add) for me at the front door upon my return. they then follow me into the bathroom and sleep on the rug while i shower. one of these (brave) mornings i just might try to take them with me on my walk!

today is Saturday....GLORIOUS SATURDAY! (one of my fav days of the week...next to Sunday). since i've started to get really serious about my baking (especially cookies)...i've got some baking to do today!

speaking of baking...brady and i had such a blast baking sugar cookies and creating cool icing colors to decorate them last night. brady made a whole batch of hearts...and even made a really cool 'swirly' cookie (rolling the dough out like a worm ~ then swirling into a circle). she ended her night (YIKES...almost 10:30pm) by creating a 3D mushroom, complete with a stand and little dots on top! she even colored the top with red food coloring, like fingerpainting. she's SUCH a creative girl...it's so fun to watch her create! (i will try my luck at posting a pic or two...)

...and so it begins...

hello to all out there in cyberland.
this is the beginning of my blogging life...i've no idea where it will take me...but i do know it's going to be a journey ~ a pretty wild ride!
here it is...already July 2010. where in the world did the time go?
it seems just yesterday my daughter, Brady Grace, was born. isn't that the cliche all people use when talking about their children growing up? (become a parent at 40 with six siblings above the newest little bundle of joy...and just see where it gets you!)
that's where our story begins ~ well, almost.
actually, it all began in an old opera house...a VERY long time ago. but that's another story that i will tell some other time...when there's more time.
right now i am sitting in the middle of my couch, in the middle of my house, in the middle of mid-America (a tiny town in Kansas) where we moved two years ago from Austin, TX. My sweet & wonderful husband, Michael, likes to refer to it as Urban Detox. We are very happy here...a wonderful little community where there's no need for locked bicycles outside the school & kids run free to & from the park.
Brady Grace, our beautiful little 8-year old daughter...like i said above...is that last of our blended family of seven. He had 4 before we met...I had 2...and together we had one...a girl...who 'broke the tie!' (Girls Rule!) Brady & I made sugar cookies tonight...and had a BLAST doing so. And with it...a hobby was born.
Long post...late night...going to bed.
Rest well.