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Pool, Day 6 & 7

My apologies for this post. It’s been a continual source of frustration!!! Hopefully this will be the last update! Day 6 was a pretty dull

Britany April 20, 2015

Pool, Day Five

Wednesday morning was Gunite. In fact, the Gunite people arrived at – I kid you not – 6:45am. It didn’t take much to get Samuel out of bed.

Britany April 18, 2015

Pool, Day Four

I’m writing these posts with a few days of hindsight, since I didn’t begin the day we started on the pool. However, today was pretty

Britany April 17, 2015

Pool, Day Three

Between the last post and this post, we had a weekend. And on Sunday night, a really bad line of storms blew through the area.

Britany April 15, 2015

Pool, Day Two

Once the excavation was complete, the crew with all the steel re-bar showed up to create what’s called “belly steel”. It was fascinating to see

Britany April 15, 2015

The Pool Saga Begins

For the past year or so, we’ve gone back and forth about building a pool in our back yard. There were pros, there were cons,

Britany April 14, 2015

Matthew’s Birthday Party And A Few Of My Favorite Things

We recently celebrated Matthew’s 11th birthday. I have a few pictures from the party but not much to report. It was fun and I bribed

Britany September 16, 2014

I’d Like To Take a Moment To Brag on My Boys

Dave Ramsey would be proud. My boys are growing up and learning the value of a dollar, and for the past two weekends, they’ve sold

Britany May 3, 2014

Funnies

When I was growing up, we used to wait with bated breath for the Sunday paper and the part we called the “Funnies”, aka the

Britany March 31, 2014

Finally…The Vacation Post!

For Spring Break, we rented a little cabin in Arkansas, at a place in the Ouchita Forest. It was amazing. I loved sitting on the

Britany March 30, 2014

I’m In Love With The Frozen Soundtrack

For months now, I’ve been hearing all the hype surrounding the movie Frozen, but just never made it to the theater to see it. But

Britany March 29, 2014

Just Matthew

So I've started watching the TV show Parenthood. I was told by several people that I should watch it when it first started because there

Britany February 7, 2014

‘Tis The Season For Grace

I listen to the local Christian radio station, and every year around this time, the stories start coming out about “random acts of kindness” or

Britany December 14, 2013

Driving On Ice

The ice storm over the past weekend may be ancient history for most people, but we still have so much ice on our driveway, I

Britany December 10, 2013

Ice Storm of 2013

We’ve just been through another ice storm – this time only four days – but it was pretty bad. It all started Thursday. I was

Britany December 9, 2013

Manners…Or A Lack Thereof

I’ve let my blog sit idle for a while now, but today is the day I break my fast. (Does that make this post breakfast?

Britany November 15, 2013

Ready Or Not

Well, it’s here. All the wailing of gnashing of teeth cannot stop the march of time that has brought us here, to the brink of

Britany August 21, 2013

Today I Might Visit The WalMart

So no pedicure. I started thinking about all the things that could go wrong with getting my toenails done here in small town USA and

Britany June 16, 2013

R & R

Well, today has more than made up for all the stress of our car dying and having to purchase a new one toot sweet. Or

Britany June 15, 2013

The Vacation That Almost Wasn’t

Let me start by making something clear: I like to shop as much as the next girl. I really do. But somehow, car shopping isn’t

Britany June 11, 2013

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