Akin family

If you ever call me on my cell phone and I don't answer, send the rescue crews to my house. The pumpkins will have gotten us! These t...

Marvelous Mark strikes again! This wonderful man really can fix anything. My "new" sewing machine (it's only 21 years old) b...

I can not believe what just happened; Marvelous Mark, Dan and myself just got a glimpse of the space station passing over our home! What a ...

Mark and I went to the library today to pick up some books we had on hold. As a side note, isn't putting things on hold at the library ...

What am I supposed to do? I went to the zoo and the babies were so cute, the big kids were so cute, the animals and the flowers made for so...

I'm always ready for a trip to the zoo, especially when it includes time with Moses and Makenna. When my sister Liz called last night w...

First, a report. The Pell City Farmer's Market is rather small. If you are looking for big and showy and artsy-craftsy, you probably w...

Last night I almost put on my happy hat and did the dance of joy. After several weeks of stove-only cooking because the oven was broken, th...

Mark and I are small-church people. We have really enjoyed the times we have been part of a small community church. Once upon a time, Mark...

Summer time in a new house with a garden that was planted later in the year than normal has been a little crazier than I anticipated. It...

I'm still here; I'm still here! After the last post I had some issues with the blog host and was not able to post for several days. ...

Nashville! Saturday was spent with Nancy, Carol, Debby and Melanie at the Nashville Flea Market. Wow! And let me say it one more time just...

Today is UFO day again. As soon as I finish vacuuming (shoot, I may just leave that until tomorrow!) I'm going to get cracking on a few...

A few quick thoughts.... We are home after a wonderful weekend of traveling and visiting with family and dear friends. We went to Sardinia,...

Please pray for Layla Grace. She is an 18 month old baby in Texas who was recently diagnosed with an aggressive stage IV inoperable neurobl...

Sweetened Condensed Milk? Long day, great Bible study, late night, long trip tomorrow. Soooo...quick post! Today I ran out of coffee cream...

Oh dear, Thrifty Mama just posted that Hancock's Fabrics will be having a HUGE pattern sale the rest of the month. I guess I just adde...

Oh dear, I've been out of the loop for a few days. Tomorrow (or even later tonight) I'll post some pictures of what all has been go...

Home Projects.... While a lot of home improvement projects that one finds in a new home are things that can be put off and done over a perio...

Sadly, I have no pictures of the Birmingham Flea Market. Sigh! I had a good time, after I found it (only I could get lost with such clear di...