Akin family

The summer I turned five my mother went to register me for kindergarten.  I am sure she did it with a sigh of relief; I am the youngest of f...

What's on your agenda for the weekend? A little work? Enjoying the fruits of that work? Ma...

It was a challenging winter for Mr. Marvelous. There was the back injury (a dislocated rib) that had him down for six weeks in November an...

I am pleasantly surprised to be able to tell you that I had NO pedometer glitches in the month of May.  My grand total for May was one hundr...

My dishwasher is on it's last few washes.  I don't want to pay for a new one, so I only use it to wash my jars before canning.  That...

I had four wonderful Grandparents and I treasure the heritage they have passed on to my siblings and my cousins and me. One year my sister...

I forgot to warn the pastor how I pray for pastors.  I suppose I have forgotten to warn any pastor other than my Dad how I pray for pastors....

I have two brothers and they are both pretty amazing men.  I refer to them as "Rock Doc" and "Tree Doc".  One is a geolo...

Honesty Time. Sometimes my kitchen window looks like this. Sometimes it looks a whole lot worse            In the heat of the su...

I need to make sure that you understand that I am not telling this story because I think that Mr. Marvelous and I did something nice.  I am ...

It is hard to know how to write about my heroes.  I have a lot of them.  I thought about doing a week of posts with different categories. ...

I hope you find time to get out and smell the flowers!

This is Gracie. Mr. Marvelous belongs to her.   This is their combination of Captain Morgan and Smaug.   Last week Mr. Mar...

I am fascinated with the night sky.  I wish my photography skills were better; one day I am going to take a class.  Until then, I will just...

I cleaned my kitchen window the other morning especially for you! One of these days we will trim some branches.  Jus...