Story Telling

Shanna and I love to tell stories.

Sometimes when we are just hanging out,

 one will say to the other, 

"tell me a story."

We get our gift of story telling from Big.

She is in charge of remembering all 

our finer moments:

buttered toast,

Grandma and the policeman,

sh@t, I mean shoot,

Daniel and the gin,

Maggie and Toys-R-Us.

She's got a million of them. 

I'll let you figure out which story

this relates to:

And they lived happily ever after. 

Me-Meism #1.2

Love and Prayers.

It's how she signs all her cards and notes 

to the girls.

Sunday School

Big made some things look effortless.

She taught school 5 days a week

and then taught Sunday school.

It seemed perfectly natural to me.

I would think most teachers are interested in staying

out of a classroom on their days off.

As an adult I have taught Sunday school. 

Not well, but volunteers are hard to 

come by.

Churches struggle the beginning 

of every year to fill all the 

teacher needs they have.

They are so desperate that they 

will even take me!

I liked doing the bulletin boards best.
:)

Imagine how blessed those kids were

who had a real teacher

teaching them about God.

Imagine how blessed I have been to 

have lived with the example 

of Big.

Me-Meism #1

While driving:

"They're taking their half otta the middle."

It's My Month!!

To celebrate Big's 

90th year!

This has been so much fun.

It's been fun to see what each member of the family

has done to commemorate their month

but it's been even more fun to watch

Big enjoy it all. 

Big is such a 

BIG 

part of this family.

I have said in the past that I am

glad she never married and had kids of her own.

I'm glad we didn't have to share her.

And, I am fairly certain, 

no kids of her own could have loved her more

than we do. 

So this month all Blog posts

are about Big.

Happy 90th year, Big. 

I love you lots!

Slow Cooker Meatloaf

Can you do it?

Yes! You can!

I made my Thanksgiving Meatloaf

but any meatloaf recipe will work.

I layered some sliced potatoes and mini carrots

on the bottom then gathered up my 

mixed up meatloaf blend

and just set it on top.

I set it on low for about 7 hours

and there you have it!

This is a turkey meatloaf so there was

not much fat, just some liquid that gathered 

at the sides towards the end. 

If I was going to use a beef blend I 

would probably use very lean beef.

A grease slick on top might be less than appetizing.

I wish I would have figured this out years ago, 

but hey, 

better late than never :)

Some Before And Afters

A very beige home office.

 I managed to talk them into a little color,

the ceiling was his idea. 

It looks great, but oy, my neck!

 The best part of this is not the paint job

but rather the removal of that door!

 Shower curtains have way more personality!