The Least of These

Our morning begin bright and early with a trip to the grocery store to purchase food items for poor families in Simleu. We went to Kaufman’s, a supermarket which is very similar to ours. We bought rice, pasta, flour, sugar, corn meal, beans, cooking oil, canned pork, sausage, canned fruit, spreadable chocolate, canned meat, salami, and powdered detergent. We bought { read more… }

First Day in Zalau

Ok, let’s get the technical things out of the way first. It appears all the pics upload at the end of the post, so when I post pics (which will come later), I’ll number the captions, and then you can just match up the number with the pics. The design diva in me absolutely hates that I can’t make it { read more… }

Everyone Still Smiling

We left Crawford, Texas at 12:15 pm Monday and arrived in Cluj-Napoca, Romania at 6:25 pm. If my math is correct (and that is circumspect given that it is the middle of the night here and I am sleep-deprived but not sleepy), that is 22 hours and. 10 minutes of traveling. Ok, before someone thinks I can’t subtract, remember there { read more… }

Best Play of the Game

There are few things that make this momma happier than seeing one of her boys out on the football field. Don’t get me wrong. I loved basketball, baseball, and yes, I almost even loved track, but it just didn’t get any better than high school football. Beginning in the fall of 2002 when Logan first suited up as a 7th { read more… }

Life Changing Little Girls

For those of you who know me well or who have read my blog in the past, you probably know I’m pretty obsessed about wanting a grandbaby girl. I seem to mention it on occasion. Ok, more than on occasion, but I’ve already confessed to being pretty obsessed so at least I own it. Anyway, I have no doubt when { read more… }