I’m going to see Cosi Fan Tutte tonight! It’s a famous opera by Mozart, about 2 sisters, their finaces and lots of love, deception, costumes, fake suicides and eventually: forgiveness. I’m familiar with this opera (thanks to my college voice teacher, Dr. Cho and my almost-music-minor!) and excited to see it. My father-in-law has a […]
I’m not a super messy person, but I’m not necessarily a very tidy person either. I’ve commented on this blog previously about my housekeeping skills–or lack thereof. Every day I spend some time tidying up, starting at the front door and working my way to the back of the house. And I never make it […]
UPDATE as of Wednesday, 02/03, 7pm: I don’t have all the details, but Troy Livesay posted on twitter that he saw Ronel and Ernest on the tarmac at the Port-au-Prince airport, getting ready to head to the US! Thanks for the letters, calls & prayers! I can’t leave a post about cupcakes (as adorable as […]
This is my first real stab at fondant! Some of you remember last August I got 2 cupcake books for my birthday and declared this “The Year of The Cupcake.” Well, I got off to a good start, but then during the holidays I kinda backed off. Partly because of my little secret: I don’t […]
This is a reminder to myself: the days pass slowly (sometimes SO slowly), but the years pass quickly. * Sydney at 2 months Carson at 18 months.
I’ve been wanting to blog about my time in Haiti 15 years ago, because the memories have been pouring. And, you know, this is my space to text-vomit my thoughts and feelings and you all have the option of reading or skipping! First, I need to give a shout-out to Mr. Lefebvre, who is sporting […]
It’s been an intense week, as I’ve obviously been pretty emotionally wrapped up in the situation in Haiti. Please continue to read Kristen Howerton’s Blog to get updates on the progress being made towards humanitarian parole and any way we can all help them. The squeaky wheel is getting some grease! * Also, I strongly […]
Update: Quickly go to RORY’S BLOG and leave a comment! For every comment, she will donate $1 to Heartline Ministries! My friends from BCC are home safely. A friend shared a video of their homecoming at PDX that–surprise!–had me in tears again. Especially sweet Freedom, who has young kids just a little older than mine, […]
Kristen is HOME! So, so thankful for that. Be looking to the links on the right, as I’m sure that once she has detoxed from this traumatic event, she’ll blog about some of it. Also, I just read on Facebook that it seems there has been some sort of tentative communication from the ground in […]