Last night we had some of our oldest and dearest friends over for dinner. I guess it was our last official dinner party of the summer seeing as how Labor Day is rapidly approaching. This summer has been good to me, and I am slightly nostalgic about bidding it goodbye. I will miss my afternoon retreats to my pool. The long sunny evenings. The crickets and cicadas singing their songs. Sundresses ... View Post
my how we have grown
17 years ago this fall we all met at a little ole' Baptist college. Just the 8 of us. "The Zen's" Between us we now have 8 men and 18 kids for a grand total of 34 in the Zen family, A lot of life has happened since the fall of 1993. Some of it we saw coming, some of it we didn't. At least once a year we try to get together in some form. More often then not it is just the adults or ... View Post
Awe shucks…
I am so flattered and feel so loved! A big thanks to super lovely gals, Linda and Deborah who both linked to me today on their blogs... Linda (who is a style maven and always has great inspiration pics) named me in her post all about GLITTER today... Not only am I super flattered to be mentioned, but I am over the moon to be named in the same blogging breath as some of my all time glitter ... View Post
My How Time Flies -a Post for the Zens
Tonight is one of those weird nights when nothing is like it usually is. Wylie is gone to a birthday party/sleepover, Nathan is sick with a stomach thing and has been in bed all night... So it is just Miles and me hanging out, doing a whole lot of nothing. Mostly because I am worn out and because it is too cold to do much of anything else. This old house is just too hard to heat and my hands are ... View Post
Gifts
On Thursday Jeanetta and I had our little Christmas get-together and exchanged gifts. It was the first time we have had the chance to just be together, enjoy each others company sans kids and husbands AND work (well ok, I strung up 3 banners while I was there, but that was all!) and we had a great time just drinking coffee, chattin about nothing important She is more of a maker and I am more of a ... View Post