this week i am getting all my ducks in a row so that this weekend i can
   hole up and sew myself some desperately needed skirts for church and
   summer

        i have never been an animal person i swore id never have a dog who
     wants to pick up poop not me but somehow in my baby hungry weakness i
           was convinced to relent by the other two mccalebs who said they
   desperately needed a puppy fine whatever just take care of her and pick
                                                               up the poop

        im loving babies & mamas sunshine happy rooms and cool colors

   but the main thing i love about this picture is tree cover you can see
   in the upper right corner thats how it was all around the block even on
   really hot days you could find a great place to play in some serious
   shade everyone had a huge tree or trees somewhere on their property and
   bushes and ivy and a great variety of things the only reason we had
   those young trees on the corner was because my mom sold our big palm
   tree to some palm springs landscapers ha

   a little note for my valentine

   a few months in the life of this infertile girl

    cate chose these pretty little traditional valentines cards from bunny
                                                         cakes i love them

                              it made me happy

    ten months after we were married i was a stay at home mom living the
    student life again while grant went back to school a few months later
            another unplanned event- my mom passed away suddenly

    different boyfriends came and went through all this some i thought i
   could marry some i was mad at myself for hanging around some that broke
                                  my heart

                                                               from anthro

    one thing i enjoy about facebook is the old pictures that friends and
            fam upload to walk down memory lane together with you

   but we feel more blessed and amazed than ever at lifes unexpected
   twists and turns and how happy we are that there is a loving heavenly
   father that understands the little picture we have in our minds for our
   lives and gently and lovingly helps us change our vision to a
   masterpiece i really love life

   Ill show you what ive been working on soon- theyre presents and i have
   to give them away first have a nice monday

                            plan to be surprised

   a conversation today

   at 18 i planned to live the tahoe hippie life forever one day i felt
   compelled i knew it i just had to leave i packed up my car and moved to
   the central coast

                                          my room is clean and im knitting

    well as it turns out it was me who needed her the most i think if the
    test of the greatest among us is the one who will be the servant than
   penny wins in this houseok animal peoplei get it i really really get it

                                                        again happy things