Category Archives: My Life
2011: The End
I’ve “paused” the blog thus why you haven’t seen the weekly book reviews and etc. I’ll have the belated reviews for Catch-22, A Meal with Jesus, and Mere Christianity after the beginning of the year along with a list of … Continue reading
Season of Drought, Season of Plenty
Texas has been experiencing a severe drought this year. I remember barreling through the month of April and thinking that our normal April showers were so shower-y. It’s now December and we have still basically gotten nothing. At least not … Continue reading
Filed under My Life, Random, The Gospel & God
Shamelessly Playing: All things ’90s
I found this little gem a few weeks back when T (husband) and I decided to upload all of our CDs into iTunes. I’ll be honest that this album has been my “go-to” when I need something funky move to … Continue reading
Filed under Childhood, Love of ALL kinds, Music, My Life, Nostalgia
Book Review: A Swiftly Tilting Planet
I could not remember if I read A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle when I was in middle school or not. I do remember reading A Wrinkle in Time and loving it. Wrinkle… was the first book (of some significant size) … Continue reading
Filed under Book Review, Books, Childhood, Love of ALL kinds, Make Me Smile, Young Readers Fiction
What’s a Probate?
I remember when my brother, cousin and I were younger, though much older than the photo above, we decided to be the ones to decorate my MawMaw’s house for Christmas. I was busy setting up the Nativity scene, using whatever … Continue reading
Book Review: A Path through Suffering
A super sweet friend lent me the book about a week or two ago, so though I don’t own it, it was the first book I wanted to read on my “read-a-book-a-week” reading plan so that I could return it … Continue reading
Filed under Book Review, Books, Make Me Smile, My Life
Read! Read like the wind!
I just finished reading Forgotten God by Francis Chan, about a year and a half after I bought it. That’s what happens when you lend people books and completely forget about them, but that’s beside the point. I’m so thankful the … Continue reading
Filed under Book Review, Books, My Life, The Gospel & God
Dad
Name: Dewey “Joey” McDonald Jr., 56 Died: Monday, September 19, 2011, in Beaumont Dewey Joe “Joey” McDonald, Jr., 56, of Beaumont, Texas passed away September 19, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. He was born September 11, 1955 in … Continue reading
Slowly but surely
Slowly but surely, I’m getting this etsy business started. I just recently started a blogger page for LaLaBanjo. The more I say “LaLaBanjo”, the more I think it fitting. I’m searching and working on getting custom sew-on labels made. I … Continue reading
The Journals Worth Having
I’m going to do something I haven’t done before. I’m going to type up what I’ve written in my personal journal. I’m a CHRONIC journaler. I journal everything and I even have most all of my journals since the six … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Make Me Smile, My Life, The Gospel & God
