Archive for June, 2008
A Day for Positive Energy
Tomorrow (Tuesday) our perfectly perfect 3 year old grandson is having surgery at Children’s Hospital in Denver. It’s a rather simple hernia operation, but it becomes not-so-simple when you’re operating on a child with Hemophilia. He will be required to spend the night in the hospital, and will then be discharged the next [...]
30Jun2008 | Leigh | 9 comments | ContinuedJust When We Thought It Was Safe to Go Outside Again
Current Mood: AlarmedGee, just when we here in Colorado were thinking maybe it was more or less safe to be outside again, a report comes out that 2 cases of West Nile have already been confirmed this season. One of them is right here in the county where I live.
About three or four years [...]
Let a Sleeping Dog Lie
OK, so most of you know that I have 6 dogs and love them with all my heart, right? I feed them every day, love them every day, play with them every day, give them fresh water every day, and they love …. my husband best! I don’t get it, I [...]
29Jun2008 | Leigh | 7 comments | ContinuedOne Lucky Mom
This totally cracked me up when I saw it. It also made me think about how blessed I’ve been with my kids. My three kids are pretty spread out age-wise: 29, 24, and 15. I got “lucky” with all of them. Oh I guess we had a few minor problems [...]
28Jun2008 | Leigh | 7 comments | ContinuedSharing the Love
Current Mood: HappyI was honored a few days ago by Corrina, my blog friend from My Random Blog, who bestowed upon me a beautiful award originally created by Crystal from Memoirs of a Mommy in honor of the organ donor who saved her little son Noah’s life. The love has been shared and passed [...]
28Jun2008 | Leigh | 5 comments | ContinuedRandom Acts of Kindness
I was reading our local paper online today, as I usually do, when my eye caught the title of a letter to the editor. It read “Drive-through act of kindness recognized”. Drive-through act of kindness? Huh? So I kept reading. It was from a woman here in town who described [...]
25Jun2008 | Leigh | 14 comments | ContinuedThanks for the Laughs, George
Current Mood: SadI was so sad to read just a few minutes ago that comedian George Carlin has died. He died Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 71. Apparently he had gone to the hospital earlier in the day complaining of chest pain. He passed away at 5:55 p.m.(PDT) from [...]
23Jun2008 | Leigh | 4 comments | ContinuedLake McConaughy
Current Mood: HappyA week ago we went to Lake McConaughy in Nebraska for the day. I snapped a few pics (not too many; I was busy sunning myself lol) and thought I’d share them with you. It’s really a gorgeous lake and a fun place to be. If you ever get the [...]
20Jun2008 | Leigh | 8 comments | ContinuedThe Perfect Storm — of Pregnancies!
Current Mood: AlarmedYou guys have heard of Gloucester, Massachusetts, haven’t you? That was the setting for the movie The Perfect Storm, remember? You all knew that was a true story, right? Well anyway, Gloucester is in the news again. It seems that at the close of school this year, 17 of [...]
20Jun2008 | Leigh | 3 comments | ContinuedImpressive Times Two
Current Mood: HappyMy man Obama has done it again! He continues to amaze and impress me. Never in all my life have I been so jazzed about voting for a presidential candidate! So what is it he has done now you ask? Well, he made an announcement to his supporters early [...]
19Jun2008 | Leigh | 2 comments | ContinuedI Did It!
Current Mood: EsctaticI can’t believe I did it so fast, but I did! I moved everything from MT to Wordpress, and I didn’t lose a single post! I got all 1584 of ‘em — AND all 6000+ comments! I worked straight through the night — mainly because of glitches MT [...]
16Jun2008 | Leigh | 12 comments | Continued







