Last weekend we moved into our new house. Since there are boxes everywhere that need to be unpacked — plus my bicycle is calling as spring has finally arrived — I’ll keep this short. First, we’re grateful for the friends who helped, including Stephen W., John W., Brian D., and Jake A., as well as… Continue reading Moving Day
Eventually, I’m going to get to Part 2 of the post about how spin class is like a worship service. But we’ve been a tad busy around the Owens household, and it looks to continue. I posted a couple months ago about our house hunt. Well, we settled on a house closer to the town where our… Continue reading Sale Pending
I’m writing here on Day 39 of Lent, so there’s just one more day of fasting before the chocolate feast on Easter. Which reminds me, it was a terrible idea to send me to the store to play the Easter Bunny and buy all the treats for the baskets, not at the end of Lent… Continue reading The 40 LONG Days of Lent
No matter how busy I might be leading into vacation, I always try to ramp up my workout schedule, especially when we’re heading home. I strive to take off a few pounds before our trip because I know I will add about five. We love seeing family, certainly we do, but there’s no denying we… Continue reading Christmas in the Desert – Part 3
The first time I went to Disneyland I was about nine years old. If I am remembering correctly, it was a gift from the doctor my mother worked for as a secretary. She and my dad were divorced by then, so she loaded us four kids up in her small sedan — or was it… Continue reading Christmas in the Desert – Part 2
It had been eleven years since the last time we were home at Christmas, and we made up for lost time in the two weeks we spent in the desert. I had a busy month or so before our trip, including my church’s staging of A Christmas Carol the second week of December and all the… Continue reading Christmas in the Desert – Part 1
I love surprises … I think. I haven’t been the recipient of too many, but I love giving them — planning them, all that’s involved. Over the weekend I revealed a surprise to our younger daughter Jacque that I couldn’t wait to give her. Actually, I did receive a gift earlier this year that totally… Continue reading Spider Fingers
