Potluck Ponderings

Well...the fever of over 103 has relented. I actually took a shower today. Do you know that feeling, when you're so sick you don't care if you're clean and you can't smell yourself stink anyway? It began with chills during worship service Sunday morning. I occasionally get chills and even weepy during church, but this was different. By Sunday afternoon, I recognized the symptoms and started drugs. Currently, I've been relegated to the bed by my darling husband who is unexpectedly on a two-week sabatical from employment. He accepted a positon as Engineering Manager with a new company and as per policy (when going to work for the competitor), was told not to return to work for his current employer. We'll probably be moving in a few months....but that's a story for a different day. Thankfully, it cancelled a business trip for him to New Jersey this week...so he's home! No blogging from me last week due to this crazy interior decorator-gifted friend (who I l

We just watched the superbowl...everyone was sure the Giants would not be winning! I'm not really a NFL football fan and actually have not watched one single NFL game all season...BUT...as most know, however, I love me some Tennessee Football. A football at our house has only one name, it's not just a football...all footballs and every football game to our little guy is "Tennessee football". You see, we're East TN natives and my husband is a UT graduate...so it's born and bred, we're not really responsible for the Orange hysteria that occurs at our home in the Sandhills of NC in the fall. Everyone has an orange UT outfit, Emily had an orange cheerleading outfit complete with pom-poms, Nate has an orange UT football, Joe has orange UT pajama bottoms and then there are the numerous coffee mugs, hats, water bottles, flags and car magnets...yes, I know IT'S A LITTLE CRAZY! But, honestly I didn't really care about who won the superbowl, didn't

  6 year old Emily: Mommy, why do we have hair? Me: immediately thinking of all the possible scientific explanations such as hair being a protective mechanism…thinking about the purposes of all the tiny hairs in our noses, lungs etc. trying to recall details from my college anatomy and physiology classes…but what about bald people, how do I explain that… Me: Hum, Emily I'm not sure, why do you think we have hair? Emily: I think God wanted us to have pretty heads… Me: I think you're probably right