My Aunt Flo (Short for Florella) came to visit two days ago. Her son, my cousin Jeff, brought her out for a day to see her sister, my mom. They are very close but hadn't seen each other for over 15 years. I personally had not seen my Aunt Flo for over 45 years, though I did get … [Read more...]
Roy and I just completed the last step that signifies we are officially moved in.... we hung the family portraits. To clarify, there is one thing I was consistent with while the kids were at home... we took a family photo every single year from the time we were married until … [Read more...]
Whenever we move into a new home Roy and I, being spiritual, bless the home. Basically we hold hands while standing in the middle of the living room and say a special prayer for it. Another thing we also do is "smudge" it which is a Native American ritual to get rid of old … [Read more...]
I told a several people three months or so ago that I had a gut feeling we'd be moving soon. I've never had one of those be wrong and I even started saving boxes. Bear in mind we had no plans to move at that time. Then about four weeks ago we get a call from a friend who … [Read more...]
I wanted to do something special for Christmas last month for each of the kids and decided on creating a photo book of Rector family Christmases through the years. I used one of those services that prints hard cover photo books on demand. I went through my gazillion photos we've … [Read more...]