Funny Friday

 When you want to capture the beauty of it snowing outside,

but you're, also, pregnant and hungry.

(You'll need to turn the volume up for this one)

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

  On this glorious, drizzly day

We give thanks to our Lord

He gives us everything we need

And is listening with love and open ears.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

Extra pie for the chickens!

But, remember what they say about giving chickens too much pie

It makes them crazy!

Diabolical Baby Brigade

 The Mission Log of the Diabolical Baby Brigade has a new post:

A Diabolical Turkey Lurking

As Logged By Agent Chase

I hear Gobbles gobbling close by.

 

He’s sneaking closer to the pie.

 

Will he try to eat it?

 

Or, is he going to fling it?

 

 

A crazy turkey is on the loose.

 

Not to be confused with the plastic goose.

 

Does he think we’re going to eat him?

 

When we really want to keep him!

 

 

What becomes of this crazy turkey?

 

Find out in:

 

A Diabolical Turkey Lurking

Diabolical Baby Brigade

 The Mission Log of the Diabolical Baby Brigade has a new post:

The Marshmallow Grandma Strikes Back

As Logged By Agent West

The Sheriff and three babies succeeded!

They saved Grandma and the bunnies were defeated.

But Grandma knew the bunnies would come back.

Who can resist a delicious marshmallow snack?

Marshmallows, marshmallows everywhere

Until the bunnies start to shout, “Beware!”

A magic spell that turns them into marshmallows too?

Sounds too far fetched to be true.

 

What is Grandma's diabolical plan?

Find out in:

The Marshmallow Grandma Strikes Back

I Swear She's Not Dead

 

Could you imagine walking into the room and finding your cat like this?!

I screamed loud enough to wake the dead, re-kill them, and then wake them up again.  

Luckily, all was fine when I double checked that she was, in fact, alive and well and just being a little stinker.

 

 

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tales of Christmas!

 

Today I have the joy of announcing that two short stories I wrote have been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul:  Tales of Christmas!

It is available now through Amazon, Bookshop, and Barnes & Noble.

The first story of mine is titled The Dreaded Oysters.  It is a heartfelt tribute to my deceased grandmother, who always made oyster dressing for Thanksgiving.  As much as I loved my grandmother's cooking, both grandmothers were fabulous cooks to be exact, I can't stand oysters!  To the point that I can honestly say I hate them.  I'm not entirely sure where my disgust for oysters comes from, though when I shove through all of the to-do lists piled in my head, I have a faint memory of a family trip when I was young where we went to a whole slew of seafood shacks.  The trip was a blast, except that we got raw oysters at every single one and the last night I ended up with my head in the toilet for a good hour.  It may or may not have been the oysters.

The second story is A Tradition of Days Long Past.  One year, my husband and I were invited to go caroling with friends.  I didn't even know people still caroled!  Not to mention the fact that I was soooooooooo nervous about singing.  This is a great story about sharing the warmth of joy and friendship.

 Happy reading, everyone!

Meet Harry

 

Our black and white, blue-eyed buck.  His full name is Harry Potter because, you guessed it, he has a white mark on his forehead that resembles a lightning bolt.  He's given us some pretty amazing babies!

 
                 

Diabolical Baby Brigade

 The Mission Log of the Diabolical Baby Brigade has a new post:

A Diabolical Chicken Soup for the Soul Announcement

As Logged By Agent Rose

Mommy's getting quite excited.

Her writing bug has been ignited.

Now she has two stories to share.

For once, there's no need to beware.

 

Chicken Soup for the Soul it is!

Tales of Christmas, the title is.

Filled with 101 different stories

From Christmas caroling to oyster worries. 

 

What is Mommy's big announcement?

 

Find out in:

 

A Diabolical Chicken Soup for the Soul Announcement

I Left For Five Seconds

 

Here's the buildup:

And she throws!

Fun Fact About Farm Life

 

That is a frog climbing up my kitchen window...  And it isn't the first one.  

Fun fact of living on a farm:  You WILL have animals of all kinds visit, climb, burrow, and chill-ax in and around your house.  We've seen it all from a racoon that had climbed up to the second floor and was trying to get in through the bedroom window, to woodpeckers attacking our doors (I believe they were Downy Woodpeckers for those bird enthusiasts out there), all the way to peacocks coming over for a visit.

 

Diabolical Baby Brigade

 The Mission Log of the Diabolical Baby Brigade has a new post:

The Diabolical Marshmallow Bunny Attack

As Logged By Agent Chase

Camping can be so much fun,

Especially for Grandma and her son.

Her three grand-babies are delighted

For the bag of marshmallows has them excited.

But woodland bunnies love marshmallows, too!

They’ll attack before anyone can say, “BOO!”

Saving Grandma will be quite rough.

But her three grand-babies are tough!

 

Will the Sheriff and grand-babies save Grandma?

Find out in:

The Diabolical Marshmallow Bunny Attack

I Completely Agree

 You have to admit it, there's no arguing with that logic.