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  • Down the Mountain and Back Up

    Down the Mountain and Back Up

    February 24, 2026 Dear Diary and Friends, Here is a quick recap of today. I awoke at 7 AM. By 8:15 AM, we were on our way to Mr. and Mrs. H’s. Angel and the cats and dogs were all fed. I had a 32 oz. smoothie and a 32 oz. fresh pineapple/carrot juice packed…

  • Where is Huckleberry?

    Where is Huckleberry?

    Dear Diary and Friends,  My sister called while I was at the library watching Angel and two of her friends participating in an improvisation acting class. My sister was in full-on panic mode, I could hear it in the tone of her voice as she told me her dog Huckleberry was missing. Huckleberry is very…

  • Dec. 17-26; Mr. Frustration, Christmas and more…

    Dec. 17-26; Mr. Frustration, Christmas and more…

    December 17, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Today’s specs: Today’s goals: Today’s nutrition and hydration: Dear Diary, I seemed to be frustrated a lot today. In the morning, I was frustrated with Angel for not getting ready to leave on time. We went to Mr. and Mrs. H’s to take Mrs.…

  • Joy, Lost Creek Falls and Kids

    December 13, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you!  Today’s specs: Today’s goals: Today’s nutrition and hydration: Dear Diary, This afternoon, I took Angel and 2 of her friends to Zims Hot Springs. The kids wanted to go the back way on the dirt roads. I wasn’t sure if they were still passable…

  • Dec. 5-11: Fully Recovered; Trips to the Valley; Christmas Fun and Pet Sitting

    December 5, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Today’s specs: Today’s goals: Today’s nutrition and hydration: Dear Diary,  I slept off and on through the night. I was feeling really congested and miserable but I was ok with that. I decided to enjoy being sick. I still fasted and had only water…

  • Nov. 30 – Dec. 1: Angel Meets Her Dad; Home from SLC; Chicken Coop And

    November 30, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Today’s goals: Today’s specs: Today’s nutrition and hydration: Calories: 1679 Dear Diary, Angel got to spend time with her biological dad today. We were going to meet at a public park but it was snowing and raining out, so we met in downtown Salt…

  • Thanksgiving Day and Salt Lake City

    November 26, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Today’s goals: Today’s specs. Today’s food: Dear Diary,  I got way behind on my blog again and after reading through this days blog notes, there’s nothing interesting that happened. I cleaned and organized at a couple of places and Angel had a friend over…

  • Nov. 21-25: Fever, Mountains, Chicken Coop, Kuna Cave and more…

    November 21, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Today’s goals:  Dear Diary, Angel woke up saying that her head felt dizzy. I checked her and she felt feverish. After taking her temperature and confirming that she had a 101° temperature, I sent her back to bed and I canceled my cleaning opportunities. …

  • Skating Rink, Square Dancing, Organizing and Goals

    November 20, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Today’s Goals: Dear Diary, I’m switching things up with daily goals. I used to do daily goals and I liked it. Results from my first day of goals. 0 goals were met 😂, which I find really funny. I turned in my application at…

  • November 7-19: Moving and New Cats

    November 7, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke in the night and posted my blog. I slept more and woke again at 7:30 AM. I made Angel breakfast and made myself a smoothie and tea. I went over to my friend TJ’s and gave the chickens some grits…

  • November 1-6: Plumbing Drama, Hot Springs, Cleaning and Gifts

    November 1, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 1:30 AM. I wrote my blog and prayed and meditated. I received clarity that I had a lack mentality around food that I wasn’t aware of. Growing up it had been feast or famine and I had developed a…

  • House Buying Stress, Cleaning, Coaching and More Cleaning

    October 29, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you!  Dear Diary,  I wrote my blog in the night from 3:30 AM to 5:30 AM. At 8 AM, I got up and made Angel breakfast. I made myself tea and took a shower. Then we went to my first cleaning opportunity. Angel did her…

  • Farm Sitting, Cleaning, Mountain Drive and Purchasing the House

    October 27, 2025 Morning prayer: I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 12 AM, I wrote my blog and posted it and went back to sleep at 4:30 AM. I awoke again at 7 AM. I got up and fed the animals. I let out the chickens and headed home. It was my last…

  • Seven Devils Mining District, Pet Sitting and Friends

    October 22, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 3 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. I slept more from 5 AM to 8 AM. I felt well rested and grateful to experience another day. I got up, made tea and fixed Angel breakfast. Then we…

  • It’s Official. I Bought a House!

    October 20, 2025 Morning prayer: I love you!  Dear Diary, I was awake in the early morning and wrote my blog. My schedule was free for the day, so I took a morning nap from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM. I woke up feeling refreshed and grateful to experience another day. Angel was awake and…

  • Buying a House, Boise, Baptized and Wildhorse

    October 18, 2025 Morning prayer:  Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke from 1:30 AM to 4:30 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. Then I read some of A Fine and Pleasant Misery by Patrick McMahon. I laughed and laughed. I love good humor and I love laughing. It is so much…

  • Angel Earned Another Stripe, Thoughtfulness and The “Worried Mom” Show

    October 17, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary,  I wrote my blog in the night from 2:30 AM to 5 AM. I am enjoying being caught up on my blog. After I posted my blog, I read some of A Fine and Pleasant Misery by Patrick McManus and went back to sleep.  I…

  • Dogs, Abundance of Fresh Produce, Skate Party and Early Bedtime

    October 16, 2025 Morning prayer: God morning God, I love you!  I awoke at 2 AM and wrote my blog. I posted it and watched a great video before going back to sleep at 4 AM. My phone rang at 6 AM and woke me up. I looked to see who was calling. It was…

  • Bicycle Ride, Juice, Zims and Angels Confession

    October 15, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, Angel woke up with a scratchy throat today. Therefore our plans to hike to Council Mountain Hot Springs were canceled. Instead we read and napped in the morning. I was grateful to have a restful morning basking in the sun shining through…

  • September 30-October 13, 2025: Adventures in the Mountains, Frustrated, Exhausted and Quitting McCall

    Tuesday September 30, 2025 Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 7:30 AM, I wrote my blog until Angel woke up. I made tea and breakfast. Then I made 2 gallons of juice with bunch of fruit I had that needed used up. I cleaned up the kitchen and went to…

  • September 21–28: Kinney Point, Sheep Rock, Horse Mountain Lookout, Tamarack Hike, Triggers and More

    Sunday September 21, 2025 Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary,  I woke at 2 AM. I caught up on all my blog post and slept more from 7:30 AM to 8:45 AM. I quickly made my bed and tea and got dressed. I drove the 4-wheeler over to Angel’s friends house and picked…

  • September 12-20: 8 Days…a lot of Stuff Happened 😁.

    Friday September 12, 2025 Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 2:30 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. I slept again from 5 AM to 8 AM. It felt nice to sleep in. I got up and made tea and a smoothie. Then I took the 4-wheeler to my…

  • September 8-11: 4-Wheeling Adventures

    Monday September 8, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 3 AM. I wrote my blog and went back to sleep at 5 AM. I awoke again at 8 AM. It was nice to sleep in. Angel was awake and hungry. I got up and made her breakfast…

  • September 4-7: A New Dog

    Thursday September 4, 2025 Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, In order to catch up, I’m going to do a quick recap of some days.  I awoke at 4 AM. I wrote my blog notes and went back to sleep at 6 am. At 7:30 am, I got up and made tea and…

  • September 1-3: A Friend Visiting From Texas

    Monday September 1, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 1:30 AM. I wrote some of my blog and went back to sleep at 4 AM. I awoke again at 6:30 AM. I made tea and Angels breakfast. Angel woke up and ate while I made my bed…

  • August 29-31: Cleaning, Organizing and Canning

    Friday August 29,2025 Good morning God. I love you! Dear Diary,  I awoke at 1:30 AM. I wrote my blog and went to sleep again at 3:30 AM. At 7 AM, I awoke again and did my morning routine. Angel woke up and ate breakfast. Then we went to a clients house to pick fruit.…

  • August 20-27: Pet Sitting, Zim’s Hot Springs, Council Mountain Hot Springs, Harvesting Fruit, Kittens and Wasps

    Wednesday August 20, 2025 Morning prayer:  Good morning God,  I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 5 AM. Angel was sleeping on the trundle bed next to me and she woke up too. She noticed Sweetie Alabama messing with something under my bed. I got down and looked and it was a little bat.…

  • August 15-19, 2025: Swimming, Pet Sitting, Stolen Bicycle, Kayaking and more

    Friday August 15, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 7:30 AM. I made tea and a smoothie. My jaw was hurting me a lot and I realized that getting that wisdom tooth pulled didn’t fix my jaw problem. Oh well, the tooth had a big cavity and…

  • August 10-14, 2025: Camping, Dentist Office and More

    Sunday August 10, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 7 AM. I had been awake in the night but only for a short amount of time. I felt well rested. I got up and made tea. I made Angel breakfast as well as a bunch of food…

  • August 6-9: Unexpected surprises, Juicing, Zim’s and Cleaning

    Wednesday August 6, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you!  Dear Diary,  I awoke at 4 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. Then I slept more, from 6 AM to 7:30 AM. I got up and made tea and a smoothie. Angel stayed overnight with a friend, so I had the…

  • Home From Camp, Pet Sitting, Cleaning and Playing in the River

    Sunday August 3, 2025 Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I work at 2:22 AM and went to the bathroom. I laid awake until 3:30 AM. and finally drifted back to sleep. Just as I started dreaming, the baby in the room next to us started crying. His parents calmed him down right…

  • Argument With My Mom

    Saturday August 2, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 5:45 AM. I got up and went into the kitchen and started doing breakfast prep. We served breakfast and did clean up. Then we went to chapel and I really enjoyed the singing. I left before the sermon…

  • July 29-August 1: Home from Camping, Overnight Pet Sitting and Working at a Family Church Camp

    Tuesday July 29, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 2:30 AM to use the bathroom. I got out of the sleeping bag and used my phone flashlight to find a good place to pee. It was so nice and quiet out and the milky way was incredible.…

  • July 24-28: Pet Sitting, Day Trip, Cleaning and More Camping

    Thursday June 24, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 4:30 AM. I wrote some of my blog and went back to sleep until 7:45 AM. I got up and let the dogs out. I fed them and switched laundry. I woke Angel up and we got ready…

  • July 18-July 23: Pet Sitting, Fireweed, Adventures, Cleaning and More Adventures

    Friday July 18, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I woke at 4 AM. I laid there for 20 minutes and couldn’t go back to sleep. Izzy wanted out, so I got up and let her out. I fed her and the cats and I watered all the plants on…

  • Coming Home from Camping, Low Tire, Jiujitsu, Cleaning, Pet Sitting and Preparing for the Farmers Market

    Monday July 14, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 7 AM. I felt well rested. I slept deeply and only woke up to pee once. Aaron woke up at around the same time and got a fire going. I started water boiling and made tea for myself…

  • Camping Trip on Granite Creek

    Saturday, July 12, 2025 Morning prayer : Good morning God  I love you! Dear diary, I awoke at 2 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. At 5:30 AM, I went back to sleep at awoke again at 8 AM. I got up and made Angel breakfast. I made myself tea and a smoothie.…

  • Cleaning, Pet Sitting, Books and Getting Ready to go Camping Again

    Thursday, July 10, 2025, Morning prayer : Good morning God , I love you! Dear diary, I woke at 7:15 AM. I had slept deeply throughout the night. I wrote some of my blog and started Angel‘s breakfast cooking. Angel woke up and ate while I made myself tea. I left and drove to my…

  • Camping Trip, Weeding, Thrifting and Writing

    Monday July 7, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! I awoke in the middle of the night and was cold. I also had to urgently pee. I reluctantly crawled out of my sleeping bag and went pee a ways away from the tent. Then I got my long sleeve wool shirt out…

  • 4th of July, Rained Out, Lack of Sleep, Soapbox Derby and Camping

    Friday July 4, 2025 Morning prayer:  Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary. I awoke at 4 AM, I wrote some of my blog and went back to sleep at 6 AM. I awoke again at 7:45 AM. I really really wanted to get more sleep but I got up and made my tea.…

  • Cleaning and Juice and Kale Chips

    Wednesday July 2, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary,  I awoke at 5 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. I got up and bagged up kale chips and I put a new batch in the dehydrator. I made Angel breakfast and woke her up to eat. While she…

  • Paradise and Cleaning

    Tuesday July 1, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 5 AM. I had stayed the night at my moms. I stripped the sheets off the bed and put them in the wash. I talked with my mom when she got up and I made tea. I switched…

  • Whitewater Rafting and A Birthday Celebration

    Sunday June 29, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 4:45 AM. I made breakfast and got ready to go. I woke Angel up and she ate while I made tea and a smoothie. My son Scott, his wife Delany and my daughter Savana had stayed the night…

  • Heavens Gate

    Saturday June 28, 2025 Dear Diary, Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you!  Dear Diary, I awoke at 1:30 AM. I wrote my blog and went to the bathroom. I noticed the bathroom sink where I was pet sitting was clogged. I spent an hour attempting to unclog it with a plunger. Finally I…

  • Stomach Ache, Crafts, Pet Sitting, Friends, Hells Canyon and Mountain Adventures

    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Morning prayer : Good morning God,  I love you! Dear diary, Woke up from 1 AM to 5 AM. My stomach was hurting again and my head was cloudy from eating junk food. I didn’t write my blog because I was so foggy headed I couldn’t think straight. I slept more…

  • Silver City, Idaho

    Tuesday June 24, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 5 AM. I wrote my blog and finished at around 8:30 AM. I attempted a morning nap since I hadn’t gone to bed until after midnight last night and I was feeling really tired. Plus my body was hurting and…

  • Sunday and Monday: Spending Time in Caldwell and Boise with My Daughter and Mom

    Sunday June 22, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 5:30 AM. I wrote my blog notes and let the dogs out. Then I attempted to go back to sleep. At 6:30 AM, I was still awake and I got up. I got Angel up and put the…

  • Thursday, Friday and Saturday: Cleaning, Pet Sitting, Mountain Adventures and Farmers Market

    Thursday June 19, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 4 AM. I wrote my blog and went to sleep more. I awoke again at 7 AM. Angel crawled in bed with me and said that she was hungry. I got up and made Angel breakfast and made…

  • Tuesday and Wednesday: Cleaning, Pet Sitting and Foraging

    Tuesday June 17, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you!  Dear Diary, I awoke at 4 AM. I played connections and wordle and went back to sleep. I awoke again at 7:20 AM. I took a long hot shower and when I got out I soaked my feet in apple cider vinegar water. I like to scrub…

  • Sunday and Monday: Church, Writing an Article, Cleaning and Cherries

    Sunday June 15, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 5 AM. I was still stressing about writing the city council meeting article. I thought about writing it now to get it over with but I was flooded with panic at the thought, so I wrote my blog…

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: Adventures, Yoga and Junk Food

    Monday June 9, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 3 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. Then, I slept for another hour. At 7 AM, I got up and started Angel’s breakfast cooking. Then I walked to M&W to refresh my sign. I realized when…

  • Saturday and Sunday: Mulberries, Hells Canyon and Steck Park

    Saturday June 7, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 3 AM. I wrote my blog and walked down to M&W to refresh my gratitude sign. Then I went back to sleep at around 5 AM. I awoke again at 8:30 AM when Angel and her friend woke…

  • Thursday and Friday: Cleaning, Hair Cut and the Farmers Market

    Thursday June 5, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 3 AM and wrote my blog. I finished writing 3 days and while waiting for pictures to load, I walked to M&W and set up my gratitude sign. When I got back, I added pictures and posted my…

  • Tuesday and Wednesday: Cleaning, Organizing, Falling Crockpot, Juice, Strawberries and My Nephew Visiting

    Tuesday June 3, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary,  I awoke at 6 AM. I wrote my blog and Angel woke up before I finished. I made her breakfast and made myself tea and a smoothie. Then I made almond milk and juice. The juice had pineapple, apples, oranges, blueberries…

  • Sunday and Monday: Cleaning, Pet Sitting and there Pinecar Derby Race

    Sunday June 1, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 6 AM. I slept deeply and it felt nice to be back home after 2 weeks of overnight pet sitting. I wrote my blog until Angel woke up. I made her breakfast and made myself tea and a…

  • Thursday, Friday and Saturday: Pet Sitting, Cleaning, Angels Play, Friends, Plants and Bookshelves

    Thursday, May 29, 2025 Morning prayer : Good morning God,  I love you! Dear diary, I woke up at 4:30 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. I let out the dogs and walked out to the shop to check the cats food and water. When I got back to the house, I woke…

  • Tuesday and Wednesday: Pet Sitting, Cleaning, Tired and Anger

    Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God,  I love you! Dear diary, I awoke at 5 AM. I wrote my blog until 7 AM then I put it aside and woke up Angel. I got dressed and let the dogs out. Angel got up and got dressed. She played outside with Jack while…

  • Sunday and Monday: Sore Legs, Mushroom Hunting, Pet Sitting, Cleaning and Organizing

    Sunday May 25, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 2:30 AM. I wrote my blog and Angel woke up at 4:30 AM when I was going back to sleep. I told her it was still time to sleep more and I went to sleep. I was woken up…

  • Saturday: Fruit, Friends, Muffin Tin and Cleaning

    Saturday May 24, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, Angel woke me up at 2:30 AM. She had a runny nose and needed a Kleenex. I got her one and went to sleep some more. I awoke again at 6:45 AM. I let the dogs out and woke Angel up.…

  • Friday: Horse Riding Lessons, Morel Mushrooms, 7,000 Feet and Swimming in a Creek

    Friday May 23, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 5 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. At 6:30 AM, I woke Angel up and let Little B out. When he came back in, I let Jack loose and gave him fresh food and water. Angel…

  • Tuesday: Compassion

    Tuesday May, 20 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary I woke up 4 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. Then I put on a sleep meditation and went back to sleep from 6 AM to 7:30 AM. Angel and I woke up at the same time. We got…

  • Monday: Cleaning, Organizing and Pet Sitting

    Monday May 19, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God,  I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 4:30 AM. I started to write my blog and drifted to sleep again at 5 AM. At 6:30 AM, I awoke again and I got up. I let the dog Jack loose and checked his food and water.…

  • Sunday: Looking For Morel Mushrooms

    Sunday May 18, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 6:30 AM and wrote 3 days of my blog and posted it. When I finished, Angel woke up and I made her breakfast. Aaron called and we made plans to go on an adventure to Lost Valley reservoir.…

  • Saturday: Little Bit Comes Home

    Saturday May 17, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 7 AM. I had slept hard all through the night. I was glad since I hadn’t slept good the night before from worrying about Little B. I got up and started laundry washing and let the dogs out…

  • Friday: Practicing Being Present in the Moment

    Friday May 16, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 4 AM. My stomach was in knots. I was very concerned about Bits. I wrote my blog, then I took a break to rotate the dogs, letting them out. I finished writing my blog and posted it. When…

  • Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: Adventure on the Lower Salmon River, Farm Sitting, Cleaning, Mushroom Hunting and Bits Getting Hurt

    Tuesday May 13, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I woke at 5 AM. I let the puppy out to use the bathroom and wrote my blog. I wrote three days worth of blog posts and got all the way caught up. At 7 AM I went outside to let…

  • Sunday and Monday: Hells Canyon, Michael Ridge, Cleaning and Farm Sitting

    Sunday May 11, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 2 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. I went to sleep more and slept from 6 AM to 8 AM. I felt fully rested and got up. I made tea and took a long hot shower.…

  • Thursday, Friday and Saturday: My Mom Coming to Visit

    Thursday May 8, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! I started writing my blog shortly after I woke up at 5 AM. I finished writing it and posted it. Then I laid down and fully relaxed my body until Angel woke up and wanted breakfast. I got up and made Angel something…

  • Wednesday: Cleaning and More Adventures in the Mountains

    Wednesday May 7, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, My day started at 6 AM. I awoke fully awake and felt well rested. I wrote my blog until 7:30 AM. I hadn’t finished it yet but it was time to get ready to go to a cleaning opportunity in Cambridge.…

  • Tuesday: Hiking Shingle Flat Trail

    Tuesday May 6, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 2 AM. I wrote 2 days of my blog and posted it. Then I put on a mediation and went to sleep some more. I awoke again at 7 AM. It was a beautiful bright sunny morning. I…

  • Sunday and Monday: Hiking to Council Mountain Hot Springs

    Sunday May 4, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary,  I awoke at 3 AM and read for a while before going to sleep more. At 7 AM, I awoke again. I felt fully rested. I got up and made tea and Angel’s breakfast. Angel was awake and she ate. I…

  • Friday and Saturday: Cleaning, Zim’s and Lemonade

    Friday, May 2, 2025 Morning prayer : Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 6:30 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. Angel woke up and I made her breakfast and lunch. I packed up her lunch and made myself tea and a smoothie. We played a game of What’s the…

  • Wednesday and Thursday: Cleaning, Bicycling, McCall and Zim’s

    Wednesday April 30, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 3 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. Then I put on a meditation and restlessly slept from 5 AM to 6:30 AM. I didn’t want to get up and my stomach hurt a little but I…

  • Tuesday: Wild Edible Plants and an Adventure

    Tuesday April 29, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 6 AM, I felt fully rested and started writing my blog. I took a break from writing and took a long hot shower. I got dressed and went outside to let Bits out and I wrote good morning on the…

  • Monday: Cleaning, Dogs and Rocks

    Monday April 28, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! I woke at 5 AM and wrote my blog. I posted it and put on a meditation. I laid in bed, fully relaxing my body, listening to the meditation and fell asleep for 45 minutes when I woke again it was 7:45 AM,…

  • Sunday: Church and an Adventure

    Sunday April 27, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 7 AM and started writing my blog. Angel woke up at around 8 AM and went to find her grandma to see about getting some breakfast. Angel always wakes up hungry. I continued writing my blog and at…

  • Saturday: Moving my Camper and Going to my Moms.

    Saturday April 26, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 5 AM. I wrote my blog and went back to sleep from 7 AM to 8 AM. I got up and started Angel’s breakfast cooking. She was awake and ate her food while I made tea and a…

  • Friday: Stomach Issues, Cleaning and Girls Club

    Friday April 26, 2025 Morning Prayer: Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 5 AM. My stomach was cramped up and I had to run to the bathroom. I laid back down and wrote my blog in between bathroom runs. I had not been eating well and my body was feeling it.  When…

  • Thursday: Lemonade Stand

    Thursday April 24, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary,  I awoke at 5:30 AM. I woke up feeling panicked but it only lasted a few minutes. I went to the bathroom and started to write my blog. Angel woke up and I told her it was still too early to…

  • Wednesday: Laundry, Azure, Pet Sitting and Enjoying

    Wednesday April 22, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 6 AM. I started to write my blog but didn’t get it finished. I took a long hot shower and started cooking Angel’s breakfast. I made myself tea and a smoothie. I bicycled to a pet sitting opportunity…

  • Tuesday: Thrift Store, Adventure, Pet Sitting and Girls Club

    Tuesday April 22, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 2 AM. I wrote some of my blog and went back to sleep from 4 AM to 7 AM. I finished writing my blog just as Angel woke up and came into the room. I got up and…

  • Monday: Pet Sitting, Cleaning, Organizing and Stuff

    Monday April 21, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God, I love you! Dear Diary, I awoke at 2 AM. I had received texts from the Pastor of the community church and the Pastor of the Nazarene church, giving me a name I needed in order to finish writing the article about the Easter Sunrise Service.…

  • Easter Sunday

    Sunday, April 20, 2025 Morning prayer: Good morning God,  I love you! I woke at 5 AM. I wrote my blog and posted it. Then I took a quick shower and made tea. I waited out front to meet Pastor Amy, I was riding with her to the sunrise service. It was a little chilly…

  • Friday and Saturday: Cleaning, Pet Sitting, Pain, Grief and Easter Eggs

    Friday April 18, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 2 AM and wrote a little of my blog. Then I slept more from 4 AM to 7 AM.  I finished writing my blog and posted it. Angel woke to and was hungry. I made her breakfast and took a long…

  • Thursday: Cleaning, Organizing and Walks

    Thursday April 17, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 5 AM. I wrote part of my blog and slept more from 7 AM to 8 AM. I woke up and finished writing my blog and posted it. I got up and opened up the curtains, I have a row…

  • Wednesday: Cleaning, Thrift Store, Homeschool co-op, Day bed and Sneaking

    Wednesday April 16, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 1:30 AM. I wrote my blog and went back to sleep at 4 AM. At 6 AM, I awoke again. I really wanted to sleep more but I forced myself to get up. I started my tea water warming up…

  • Tuesday: A Day Off, Hanging Around Town

    Tuesday April 15, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 5:30 AM. I played wordle and connections and did not write my blog. I took a long hot shower and talked to Aaron on the phone when I got out. I made Angel breakfast and she ate, then rode her bicycle to jujitsu. I…

  • Monday: Cleaning, Weeding, Pet Sitting and Friends

    Monday, April 14, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God  I love you!  I woke at 6:15 AM. I felt very well rested. I got up and took a long hot shower. Then I opened up the house to let the sunshine in and sat at the kitchen table and wrote my blog. I made Angel…

  • Sunday: Church, Singing, Park, People Watching and Friends

    Sunday April 13, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 6:45 AM. I wrote my blog and practiced the song I was singing at church today. I talked to Aaron on the phone and we had a great conversation. Angel woke up and called family in Texas. I made her…

  • Saturday: My Moms Birthday

    Saturday April 12, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 6:45 AM. I remembered last night Angel had found her tooth that had been pulled on Wednesday. She found it in its tooth container in the back seat of the truck and brought it in to put under her pillow.…

  • Friday: Jujitsu, Recipe, Cleaning and Fun

    Friday April 11, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you!  I awoke at 4 AM. My tummy was hurting from eating a bunch of ice cream before bed. I attempted to write my blog but fell back asleep. I awoke again at 8 AM. My tummy still hurt but not as much. I…

  • Thursday: Adventure to Paddock Valley Reservoir

    Thursday April 10, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 4:45 AM. I turned on peaceful morning music, started water boiling for tea and took a long hot shower. When I got out of the shower, I made Angel breakfast and woke her up when it was ready. She ate…

  • Wednesday: Cleaning and The Dentist

    Wednesday April 9, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 2 AM. I wrote my blog and got caught up to the current day. I posted it and got ready to go back to sleep. My phone dinged and I had a good morning message from Aaron. Yay! I messaged…

  • Monday and Tuesday: Fear, Cleaning and Adventures

    Monday April 7, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 1 AM and immediately I was filled with terror. My stomach was in a tight knot. My first thought was, “one of my children had died.” I recognized that all was well and calmly laid breathing. The fear was still…

  • Sunday: Insights, Fruit, Church, Connection and Races

    Sunday April 6, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 7 AM. It felt different with Angel not being here since she stayed the night at my sisters. I got up and took a long hot shower. I received a lot of insights while I was showering. The first one…

  • Thursday, Friday and Saturday: Walking, Bicycling, Cleaning and Heart Flutters

    Thursday April 3, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 8AM. I had slept deeply through the night. I took a long hot shower and started Angels breakfast cooking. Angel woke up and ate. Then she rode her bicycle to jujitsu. While she was gone, I took the opportunity to…

  • Wednesday: On Time, Cold Water, Plant Medicine and Organizing my Apartment

    Wednesday April 2, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 3AM, wrote my blog and played wordle and connections. I slept again from 5 AM to 7 AM then I got up and showered. It is so nice to take a shower. Angel ate her breakfast while I made myself tea and…

  • Monday and Tuesday: Hair Cut, Cleaning, Organizing, Moving, Roller Skating and Puppies

    Monday March 31, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 3AM, I wrote my blog and posted it. I slept more from 5AM to 8AM.  I laid in the hammock basking in the deep sleep feeling and knowing I had time to have a relaxing morning. Angel woke up and…

  • Saturday and Sunday: Pet Sitting, Moving into the Apartment and Sand Dunes

    Saturday March 29, 2025 Dear Diary, Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 12:30 AM to the sound of the kitten meowing. Angel had the kitten in bed with her when she went to sleep and I didn’t want the kitten to have an accident. Angel named the kitten Remy after her dog…

  • Friday: Pet Sitting, Cleaning, Organizing and a Kitten

    Friday March 28, 2025 Dear Diary,  Good morning God, I love you! I awoke at 2:30AM. I wrote my blog and played wordle and connections. I went back to sleep and slept from 5AM to 7:30AM. I got up and got dressed. I woke Angel up and made her oatmeal for breakfast. I made myself tea and a smoothie.…