The Thoughtful Homemaker

Well, the urologist thinks I have interstitial cystitis as well. I have one more test to make it official. I will not tell you what they will do but it will be torture! I now have to eat boring food for the rest of my life. At least I had about 15 years of eating […]

I almost didn’t go to Alabama. The kids were acting terrible. They kept having fits and fought all day. I was too sick to do anything. They were frustrated because I am sick and their Papa is gone. Victoria understands but the younger two do not. Jon Jon thinks Papa is leaving him because […]

My biggest complaint is that there aren’t enough Medieval movies to watch. I love to watch Medieval movies, but there just aren’t enough made which is surprising because so many great stories come from the time period.
I read on imdb.com that the novel “Azincourt” by Bernard Cornwall will soon be adapted to film. I […]

I was talking to Jon Jon about gymnastics. He really likes it and would like to continue it for now. I told him he might even be able to compete and win a trophy. He said, “why would I want a trophy? It just sits there and gets dust on it.” I then told him, […]

When I was writing about my experience at the National Gallery I thought about an early childhood memory. . .
I knew about Spain before I knew about Mexico. When I was about 5 (my mother can probably help me out here) I had a Primary teacher from Spain. Our ward had a naval base […]

My real vacation was to London for my anniversary, but I needed something to look forward to so I decided to plan a “vacation” to Spain and Provence places I dream of visiting next.

I got my passion for Provence and the Midi-Pyrenees after working on some royal genealogy. I did the ancestry of Eleanor […]

My sister-in-law awarded me the “Honest Scrap Award” and the “Love Ya” Award. I introduced her to blogging a few years ago and now she is way better at than I am. Now I have to tell you ten honest things about myself. Honestly though, I share something honest in almost every blog post!
1. I […]

I was up most of the night last night so I listened to my I-pod on shuffle. Oh, my shuffle was so cruel. She waved her hand on my Cover Flow and pulled up a song I had been avoiding.
I was searching for songs to put on my I-pod and remembered there was a song […]

The media is calling those speaking out at Health Care Town Halls part of the “Brooks Brothers Brigade”.
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: “I would point out that I don’t know what all those guys were doing, what were they called, the Brooks Brothers Brigade in Florida in 2000, appear to have rented a similar bus […]

I am getting a little bit better. I am still real tired and still trying to get my insurance fixed. I am being careful about the medications I take.
The kids are getting used to their summer routine and so am I. I still am not well enough to do fun summer things like go to […]