Author: Lois Houston

I'm a sweet tea drinkin' southern gal who loves to cook, bake, crochet, and read. Check out my blog for posts about parenting, faith, books, crafts, planning, baking, cooking, and life in general.

Hooray for Friday

Continuing to capture life as it happens… this is actually fun. Will be interesting to see how the actual scrapbooking project comes out.
 Got my car back yesterday. It’s not fixed, but I am tired of hassling with the dealership. I’ll just call Chrysler and get them to handle it. I guess my grandpa was right when he said never buy Chrysler. I am sure he is wagging his finger at me from heaven now.

The girls were so happy to have their car back as well. Angelina fired up a video before we left the dealership parking lot yesterday afternoon.

The leaves are soooo beautiful right now. As I drive in/out of our subdivision I am just overwhelmed by God’s glorious bounty and the beauty of the mountains. I keep stopping to snap pictures just because I know in a few days it will all be washed away by the rain.

But this part of the year is my absolute favorite. Mother Nature is dressed in her finest clothes and is showing off in all her glory. It makes my heart sing (in my mom’s words) to see the blue skies, golden, amber and red leaves contrasted against the rich deep greens of the evergreens…. but I am waxing poetic here.

Just realized I forgot to take a picture of my yummy lunch that Rob brought me. Yummy fried rice and wonton soup. I’ve been hungry for it for days.

Such a thoughtful hubby… makes me wonder if he’s buttering me up for something. 🙂

More soon.

Life is good.

I’m challenging myself this week… I’m trying to capture the moments throughout my days (thursday to thursday) for a week. I want to create a scrapbook of these moments to capture what life is like right now… things change so quickly… our kids grow, develop new skills, we change, life goes on.

I want to be able to remember what life is like for me at 40 and to look back on it when I’m 60 and remember.

So, everyone thinks I’m nuts. I am taking pictures of everything and anything. It’s forcing me to slow down and to consider what is important to me right now… what reflects my life right now… and how I REALLY spend my days. It’s pretty cool.

So, here’s Today:

Up early – can’t sleep because Rob is cleaning the kitchen (isn’t that sweet?) and banging pots and pans around. But, can’t complain because I walk downstairs to find a spotless kitchen, running dishwasher, folded clothes and, the best of all, hot water for my tea. Sigh. Life is good.

Make MB’s lunch – leftover pizza, chips, pudding, and water.

Fix the girls’ tea and find some clean school uniforms in the dryer. (warm and cozy)

Wake the girls and head into my room to dress.

Fix breakfast for the girls – Lucky Charms today. Breakfast of champions.

Drive the rental car to school – hope mine is ready today…


Stop by and pick up a biscuit for breakfast. YUM. Ham and cheese, all hot and gooey.

Back at home…. checking email, updating FB (computer crack for me) and getting my workday started.

And so it goes… Stay tuned for more updates as the week goes on. And, join me! See what your life is all about.

Hooray for Friday

Continuing to capture life as it happens… this is actually fun. Will be interesting to see how the actual scrapbooking project comes out.
Got my car back yesterday. It's not fixed, but I am tired of hassling with the dealership. I'll just call Chrysler and get them to handle it. I guess my grandpa was right when he said never buy Chrysler. I am sure he is wagging his finger at me from heaven now.
The girls were so happy to have their car back as well. Angelina fired up a video before we left the dealership parking lot yesterday afternoon.

The leaves are soooo beautiful right now.



As I drive in/out of our subdivision I am just overwhelmed by God's glorious bounty and the beauty of the mountains. I keep stopping to snap pictures just because I know in a few days it will all be washed away by the rain.
But this part of the year is my absolute favorite. Mother Nature is dressed in her finest clothes and is showing off in all her glory. It makes my heart sing (in my mom's words) to see the blue skies, golden, amber and red leaves contrasted against the rich deep greens of the evergreens…. but I am waxing poetic here.

Just realized I forgot to take a picture of my yummy lunch that Rob brought me. Yummy fried rice and wonton soup. I've been hungry for it for days. 

Such a thoughtful hubby… makes me wonder if he's buttering me up for something. 🙂
More soon.

Life is good.

I'm challenging myself this week… I'm trying to capture the moments throughout my days (thursday to thursday) for a week. I want to create a scrapbook of these moments to capture what life is like right now… things change so quickly… our kids grow, develop new skills, we change, life goes on.
I want to be able to remember what life is like for me at 40 and to look back on it when I'm 60 and remember.
 So, everyone thinks I'm nuts. I am taking pictures of everything and anything. It's forcing me to slow down and to consider what is important to me right now… what reflects my life right now… and how I REALLY spend my days. It's pretty cool.

So, here's Today:
Up early – can't sleep because Rob is cleaning the kitchen (isn't that sweet?) and banging pots and pans around. But, can't complain because I walk downstairs to find a spotless kitchen, running dishwasher, folded clothes and, the best of all, hot water for my tea. Sigh. Life is good.
Make MB's lunch – leftover pizza, chips, pudding, and water.
Fix the girls' tea and find some clean school uniforms in the dryer. (warm and cozy)
 Wake the girls and head into my room to dress.
Fix breakfast for the girls – Lucky Charms today. Breakfast of champions.
Drive the rental car to school – hope mine is ready today…

Stop by and pick up a biscuit for breakfast. YUM. Ham and cheese, all hot and gooey.
Back at home…. checking email, updating FB (computer crack for me) and getting my workday started.
 And so it goes… Stay tuned for more updates as the week goes on. And, join me! See what your life is all about.

Fall Colors



God’s Beautiful Glory

We went to Robbinsville with Mom & John a couple weekends ago. The leaves were so pretty!

Some pictures…

Mini-Reunion in Hickory, NC




We found out that Aunt Renay was making a trip to NC to visit family.  Figuring that a 4 hr trip to Hickory was shorter than an 8+ hr trip to Orlando, we took a weekend and drove up to see her.  Had a great time visiting with her on Saturday afternoon and then went to dinner with 40+ Houston/Hunt clan members.  The girls could not believe they had that many “cousins!”


Sunday morning, after a leisurely breakfast, we drove to Grandfather Mountain.

Renay and her friends Steve & Carol met us there and we spent the entire afternoon exploring.  The weather was beautiful, the views spectacular, and the company fantastic.  We had originally planned to drive on home Sunday evening, but we stayed at Grandfather Mtn so long we ended up stopping for the night in Asheville.

Monday turned out to be equally beautiful and we spent the entire day enjoying the sights and scenery of the Biltmore estate.  While the girls were not as impressed with the “castle” as I’d thought they would be, we had a good time nonetheless.