Duane is very happy today! Why? I made MYSELF a TO-DO LIST!   GUYS: Don’t let your wives favor themselves!       Ephesians 5:21-33 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.  For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit…..

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  After our Easter celebration at home the next day Duane came to me and said: “Ann, honey, just so you know, this doesn’t go in the dishwasher.” What was the this? It is a beautiful soup bowl. Now normally, Duane doesn’t leave them on the counter to be washed. But there were tons of dishes (not literally – I do not lie) and some had to wait until morning. They really don’t make dishwashers that big… I told him…..

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Here are some of my very favorite words to my hubby: “What do you mean…  maybe!” This is what I exclaimed to Duane when I asked him a specificity. It happened just minutes ago; but right now I can’t even remember what I asked. And that is just because I had such a great time laughing! Please keep in mind: I asked this with great jocularity! Seriously! I am a child of God and I just love getting my way!…..

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Bed making is my department; and a bore it is! Still, being that I would have done very well in the Navy and regret not going in, to me a beautifully made bed makes the entire bedroom more beautiful, more peaceful! Selah. Our little girl (Tina, the Terrier rescue) woke up her Puppy Daddy just a tad early this morning (February 24th.) After the cheerful chuckles of her Papa (my hubby, Duane) he needed to take her out; after all,…..

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