Nitty.Gritty.

ABOUT THIS BLOG- You have stumbled upon a link to the daily musings of my crazy life. I say crazy because things happen to me that probably don't happen to you that often- or even ever. I will write candidly about these events in hopes to learn from them, teach you about them, or just to document that they actually happened. It could be anything...but I promise to keep it real!

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Happy New Year 2009.

Another year behind us...another year lies ahead. I, myself, can't believe we are in the year 2009 already. I still remember the year 2...

Monday, December 29, 2008

Just stopping by...

To give my Dad a big birthday wish on my blog. Happy 65th today. I'm so glad I was able to give you a hug in person and all the kids go...

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas 2008.

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas this year. Thanks for reading Nitty.Gritty. and offering so much support, debate, fun and encourag...

Sunday, December 21, 2008

It wasn't so pretty afterall...

The second half of our trek home to Minnesota wasn't all that wonderful. The snow started falling and we drove into a snowing/blowing w...

Saturday, December 20, 2008

A different kind of birthday.

Today I turned 36 years old. I awoke and showered, finished packing everything I could manage {with Chip's help} to pack for a family of...

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

On this day in 1967...

My parents were married on Dec. 16th, 1967. I wish I had a wedding photo of them. They have such a wonderful, true, love story. I'll gi...

Friday, December 12, 2008

I was a little girl in the 1970's.

I just couldn't pass up sharing these photos today and in so doing, hopefully encourage some of you to squeeze in a little handmade goo...

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Santa baby.

I couldn't help myself. I hung the stockings up and whenever I looked at them on the mantel I would think how cute Crew would look insi...

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

Christmas past...Christmas present.

Chip will probably give me the silent treatment for posting the top photo here. It's our family Christmas picture from 2001- the year ...

Monday, December 08, 2008

You take one Holy Baby....

My kids have been playing with the Little People Nativity set for a few days now. We had a special carved nativity that stayed under our tre...

Thursday, December 04, 2008

You take one happy baby...

I always hate taking my babies for immunizations. You take them into the doctor's office all happy and leave with a crying, fussy baby ...

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Keeping it simple.

Those paper trees are featured today at Martha Stewart's website . There are so many great ideas and recipes for the whole year, but e...

Monday, December 01, 2008

Documenting December & Photobooth pics.

Among scrapbookers there is a wide variety of books and classes and just different ideas out there as to how to document the days of Decembe...

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Gingerbread houses.

Chip made the gingerbread dough from the recipe in the book shown here. I saw that it was available for purchase at amazon.com for about $5....

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About Me

Jody: Hi. I am a wife and mother of 7- six of them are at home and underfoot, one is in Heaven and they have all captured my heart! I am 42, but feel like I have lived through more than some people do in a lifetime. I have definitely had some rough spots...but have challenged myself to not let those events consume or define me. I try to look at life in a positive light...and most often that means I look to God for the strength to do so. He is the source of my joy and happiness in life- even in the midst of chaos at times. Ultimately I hope to live a life that inspires or challenges other people to be their best. Kind of like a "white Oprah." I mean that with deep respect.

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