From the category archives:

Friends

It was our 21st annual wrapping party

December 13, 2011

Before I can even commence with this post I have to share that I noticed in my list of site stats that someone actually googled “Big Mama chicken on the outside” and “Big Mama Blog raw chicken” yesterday. Which makes me feel like somewhere, someone was talking about me (maybe contemplating giving me some sort [...]

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It would appear I have found my words

November 21, 2011

So here’s something great. Caroline’s out of school for this entire week to celebrate Thanksgiving. Which means I won’t have to be up at 6:45 a.m. packing ham sandwiches and carrot sticks in a lunch box. Instead I’ll be up at 6:45 a.m. growling, “GO BACK TO SLEEP. IT’S ONLY 6:45 IN THE MORNING. WHY [...]

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Saturday night fever

October 31, 2011

Well. So this happened at our house this weekend. Oh yes it did. (Don’t get excited, ladies. This isn’t eHarmony or one of those dating sites. He’s taken.) We spent much of last week deliberating over what to dress up as for the Halloween party on Saturday night. I took all your suggestions to heart [...]

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Let it shine

September 21, 2011

Some of y’all may remember that I occasionally talk about my friend AJ. I’ve known her since she was just a freshman in high school and I was still in my twenties. In other words, a long, LONG time. Many years ago she traveled to Zambia and the country and the people found a forever [...]

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Third World Symphony

September 14, 2011

Isn’t that the best title? I only say that because I didn’t come up with it. But, oh, I wish I had. And please make sure you watch the video at the end of this post. It’s one of my favorite hymns ever. Third World Symphony is the title of my friend Shaun Groves’ new [...]

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