https://saradagen.com/2017/10/11/if-you-lose-your-mind-do-you-lose-your-faith/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/trish-me-and-mom.jpgtrish, me and momhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/trish-me-and-mom-when-we-moved-her-to-a-new-room.jpegtrish, me and mom when we moved her to a new roomhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/a-star-is-born.jpega star is born2026-02-20T18:45:44+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2026/02/13/a-valentines-day-lesson-in-love-and-divine-provision/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/valentines-day-2025_gatorbarbers-and-sara.jpegValentine's Day 2025_GatorBarbers and Sara2026-02-16T00:35:25+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/12/praising-a-woman-of-excellence/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-12-10-19-43.jpg2013-11-12 10.19.432026-01-30T21:13:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/05/10/emotional-connection-family-heirlooms/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mom-in-scissors-with-afghan-background-artistic-effect-cement-e1399207147638.jpgMom in scissors with afghan background artistic effect cementMy sister and I found scissors everywhere... scissors we could never find when we needed them, of course. These are a sampling, with a backdrop of the afghan I saved.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/moms-82nd-birthday-with-three-pics.jpgmom's 82nd birthday with three picsSome moments captured at my mom's 82nd birthday celebration; in the background is the afghan I still have.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/moms-82nd-birthday.jpgmom's 82nd birthdayAll five my mom's children, spouses, grands, and great grands gathered to celebrate my mother's recent 82nd birthday. The afghan I thought enough to save is in the background.2026-01-30T18:58:36+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2019/08/07/this-is-more-disturbing-than-stepping-in-gum/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gumwall-1517659_1920.jpggumwall-1517659_19202026-01-29T18:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2026/01/28/the-godwink-that-reminds-me-gods-got-this-and-he-gets-me/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2025.12.01-wendy-and-ben-exit-the-helicopter.jpgWendy & Benhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-2.pngimagehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1.pngimagehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image.pngimage2026-04-01T08:43:32+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2023/02/14/we-love-him-because-he-loved-us-first-and-most/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/dagen-children-1996-blog-image.pngdagen children 1996- blog image2026-01-20T17:22:58+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2021/03/16/reconcile-with-brother/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/copy-of-scott-images-blog-feature-image-1.pngImages of my brother Scott2026-01-10T15:59:16+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2022/04/12/out-of-all-the-memories-i-could-keep-this-was-the-one/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/line-of-ink-blog-feature-image.pngline of ink - Blog Feature Image2026-01-10T15:53:48+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2020/01/10/i-read-the-bible-in-one-year-this-is-what-it-did-for-me/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/jenny-smith-2j0_sj5qs40-unsplash.jpgjenny-smith-2J0_sJ5qS40-unsplash2026-01-06T14:51:57+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/16/when-i-am-weak-he-is-strong/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/in-over-my-head-ppt-e1447698490560.jpgin over my head pptA picture of being in over my head. Yup. I had no camel to overwhelm with straw to photograph, so this will have to suffice as an illustration of how I am feeling today. 2025-12-15T18:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2025/11/11/full-circle-a-surprise-encounter-with-a-familiar-face-from-my-past/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bill-and-me-in-photo-booth.pngBill and me in photo boothhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-1.pngimagehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image.pngimagehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/gainesville-sun-christian-faculty.pngGainesville Sun-Christian Facultyhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/the-solution.pngThe Solutionhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/wise-men-and-women-still-seek-him.pngWise Men and Women Still Seek Himhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/gorgeous-sorgius-the-doll.pngGorgeous Sorgius-the dollhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/gorgeous-sorgius.pngGorgeous Sorgius2025-11-29T22:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/posts-from-2022/2025-11-12T18:00:44+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/posts-from-2021/2025-11-12T18:00:08+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/posts-from-2020/2025-11-12T17:59:37+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/posts-from-2019/2025-11-12T17:58:41+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/posts-from-2018/2025-11-12T17:57:56+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/posts-from-2017/2025-11-12T17:57:22+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/posts-from-2016/2025-11-12T17:56:47+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/posts-from-2014/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-3.pngimage2025-11-12T17:56:01+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/posts-from-2015/2025-11-12T17:55:28+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/posts-from-2013/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-2.pngimage2025-11-12T17:54:34+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/posts-from-2012/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pexels-photo-3601081.jpega vintage typewriterPhoto by Suzy Hazelwood on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-vintage-typewriter-3601081/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2025-11-12T17:53:53+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/first-posts-first/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/pexels-photo-3363111.jpegphoto of person holding cupPhoto by Alina Vilchenko on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-person-holding-cup-3363111/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2025-11-12T17:52:38+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/posts-from-2023-2025/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/3.png3https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2.png2https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/1.png1https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/12.png12https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/11.png11https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/10.png10https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/9.png9https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/8.png8https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/7.png7https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/6.png62025-11-12T16:46:56+00:00weekly0.6https://saradagen.com/2012/01/22/hello-world/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/the-call-of-duty-blog-feature-image.pngthe call of duty - Blog Feature Image2025-11-12T15:53:38+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/01/24/where-have-all-the-timers-gone/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/where-have-all-the-timers-gone-blog-feature-image.pngwhere have all the timers gone - Blog Feature Image2025-11-12T15:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/01/25/ocd-action-news/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ocd-action-news-blog-feature-image.pngocd action news - Blog Feature Image2025-11-12T15:52:03+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/01/26/procrastination/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/procrastination-blog-feature-image.pngprocrastination - Blog Feature Image2025-11-12T15:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/01/29/thats-what-friends-are-for/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/thats-what-friends-are-for-blog-feature-image.pngthat's what friends are for - Blog Feature Image2025-11-12T15:51:30+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/01/29/fat-enough/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/fat-enough-blog-feature-image.pngfat enough - Blog Feature Imagehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/xforce.pngX-Force Weight Loss ProgramAll good except that bathing suit & photo shoot thing...2025-11-12T15:51:29+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/02/02/speechless/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/speechless-blog-feature-image.pngspeechless - Blog Feature Image2025-11-12T15:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/02/04/deep-offerings/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/deep-offerings-blog-feature-image.pngdeep offerings - Blog Feature Image2025-11-12T15:51:26+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/02/05/competitive-nature/2025-11-12T15:51:25+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/02/06/not-so-over-it/2025-11-12T15:51:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/03/10/stuck/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/stuck-blog-image.pngstuck - blog image2025-11-12T15:51:23+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/03/12/totally-unprepared-am-i/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/totally-unprepared-teacher-blog-image.pngtotally unprepared teacher - blog image2025-11-12T15:51:21+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/03/17/freaky-friday/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/freaky-friday-blog-image.pngfreaky friday - blog imagehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/20211106_130522.jpg20211106_1305222025-11-12T15:51:20+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/03/18/update-on-freaky-friday/2025-11-12T15:51:19+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/03/24/just-being-honest/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/just-being-honest-blog-image-1.pngjust being honest - blog image (1)2025-11-12T15:51:18+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/03/25/hoodie-hoodlum/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hoodie-hoolum-blog-image.pnghoodie = hoolum - blog imagehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/hoodie-hoodlum-2-blog-image.pnghoodie = hoodlum 2 - blog imagehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/hoodie-hoodlum-2-blog-image.pnghoodie-hoodlum-2-blog-image2025-11-12T15:51:16+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/03/31/power-splurge/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/power-splurge-blog-image.pngpower splurge - blog imagehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/trish-and-me-0011.jpgTrish and me 001https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/trish-and-me-001.jpgMy sister Trish, left, and I: the splurge sharers2025-11-12T15:51:15+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/02/feel-good-baseball/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/feel-good-baseball-blog-image.pngfeel-good baseball - blog image2025-11-12T15:51:14+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/03/finally-f2f/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/finally-face-to-face-blog-image.pngfinally face to face - blog image2025-11-12T15:51:13+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/04/superfluous/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/superfluous-blog-image.pngsuperfluous - blog image2025-11-12T15:51:11+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/07/fat-pants-cat-lap/2025-11-12T15:51:10+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/14/without-a-trace/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/without-a-trace-blog-image.pngwithout a trace - blog image2025-11-12T15:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/15/unwired/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf0213.jpgDSCF0213The dry riverbed, thankfully not the part of the river in our back yardhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf0190.jpgDSCF0190My sons A.J. and Adam at the racetrackhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf0210.jpgDSCF0210The monster gator across the river from our cabin.2025-11-12T15:51:07+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/18/return-to-the-river/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/306_0278.jpg306_0278https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf7445.jpgFhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2008_0323river200011.jpgThttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2008_0323river20001.jpgThttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/river-trip-070.jpgF2025-11-12T15:51:06+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/19/hunger-games-jury-version/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf0234.jpgDSCF0234https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf0225.jpgDSCF0225Hey, if I were going to be in some wild arena, I would have settled for a braid like Katniss, but if she had been going to court as I was, she would have chosen my hairstyle, the topsy tail! 2025-11-12T15:48:04+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/21/on-my-honor/2025-11-12T15:48:01+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/22/hero-worship/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/478986_3858508140750_1219787586_33896558_1945625318_o.jpg478986_3858508140750_1219787586_33896558_1945625318_oMy son in the truck he wishes were his own...2025-11-12T15:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/23/to-win-or-not-to-win/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/25-1214570591-o.jpg25-1214570591-OThe Cornerstone Cougars 2011 (Cindy Taylor Photography)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/12-1219380433-o.jpg12-1219380433-OMy son Adam, pitching fora Cougar win. (Cindy Taylor Photography 2011)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/28-1214574717-o.jpg28-1214574717-OContemplating the win2025-11-12T15:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/25/the-bright-side/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf0238-e1335349755733.jpgDSCF0238Despite the raucous ride home, these Adam and Josiah managed a somber look for this photo closing this chapter of their baseball career.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf0236.jpgDSCF0236The batting line-ups that congregated in the bottom of my bag this baseball season.2025-11-12T15:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/26/out-of-my-control/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf02411-e1335451619809.jpgDSCF0241Adam exercised self-control and began truly working on his paper.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dscf0241.jpgDSCF02412025-11-12T15:47:46+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/28/out-of-the-heart/2025-11-12T15:47:42+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/04/30/cheers/2025-11-12T15:47:38+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/03/bane-or-blessing/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0265-e1336037323541.jpgDSCF0265When I "retired" from The Gainesville Sun to play "mommy," my colleagues created this fun version of the paper as by good-bye gift. It is still framed and prominently displayed in my kitchen.2025-11-12T15:47:34+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/05/why-i-teach/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0286.jpgDSCF0286Those little notes from parents and students to say thanks? I keep them; they keep me going!2025-11-12T15:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/06/cultivating-a-d-d/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0270-e1336231076658.jpgDSCF02702025-11-12T15:47:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/07/true-trophies/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf02611-e1335890031274.jpgDSCF0261https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0261.jpgDSCF02612025-11-12T15:47:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/09/sands-of-time/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/caspersen-beach-1998-001.jpgCaspersen Beach 1998 001My mother and my youngest son, Adam, at Caspersen Beach in 1998.2025-11-12T15:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/11/what-my-mother-did-right/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/306_0620.jpg306_0620My mom and I when we visited the butterfly museum last summer.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf7963.jpgFhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf7961.jpgFhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf7987.jpgF2025-11-12T15:46:59+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/14/happy-feet/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0314-e1336998809405.jpgDSCF0314Me and my "man shoes": I hope my sister-in-law (or a grammar teacher) doesn't read this...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0302-e1336998733845.jpgDSCF0302The practical but not always comfortable flat pump...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0307-e1336998590643.jpgDSCF0307My S.A.S. shoes were not sassy, but they were comfortable!https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf03091-e1336998432406.jpgDSCF0309Rocking the Crocs and socks...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0309.jpgDSCF0309Rocking the Crocs and socks...2025-11-12T15:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/17/terran-this-blogs-for-you/2025-11-12T15:46:51+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/19/the-sin-of-multitasking/2025-11-12T15:46:48+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/20/driving-miss-crazy/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0317.jpgDSCF0317Maybe I'm nervous because his eyes are on me, instead of the road?2025-11-12T15:46:45+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/21/last-lasts/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/adam-eating-mulch-001.jpgAdam eating mulch 001Adam's first time eating mulch...2025-11-12T15:46:42+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/26/text-me-if-youre-dying/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/35519_3196002774179_1089264827_44459579_1601252063_n.jpg35519_3196002774179_1089264827_44459579_1601252063_nThe latest chapters in my life's book, class of 2012. Pray for me as I prepare to write the sequel.2025-11-12T15:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/05/31/scheduling-for-success/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf7724.jpgFOf course, I will have to schedule in some time to enjoy God's handiwork.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf7995.jpgFOf course, I have to schedule in some time to enjoy God's beautiful handiwork.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0294.jpgDSCF0294My schedule for success must include time for family and friends (pictured: my mom and youngest son on Mother's Day)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0292.jpgDSCF0292Me with my mama....https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dscf0155-e1338473054969.jpgDSCF01552025-11-12T15:46:35+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/06/11/two-arms-are-better-than-none/2025-11-12T15:46:32+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/06/15/care-and-keeping-of-teenagers/2025-11-12T15:46:29+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/06/17/a-tribute-to-my-dad/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dad-and-adam-0011-e1339942335814.jpgDad and Adam 001My dad with my youngest son, Adam John, named in honor of my father.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dad-and-adam-001.jpgDad and Adam 001My dad with my youngest son, Adam John, named in honor of my father.2025-11-12T15:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/06/18/this-funs-for-you/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/575884_4291649133316_529362923_n-e1339944747467.jpg575884_4291649133316_529362923_nJessie and her beautiful brigade.2025-11-12T15:46:20+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/06/20/chronicles-of-marmia/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/303479_4246371963975_2145018355_n2-e1340231631161.jpg303479_4246371963975_2145018355_nThe frisking. Really? I am clearly a teacher... see the batwings! (Despite my $99/year gym membership...)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/303479_4246371963975_2145018355_n1.jpg303479_4246371963975_2145018355_nThe frisking. Really? I am clearly a teacher... see the batwings! (Despite my $99/year gym membership...)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/303479_4246371963975_2145018355_n-e1340231417626.jpg303479_4246371963975_2145018355_nTruly a teacher... see the batwings! (Despite my $99/year gym membership...)2025-11-12T15:46:18+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/06/21/chronicles-of-marmia-day-2/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscf03452-e1340317639980.jpgDSCF0345My morning office. The seat is a little uncomfortable because the lid buckles.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscf03451.jpgDSCF0345https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dscf0345.jpgDSCF03452025-11-12T15:46:14+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/06/22/chronicles-of-marmia-day-3/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img01439-20120622-1625-e1340423262210.jpgIMG01439-20120622-1625A glimpse of those sensible shoes and practical purses...2025-11-12T15:46:11+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/06/25/chronicles-of-marmia-day-4/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img01044-20120128-1831.jpgIMG01044-20120128-1831The sun does rise and set over Payne's Prairie in Gainesville--just ask Brittany Honeycutt, who shot this evidence.2025-11-12T15:46:08+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/06/26/a-dot-on-the-line-of-eternity/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/line_of_eternity.pngline_of_eternityhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/eternity-001-e1340717841479.jpgeternity 0012025-11-12T15:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/02/waxing-political/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0352.jpgDSCF0352https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0216.jpgDSCF0216Just a small representation of those who have served in our United States military.2025-11-12T15:45:42+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/07/encroaching-on-my-coffee/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0361-e1341653834562.jpgDSCF0361In some countries, this might be considered a delicacy: coffee-boiled cockroach. To some writers this might be the makings of a poem or a novella. To me, a life lesson via a blog post.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0362.jpgDSCF0362In other countries, this might be considered a delicacy, coffee-boiled cockroach. But not my country. Yet another reason to love the USA!2025-11-12T15:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/09/encroachment-issues/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0384-e1341836279618.jpgDSCF0384Imagine, capturing me, Parkinson's Law, and Murphy's Law all in the same shot. That about wraps it up... https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0370.jpgDSCF0370If you look closely, you will notice that the concept of Murphy's Law is explained on the same page as Parkinson's Law. (I had no need to highlight that definition. I know it well.)2025-11-12T15:45:36+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/10/whole-lot-of-groaning/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012-07-10-09-20-21-787.jpg2012-07-10 09-20-21.787https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012-07-10-09-09-08-534-e1341926237503.jpg2012-07-10 09-09-08.534Me and my poison ivy--not thrilled with each other even a week after it appeared.2025-11-12T15:45:33+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/12/toward-something-better/2025-11-12T15:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/14/stars-upon-thars/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sample_id_with_star.pngsample_ID_with_starhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/befunky_cartoonizer_1adamandigetalicense.jpgBeFunky_Cartoonizer_1adamandigetalicenseStars upon thar driver licenses... https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/adam_and_i_get_our_license_edited.pngadam_and_i_get_our_license_edited2025-11-12T15:45:27+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/15/scars-upon-thars/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/scarred_for_life.pngscarred_for_life2025-11-12T15:45:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/20/no-greater-loss-to-be-feared/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0387-e1342790632244.jpgDSCF0387My first column appeared nearly 20 years ago.2025-11-12T15:45:21+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/21/the-sequel/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/the-wedding-photo-001-e1342867933421.jpgthe wedding photo 001The Dagens, November 19, 1994https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0389-e1342793608707.jpgDSCF0389The Dagens, November 19, 19942025-11-12T15:45:18+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/23/by-the-dawns-early-light/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photo07230642_1.jpgPhoto07230642_1The heavens declare the glory of God...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photo07220622-e1343052185253.jpgPhoto07220622The awakening...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photo07220648.jpgPhoto072206482025-11-12T15:45:15+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/26/clothes-cover-a-multitude-of-sins/2025-11-12T15:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/27/morning-by-morning/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0395.jpgDSCF0395"From the rising of the sun to its going down The Lord’s name is to be praised" (Psalm 113:3 NKJV).2025-11-12T15:45:07+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/28/lessons-from-the-beach/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0437-e1343418911992.jpgDSCF0437The soft-sand road home...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dscf0397-e1343397547585.jpgDSCF0397Foot trail to the beach...2025-11-12T15:45:04+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/07/29/redefining-normal/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/photo07251527.jpgPhoto07251527My 2004 Chevy Venture van's speedometer just days ago--when I was parked.2025-11-12T15:45:00+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/08/11/briefly-up-for-air/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0441.jpgDSCF0441Evidence of my current state of affairs...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0440.jpgDSCF0440Evidence of my state of mind?2025-11-12T15:44:58+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/08/18/water-water-everywhere/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0444.jpgDSCF0444Layers of foam and rubber hide the water--and the source of it. My van remains flooded. If you have any insight into the cause, fill me in!https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0443.jpgDSCF04432025-11-12T15:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/08/25/flowers-frills-and-ostrich-quills/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0448-e1345898536441.jpgDSCF0448My friend Pamela is an excellent and creative seamstress. Some people can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but Pam can make purses, cell phone, and Kindle covers of her own design that make even a silk purse seem inferior. If you want to purchase one, I can hook you up!https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0450.jpgDSCF0450The beautiful mix of flowers my daughter and her husband gave me.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0449-e1345898028892.jpgDSCF0449Frills and ostrich quills... my delightful new purses! https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0446.jpgDSCF0446https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dscf0447.jpgDSCF04472025-11-12T15:44:51+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/08/30/the-crybaby-cure/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/mrs-piggle-wiggle-cover-001-e1346328867100.jpgMrs. Piggle Wiggle cover 001I so enjoyed reading the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books as a child that I bought them to enjoy with my own children... and still have them! 2025-11-12T15:44:47+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/09/05/too-tired-to-sleep/2025-11-12T15:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/09/06/the-freedoms-we-take-for-granted/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/peter-gibby-letter-001.jpgpeter gibby letter 001The back side of Peter's letter to me included his current daily schedule, an exhibit of his loss of freedom (and his sense of humor). 2025-11-12T15:44:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/09/10/go-and-make-disciples/2025-11-12T15:44:20+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/09/13/the-chain-of-promise/2025-11-12T15:44:15+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/09/15/jesus-is-in-the-equation/2025-11-12T15:44:12+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/09/18/the-gift-of-song/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/001.jpg001My parents, Barbara and John Souders2025-11-12T15:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/09/23/a-pain-in-the-game/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/facebook_seeking_game_ideas.pngfacebook_seeking_game_ideasA friend in need (me) is a friend on Facebook. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/portal_with_blue.pngportal_with_blueStuck at Level 15 in Portal: The Flash Version.... reminds me of the song in "Grease," which includes, "Stranded at the drive-in. Branded a fool."<br />My version: "Stranded at Level 15. Clearly, a fool."https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/portal_pic.pngportal_picStuck at Level 15 in Portal: The Flash Version.... reminds me of the song in Grease, which includes, "Stranded at the drive-in. Branded a fool." My version: "Stranded at Level 15. Clearly, a fool." 2025-11-12T15:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/09/26/the-like-that-matters/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dscf0485-e1348696699827.jpgDSCF0485When I showed the book to Wil the next day, he grabbed it, sat down, and started reading. I then kept it on my desk all day, and a number of students were excited to see it, saying it was one of their favorites. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/do-you-like-me-001-e1348696374860.jpgdo you like me 0012025-11-12T15:44:01+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/10/09/s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/storyboard_38.pngstoryboard_38My joyful Redcrosse Knight and his dwarf conquer the enemies in my storyboard for my game, part of which is based on Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene Book 1.2025-11-12T15:43:58+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/10/22/animated-and-it-feels-so-good/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscf0516.jpgDSCF0516The candleholder (matchbox held in underneath compartment) I tried to mimic.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscf0505.jpgDSCF0505The original birdhouse I used as my model for my 3D object.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/still_candle.pngClick here to see it all animated!The four-window overview in Milkshape 3D and the product of my animation efforts.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/still_of_birdhouse.pngClick here to see it in 3D action.My 3D object based on a model of a birdhouse in my kitchen.2025-11-12T15:43:55+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/10/25/the-road-to-hell-and-other-consequences/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/what-ya-think-this-is-001-e1351175169354.jpgwhat ya think this is 001My mother purchased this print in 1954, and I remember it hanging in our bathroom when I was a small child. Though books and magazines were permanent fixtures in our "library" bathroom, this print disappeared in a box and is rather the worse for wear. But now it hangs in my bathroom.2025-11-12T15:43:53+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/10/29/a-tale-of-two-kitties/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscf0540-e1351509922220.jpgDSCF0540Tiger Lily, blinded by my flash. She really does have pupils.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscf0535-e1351465509433.jpgDSCF0535Please see the cat, not the clutter, invading my space and view of the computer screen. Tori is living the life...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscf0530.jpgDSCF0530The face, not the tail, of one of my kitties!https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscf0494.jpgDSCF0494https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscf0498-e1351440204352.jpgDSCF0498Tori in her "tuck position" for good rest. Her eyes started opening due to the disturbance of my camera noises.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscf0490.jpgDSCF0490https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscf0489.jpgDSCF0489https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dscf0438.jpgDSCF0438Letting sleeping cats lie...2025-11-12T15:43:49+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/11/02/that-is-just-so-god/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/my_game.pngmy_gamehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/barack_obama_posters_yes_we_can_blue1.jpgbarack_obama_posters_yes_we_can_blueNot political, just perfect!https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/barack_obama_posters_yes_we_can_blue.jpgbarack_obama_posters_yes_we_can_blueA slight edit makes even a political slogan true... 2025-11-12T15:43:45+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/11/13/too-much-of-a-good-thing/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscf0547-e1352845350505.jpgDSCF0547Orderly hoarder.... yes, this is my desk.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hoarder.pnghoarderIt's all a matter of perspective.... https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscf0546.jpgDSCF0546Too much of a good thing like salad? My son A.J. doesn't seem to mind. Unfortunately, too much salad is generally not my problem...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pizap-com13518014978371.jpgpizap.com13518014978371Photo by Ian Joyce/Edited by Sara Dagen2025-11-12T15:43:41+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/11/23/the-real-reason-im-thankful/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscf05531-e1353677265182.jpgDSCF0553https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscf0553.jpgDSCF0553One of two photos I managed to shoot before we devoured the turkey and fixings. Somehow, I find cooking a Thanksgiving meal all-consuming (although thanks to my husband, daughter and son-in-law for their help this year).https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscf0554.jpgDSCF0554The table just prior to eating at yesterday's feast. (I only managed two shots the entire day; did I mention that cooking a turkey dinner is a bit challenging?)2025-11-12T15:43:37+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2012/11/30/glorious-en-masse/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dscf0574.jpgDSCF05742025-11-12T15:43:33+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/01/01/mom-for-a-week/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dscf0625.jpgDSCF0625https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dscf0622.jpgDSCF0622My mom enjoyed the daily walks, despite the cool temperatures.2025-11-12T15:43:09+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/01/19/like-a-pedicure-in-winter/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dscf0660.jpgA pedicure in winterMy too-pale feet with their beautiful painted toenails emerged from their shoes to become one with the winter sky... just to illustrate how silly a pedicure in winter could be, except for the lessons it teaches...2025-11-12T15:43:05+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/01/26/hope-floats-and-other-flooring-deceptions/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dscf0663.jpgDSCF0663The room is still a work in progress, but the deceptively beautiful floor is ready for display.2025-11-12T15:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/02/09/two-timing/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/torn_between_blogs2.pngtorn_between_blogs2https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/torn_between_two_blogs.pngtorn_between_two_blogs2025-11-12T15:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/03/18/driven-by-feelings/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dscf0671.jpgDSCF0671Well, the speedometer doesn't work.... might as well let the Word of God be my guide, right>2025-11-12T15:42:54+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/04/21/the-answer-my-friend-is-blowing-in-the-wind/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dscf0692.jpgDSCF0692While my son practiced pitching with my husband, I wasn't needed. And so I wandered and observed, saw this unique, twisted tree, and had to shoot a photo. I tried to shoot a picture of the wind, but that didn't work so well...2025-11-12T15:42:12+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/05/16/the-sudden-stop-at-the-end/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscf0732.jpgDSCF0732So it poured rain the day of commencement, which meant it was a bad hair day. But it was a great day with my new, old friends anyway!https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscf0727.jpgDSCF0727https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dscf0725.jpgDSCF07252025-11-12T15:42:07+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/05/24/do-you-ever-do-dumb-things/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/text_message.pngtext_message2025-11-12T15:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/05/25/saying-goodbye-to-a-colleague/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1916134_203638656456_7886380_n-e1426283834374.jpg1916134_203638656456_7886380_nBrittany on a float in the local parade. She floats through life with a smile on her face and joy in her heart -- and manages to make others have the same.2025-11-12T15:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/06/03/take-my-life-and-let-it-be-like-a-coca-cola-c-e-o-for-thee/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/coke-jesus-collage.jpgCoke Jesus collageSeriously? Do a search for Coca Cola + Jesus Christ + images and you can make your own collage. I did.2025-11-12T15:41:57+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/06/10/puncturing-the-power-of-sin/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/steve-and-sara-with-pitchfork-cropped.jpgsteve and sara with pitchfork croppedActually, I was holding the pitchfork, and I wasn't smiling...2025-11-12T15:41:51+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/06/23/when-memory-foam-remembers/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bumpy-bed-2.jpgbumpy bed 2When a memory foam bed goes bad.... although my cat doesn't seem to mind.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bumpy-bed.jpgbumpy bedWhen memory foam bed goes bad... although my cat doesn't seem to mind!https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dscf0815-e1371994628177.jpgDSCF0815When memory foam mattresses go bad.... though Tori, our cat, doesn't seem to mind.2025-11-12T15:41:47+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/06/30/when-trouble-is-the-teacher/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/04192-upcloseflower.jpg04192-upcloseflower2025-11-12T15:41:26+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/07/08/in-the-garden-of-weedin/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/piles-of-weeds.jpgpiles of weedsI was so proud of my efforts, I shot a photo of the piles of wandering jew and other yard debris I gathered that first day. You should see this area of the yard now!https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dscf0813.jpgDSCF0813If you https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/free-weeding-opportunities-e1373234174791.jpgfree weeding opportunitiesI did not send this to anyone, I promise. I just wanted you to better visualize my fantasy invitation.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/poison-ivy-and-wandering-jew.jpgpoison ivy and wandering jewIn our back yard, I noticed a clumping of both my summer nemeses, poison ivy (left) and wandering jew. I got itchy just shooting the photo...2025-11-12T15:41:17+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/07/24/i-saw-the-light/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/blind-sketch-shorter.jpgblind sketch shorterTemporarily pouting, but permanently enlightened! https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/blind-sketch.jpgblind sketchPouting but learning... that's me!2025-11-12T15:41:13+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/07/28/finding-the-son-in-the-sun/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-21-06-43-14.jpg2013-07-21 06.43.14Here comes the sun!https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-21-06-30-28.jpg2013-07-21 06.30.28About 15 minutes before sunrise.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-21-06-02-48.jpg2013-07-21 06.02.48About 50 minutes before the sunrise, the sky already had a glow.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-26-06-50-361.jpg2013-07-26 06.50.36Sunrises in St. Augustine, Florida, are like snowflakes, uniquely amazinghttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-26-06-50-36.jpg2013-07-26 06.50.36Sunrises in St. Augustine are like snowflakes---uniquely amazing.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2013-07-24-06-45-17.jpg2013-07-24 06.45.17Good morning!2025-11-12T15:41:08+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/08/04/by-the-word-of-our-testimony/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/2013-08-04-12-44-38.jpg2013-08-04 12.44.38The cover of the scrapbook I made following my summer in Wildwood, N.J., a few years ago...2025-11-12T15:41:03+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/09/07/moms-move-to-memory-care/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-01-16-56-251-e1378596343863.jpg2013-09-01 16.56.25My last photo of my mother in her own home. Behind her is just one set of shelves featuring her beloved books and tapes.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-02-14-59-12.jpg2013-09-02 14.59.12My sister Trish, Dixie, Cheryl, and my mom as I said good-bye. I was thankful I did not leave last. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-02-14-00-52.jpg2013-09-02 14.00.52My niece Cheryl, her mom, Dixie, and my mother in her new room. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-01-16-56-25-e1378595687774.jpg2013-09-01 16.56.25My last picture of my mom in her own home with her beloved books and lessons on tape.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-02-14-01-09.jpg2013-09-02 14.01.092025-11-12T15:41:00+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/09/14/no-longer-worrying-that-it-could-happen-to-me/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/job-and-his-comforters-e1379165283797.jpgJob and his comfortershttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/asa_walker_speaks_on_job.pngAsa_Walker_speaks_on_JobWestside Baptist youth minister Asa Walker addresses my English classes.2025-11-12T15:40:56+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/09/22/but-what-i-do-have-i-give-you/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mom_returning_from_church.pngmom_returning_from_churchThe memory care facility shoots photos of my mother randomly during the day and emails them to us so we can see what my mom is doing. Just as I finished typing this post, I got this photo of my my mother and my sister-in-law returning from church. What a blessing!2025-11-12T15:40:53+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/09/29/suffering-too-is-a-good-thing/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sufferingedited.jpgsufferingedited2025-11-12T15:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/10/06/why-goldilocks-was-just-wrong/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/the_three_bearsedited.jpgthe_three_bearsedited2025-11-12T15:40:46+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/10/13/nothing-like-that-just-brushed-feeling/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cleanlinessedited.jpgcleanlinessedited2025-11-12T15:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/10/20/out-of-the-mouths-of-teens/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dont-do-what-you-like-like-what-you-do.pngdon't do what you like, like what you do!https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/spenserian_stanza_job_version.pngspenserian_stanza_job_versionhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/spenserian_stanza_as_taught_in_class.pngspenserian_stanza_as_taught_in_classhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dont_do_whatever_you_like_like_whatever_you_do.pngdon't_do_whatever_you_like_like_whatever_you_do2025-11-12T15:40:38+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/02/im-taking-the-challenge-a-day-late/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/nablopomo.pngnablopomoI'm giving it a try!2025-11-12T15:40:36+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/03/how-pride-squelches-our-talents/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/adam-and-the-faerie-queene.jpgadam and the faerie queenehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-02-12-00-52.jpg2013-11-02 12.00.52Engrossed in Roy Maynard's annotated and edited version of The Faerie Queene Book 1.2025-11-12T15:40:32+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/04/when-work-feels-like-play/2025-11-12T15:40:27+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/05/when-did-i-become-an-old-fogie/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-04-06-28-20edited.jpg2013-11-04 06.28.20editedWhy do "selfies" make me think I am looking at a mirror image of the true shot? I should have managed some makeup before shooting this... Sigh. But old fogies probably don't need to worry about that.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-04-06-28-20.jpg2013-11-04 06.28.20Why do "selfies" make me think I am looking at a mirror image of the true shot? I should have managed some makeup before shooting this... Sigh. Old fogies probably don't worry about that.2025-11-12T15:40:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/06/the-daily-blog/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rock-and-hard-place1-e1383695784682.jpgrock and hard placeTo blog significantly or not to blog, that is usually the question. Not during NaBloPoMo. Then the answer is simply "blog," significant or not. Somehow, it is still all good...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rock-and-hard-place-e1383695079627.jpgrock and hard placeTo blog significantly or not to blog, that is the question... except during November, when NaBloPoMo occurs. Then the answer must be, simply, "blog," significant or not.2025-11-12T15:39:34+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/07/no-can-do-no-whine-wednesday/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/whining.pngwhiningFlickr Photo by Benjamin Gray (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38525065@N00/84982525)2025-11-12T15:39:30+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/08/i-am-sara-without-an-h/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sara.jpgSara2025-11-12T15:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/09/this-is-love/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/door-knob-edited.jpgdoor knob editedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-08-07-20-13.jpg2013-11-08 07.20.132025-11-12T15:39:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/10/memories-my-mother-never-mentioned/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-09-20-15-41.jpg2013-11-09 20.15.412025-11-12T15:39:20+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/11/i-blame-blogging-on-my-bladder/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sharpen-your-axeedited.jpgsharpen your axeedited2025-11-12T15:39:17+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/13/close-your-eyes-and-drink-deeply/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/close-your-eyes-and-drink-deeply.jpgclose your eyes and drink deeplyMan, a photo in which I forgot to shut my eyes... but you get the idea.2025-11-12T15:39:11+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/14/loving-back-words/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/loving-back-words-edited.jpgloving back words edited2025-11-12T15:39:07+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/15/grace-for-each-new-day/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ferns_on_tree_2_pix.pngferns_on_tree_2_pixSame tree, next day.2025-11-12T15:39:04+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/16/rants-rages-on-students-self/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-16-07-12-04.jpg2013-11-16 07.12.04Half full or half empty? Some days (today) I see the latter. It is a choice, and I need to make a better one!2025-11-12T15:39:00+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/17/focus-on-my-father/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-17-06-28-05.jpg2013-11-17 06.28.05Photos of my dad walking me down the aisle and enjoying time with his namesake; a hand print from 3-year-old Adam John were his contribution to the book we created for my father.2025-11-12T15:38:57+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/18/at-a-loss-for-words/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2012-05-13-11-06-49-e1384765859816.jpg2012-05-13 11.06.49My mom with my son Adam and me on Mother's Day 2012.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2011-12-18-18-46-39.jpg2011-12-18 18.46.39My sister Trish, my mom, and I just before Christmas two years ago.2025-11-12T15:38:54+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/19/a-mere-nineteen-years-ago/2025-11-12T15:38:50+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/20/when-the-days-trouble-is-63/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-19-19-54-58.jpg2013-11-19 19.54.58The window, about a foot off the ground, opens less than 11 inches.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/screenshot_2013-11-19-13-39-37-e1384886892510.pngScreenshot_2013-11-19-13-39-372025-11-12T15:38:47+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/21/no-accounting-for-taste/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stats_spike-e1385049023367.pngstats_spikehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/stats_nov-_20.pngstats_nov._20See how my Tuesday stats have totally skewed my perspective? My stats used to show on a scale up to, maybe, 100. Not it has to go up to 300! It makes my other days' counts look rather sparce. Get reading, my friends! :)2025-11-12T15:38:43+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/22/the-real-fabric-of-our-lives/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-22-03-56-55.jpg2013-11-22 03.56.55One of the literal fabrics of my life: my grandmother's afghan. I remember my mother tucking this blanket over me, when she was trying to get a fever to break or was simply cold. The weight of it gave me comfort; even today, if I am struggling to get to sleep, an extra blanket gives me that sense of security of my mother's love. I thought it symbolic that this beloved afghan is beginning to unravel -- and that a new friend of mine happens to have the skills to fix us. Friends and family are truly the fabric of our lives.2025-11-12T15:38:39+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/23/i-woke-up-this-morning/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/plank-in-eyeedited.jpgplank in eyeedited2025-11-12T15:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/24/the-sisterhood-of-the-traveling-blow-dryer/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/traveling-pants-and-blow-dryer.jpgtraveling pants and blow dryerhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/24/the-sisterhood-of-the-traveling-blow-dryer/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-23-18-16-13.jpg2013-11-23 18.16.13Photo illustration because clearly this is not the black blow dryer we share nor is it the jeans we do not share. 2025-11-12T15:38:09+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/25/granny-squares-and-gratefulness/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-25-07-22-44.jpg2013-11-25 07.22.442025-11-12T15:38:05+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/26/how-i-knew-my-mother-loved-me/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-23-09-35-50edited.jpg2013-11-23 09.35.50editedFeeling love in the laundry...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-23-09-35-50.jpg2013-11-23 09.35.50Feeling love in the laundry... https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-26-07-56-52-e1385471310382.jpg2013-11-26 07.56.52The artwork I purchased at the spring arts festival.2025-11-12T15:38:02+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/27/breast-up-i-fail-at-thanksgiving/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/thanksgiving-menu-etc-1.jpgthanksgiving menu etc 1https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/thanksgiving-menu-etc.jpgthanksgiving menu etc.2025-11-12T15:37:59+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/28/confessions-of-a-former-black-friday-shopper/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-28-05-49-27-e1385636399264.jpg2013-11-28 05.49.27Each box represents a Black Friday door opener at JC Penney. Each still contains the Disney snow globe. Notice each is still in the box -- in my cabinet.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-28-05-50-49.jpg2013-11-28 05.50.49This snow globe marks my last Black Friday door opener at JC Penney. (Last year I cleaned out the garage instead of shopping.)2025-11-12T15:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/29/random-thoughts-on-this-day-after-thanksgiving/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-28-17-54-35.jpg2013-11-28 17.54.35Meal eaten, dishes done, my family got cozy in the living room. When I looked up from texting my sister and nephew, I noticed I wasn't the only one having screen time. Social media in the midst of a social occasion. Go figure.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-28-17-53-46.jpg2013-11-28 17.53.46https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-29-08-42-23.jpg2013-11-29 08.42.23I find going into the gas station to purchase kerosene with my American Express card a bit of an embarrassment, but the affordable heat is worth it.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-29-08-42-03.jpg2013-11-29 08.42.03Our cat, Tori, curls up on my laptop sleeve. Though I would prefer a hairless case for my computer, I make the compromise so I can actually type.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bath_and_body_works_coupons.pngbath_and_body_works_couponsWhile too late to help me this year, I am making a note of this...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013-11-29-08-45-22.jpg2013-11-29 08.45.22The morning after photo... because, of course, we ATE instead of shooting photos of the bounty of blessings our table hosted (not the least of which was my children and their loves).2025-11-12T15:37:53+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/11/30/contemplating-the-end-of-nablopomo/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/monthly_and_weekly_stats.pngmonthly_and_weekly_statsThis screenshot shows my stat summaries for monthly averages, top, and my weekly averages, bottom. Clearly, NaBloPoMo has been good for my blog.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/monthly_stats.pngmonthly_statsA screenshot of my monthly stats taken this morning. Clearly, November has been a banner month.2025-11-12T15:37:50+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/01/maybe-nablopomo-december/2025-11-12T15:37:47+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/02/more-with-less-and-less-with-more/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/overfilled-truckedited.jpgoverfilled truckeditedTried to find a truck loaded with gifts rather than junk as I thought that might indicate a better perspective as to my own load. 2025-11-12T15:37:44+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/03/crashing-the-zumba-party/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/nablopomo_moreless_0.jpgNaBloPoMo_MoreLess_0https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/zumba-fitness-mime-e1386096000650.jpgzumba fitness mime2025-11-12T15:37:41+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/04/i-love-you-more/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-04-14-17-50edited.jpg2013-12-04 14.17.50editedGotta love him!2025-11-12T15:37:38+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/05/10-minutes-or-less/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-05-04-31-06.jpg2013-12-05 04.31.06It took a couple of shots to get Tori looking photogenic. Apparently, she wanted to sleep, not have a photo session.2025-11-12T15:37:34+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/06/more-than-time/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-06-17-47-03-e1386370184632.jpg2013-12-06 17.47.032025-11-12T15:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/07/my-mother-was-right-of-course/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/presentation1-e1386421551182.jpgPresentation12025-11-12T15:37:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/08/the-more-we-pretend-to-read/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mark-as-read-e1386501822928.jpgmark as read2025-11-12T15:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/09/mosquitoes-in-december-and-more-excuses/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/christmas-lights.jpgchristmas lightsOne reason I dislike hanging lights. The strands only half light, and I don't have the patience to figure out why or fix them.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/aj-in-canvas.jpgAJ in canvasMy nice, helpful son A.J.2025-11-12T15:37:19+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/10/allow-and-accept/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/5660_100357899981533_3239413_n.jpg5660_100357899981533_3239413_nJennifer Ferguson2025-11-12T15:37:15+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/11/changing-the-world-vicariously/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-10-08-04-13.jpg2013-12-10 08.04.13Seven of the eight seniors managed to make it to school the day after their Capstone Projects. They now breathe sighs of relief and offer advice to the seniors scheduled for April.2025-11-12T15:37:11+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/12/judge-less-love-more/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/shower_caddy_with_toiletriesedited.jpgshower_caddy_with_toiletrieseditedhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/12/judge-less-love-more/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/shower_caddy_with_toiletries.pngshower_caddy_with_toiletriesThis is for illustration2025-11-12T15:23:45+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/13/needing-more-pep/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-13-14-30-16-e1386973800798.jpg2013-12-13 14.30.16Not the best photograph, but you get the picture...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-13-14-30-32.jpg2013-12-13 14.30.322025-11-12T15:23:43+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/14/anticibaking/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-14-14-31-54.jpg2013-12-14 14.31.54Some of the ingredients I will deplete over the next three days.2025-11-12T15:23:41+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/15/domestic-a-d-d/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-14-22-19-01.jpg2013-12-14 22.19.01The parade of caramel brownies, cooling comfortably on our dining room table.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/screenshot_2013-12-15-11-57-25.pngScreenshot_2013-12-15-11-57-25https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/screenshot_2013-12-15-11-56-56-e1387128124442.pngScreenshot_2013-12-15-11-56-56https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/screenshot_2013-12-15-11-57-081.pngScreenshot_2013-12-15-11-57-08https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/screenshot_2013-12-15-11-57-08.pngScreenshot_2013-12-15-11-57-082025-11-12T15:23:38+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/16/last-one-and-done/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-16-20-04-01.jpg2013-12-16 20.04.01https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-16-16-22-19.jpg2013-12-16 16.22.192025-11-12T15:23:36+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/17/when-your-love-language-is-chocolate/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-16-09-25-25.jpg2013-12-16 09.25.25The goods before I started packaging boxes and bags.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-17-18-17-03-e1387322374738.png2013-12-17 18.17.032025-11-12T15:23:33+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/18/breathe-more-deeply/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-18-18-35-19-e1387412013658.jpg2013-12-18 18.35.19My bags are packed and ready to go; my alarm is checked and set to go off; and my plan is to start the day as schedule... but knowing God is in control.2025-11-12T15:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/19/doing-more-with-less/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-19-17-37-26-e1387501360100.jpg2013-12-19 17.37.26One of the reasons I have less time... the privilege of watching my son play varsity basketball his senior year. (He wears #22.)2025-11-12T15:23:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/20/more-than-ironic/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-20-03-47-39.jpg2013-12-20 03.47.39So tired....https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ironically-up-early-e1387530085665.jpgironically up earlyI thought I could simply shoot a photo of the receipt where I began writing at 2 a.m. to contrast with my laptop keyboard... my cat kept getting in the way; I took six shots of lousy and made a collage. Let's call it art.2025-11-12T15:23:26+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/21/shortest-day-of-the-year/2025-11-12T15:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/22/to-tree-or-not-to-tree/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-22-12-42-53.jpg2013-12-22 12.42.53The ladder Christmas tree at the health club -- creative and festive.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-22-09-53-24.jpg2013-12-22 09.53.24My 22-year-old son happily proclaimed this flower arrangement an adequate substitute for a Christmas tree. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-22-10-43-17.jpg2013-12-22 10.43.17A little fluffing and some additional lights might make this a jolly little tree.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-22-10-42-27.jpg2013-12-22 10.42.27Such a promising little tree for a mere $41.99.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-22-08-18-34.jpg2013-12-22 08.18.34Home Depot's Christmas Tree House of Horrors...2025-11-12T15:23:22+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/23/christmas-memory-vs-photographs/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-23-15-33-02.jpg2013-12-23 15.33.02More song lyrics... namely, "You're so vain... You probably think this song is about you..." comes to mind when I see my cat under our Christmas tree. She seems to think the tree -- and its ornaments are her new play things... I can imagine she would think the song, "You Oughta Be In Pictures" is also all about her...2025-11-12T15:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/24/ive-got-zumba-on-a-holiday/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/just-add-water-and-shakeedited.jpgjust add water and shakeeditedhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/24/ive-got-zumba-on-a-holiday/2025-11-12T15:23:17+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/25/the-quiet-of-christmas/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-25-14-55-25.jpg2013-12-25 14.55.252025-11-12T15:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/26/reading-between-the-dots/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ellipses1.jpgellipses1https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ellipses.jpgellipses2025-11-12T15:23:11+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/27/raking-in-the-bargains/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rake-at-the-malledited.jpgRake at the malleditedTen selfies, just me and the rake, and not a single one worthy.... How do teens (and President Obama, for that matter) make themselves look so attractive in their selfies?https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-27-11-34-02.jpg2013-12-27 11.34.02Second shot. Worse than the first but minus the double chin.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-27-11-45-46.jpg2013-12-27 11.45.46Seriously? I shot nine selfies and wasn't satisfied with a single one. I used the last one anyway, as I appear imprisoned by the rake.2025-11-12T15:23:09+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/28/top-10-reasons-for-hating-holiday-travel/2025-11-12T15:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/29/when-you-hide-from-a-cat/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-29-07-41-35.jpg2013-12-29 07.41.35The view from my mother-in-love's kitchen I might have enjoyed save the cat's meow.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-29-07-30-46.jpg2013-12-29 07.30.46OK. Not a lovely shot, but you get the picture. :)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-29-07-14-16.jpg2013-12-29 07.14.16The quiet table where I sit typing my blog post...2025-11-12T15:23:05+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/30/back-story-behind-mother-in-love/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2012-04-08-13-18-10-e1388418418508.jpg2012-04-08 13.18.10Daughter-in-love and mother-in-love. :)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/back_story_mother_in_love.pngback_story_mother_in_love2025-11-12T15:23:03+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2013/12/31/when/2025-11-12T15:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/01/hello-2014/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-01-01-07-55-14.jpg2014-01-01 07.55.142025-11-12T15:20:02+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/02/pressed-for-time/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pressed-for-timeedited-e1388710821242.jpgpressed for timeeditedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pressed-for-time-e1388710403846.jpgpressed for time2025-11-12T15:19:59+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/03/procrastination-is-making-me-wait/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/under-pressure-nablopomo-e1388786084175.jpgunder pressure nablopomo2025-11-12T15:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/04/piggies-and-poor-politics/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/socks-and-barefeet-edited.jpgsocks and barefeet edited2025-11-12T15:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/05/the-last-hurrah-of-christmas/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/christmas_2013_png.jpgchristmas_2013_pnghttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-01-04-12-45-13-e1388958006323.jpg2014-01-04 12.45.13https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-01-05-15-46-20-e1388954908676.png2014-01-05 15.46.202025-11-12T15:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/06/when-your-resolutions-mess-with-mine/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-01-06-06-05-011.jpg2014-01-06 06.05.01https://saradagen.com/2014/01/06/when-your-resolutions-mess-with-mine/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-01-06-07-11-06.jpg2014-01-06 07.11.06Crazy dark and overfilled parking lot at 6 a.m. Shouldn't these people be in bed?2025-11-12T15:19:46+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/08/stand-still-and-know/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/smoking_sitting_badedited.jpgsmoking_sitting_badedited2025-11-12T15:19:43+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/09/signed-cold-in-florida/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-01-09-18-25-41-e1389310489173.jpg2014-01-09 18.25.41Back when my children were little, my husband would run the sprinklers during the cold weather -- to protect the plants and delight the children.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-01-06-17-27-15.jpg2014-01-06 17.27.152025-11-12T15:19:40+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/11/a-step-away-from-fridays/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bobs-class-edited.jpgBob's class editedhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/11/a-step-away-from-fridays/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-01-10-06-13-43.jpg2014-01-10 06.13.43Bob's final Friday.2025-11-12T15:19:37+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/13/when-a-blog-is-like-a-diet/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/when-a-blog-is-like-a-diet.jpgwhen a blog is like a dietMy husband: "What is that scale? Where is the number" Me: "This is a photo illustration not an expose!"2025-11-12T15:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/14/an-and-one-rain/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-01-14-16-35-49.jpg2014-01-14 16.35.49After 12 hours of rainfall and cloud cover, sunlight allowed a view of our yard to reflect on the mirrored surface of this tray filled with rain water.2025-11-12T15:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/19/putting-past-successes-behind-me/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/grow-old-along-with-me-e1390156014195.jpggrow old along with me2025-11-12T15:19:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/26/when-flowers-bloom-in-winter/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/tulip-tree.jpgtulip treeBuds beginning to bloom on my Japanese magnolia in January.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-01-21-17-21-05-e1390752564290.jpg2014-01-21 17.21.05Buds and blooms on my Japanese magnolia tree in January.2025-11-12T15:19:23+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/01/27/the-fear-of-no-future/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/cymbalsedited.jpgcymbalseditedFor some reason, the clashing of cymbals seemed a good illustration of a mammogram.2025-11-12T15:19:20+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/02/24/hi-yo-laryngitis-away/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014-02-19-19-42-37-e1393280701161.jpg2014-02-19 19.42.37That would be me.... and, yes, I am smiling behind the mask.2025-11-12T15:19:16+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/03/08/since-shes-been-gone/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-03-08-10-13-30-e1394296151255.jpg2014-03-08 10.13.30Up close and personal... one of the forms of wildlife that has become decidedly bold since the end of the Tiger Lily tyranny of our yard.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014-03-08-10-14-10-e1394296051566.jpg2014-03-08 10.14.102025-11-12T15:19:13+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/04/13/when-your-youngest-turns-18/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-03-29-21-41-23-e1397440539365.jpg2014-03-29 21.41.23My son after his final performance in "Beauty and the Beast." He played both a beast and a prince perfectly... just like in real life. :)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013-11-26-14-58-42-e1397440387491.jpg2013-11-26 14.58.42Adam and I a mere six years ago... https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-03-29-21-41-27.jpg2014-03-29 21.41.272025-11-12T15:19:10+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/04/18/whatever-happened-to-will-power/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-04-15-15-19-29-e1397830752308.jpg2014-04-15 15.19.29The cake that sabotaged my will power... I went back to shoot a photo of the cake later in the day and saw the Diet Coke can parked beside it. How fitting!2025-11-12T15:18:27+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/04/26/packing-it-all-in/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014-04-22-19-48-56.jpg2014-04-22 19.48.56The contents of my baseball bag... 2025-11-12T15:18:21+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/05/06/now-i-lay-me-down-to-sleep/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-06-19-00-12edited.jpg2014-05-06 19.00.12editedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-05-06-19-00-12.jpg2014-05-06 19.00.12My feet, happily ensconced in socks and Crocs after work, despite the heat sensations.2025-11-12T15:18:17+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/05/18/streamlined-and-frantic-free/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/515-am-alarm-clock-distorted.jpg515 am alarm clock distorted2025-11-12T15:18:10+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/05/19/hurry-up-and-stop/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/14204722524_8838825763_o.jpg14204722524_8838825763_oThe graduating class of 2014 as we neared the end of the ceremony. (Photo by Bill Thompson.)2025-11-12T15:18:06+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/06/04/one-stingray-a-chicken-doth-make/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140604_113550-e1401912670587.jpg20140604_113550Me, this morning, with the trusty float destined to save me from all the denizens of the deep -- and the shallows. 2025-11-12T15:18:02+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/06/12/the-photos-i-didnt-take/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/photos-i-did-not-take.jpgphotos I did not take2025-11-12T15:17:58+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/06/20/a-teachers-lament/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-05-29-10-50-17edited.jpg2014-05-29 10.50.17editedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014-05-29-10-50-17.jpg2014-05-29 10.50.17A stack of tools I failed to use...2025-11-12T15:17:55+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/07/04/surprised-by-work/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sketchedversionoffirstdayofwork.jpgsketchedversionoffirstdayofwork(When you're not great at shooting selfies while driving, transform them into sketches.... ) While I did ask my son how I looked before I left for my first day on the job, I didn't think about shooting a photo -- until I reached my first STOP sign. I look more happy than anxious. :)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-06-25-12-04-14.jpg2014-06-25 12.04.14https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014-06-25-12-01-00.jpg2014-06-25 12.01.002025-11-12T15:17:50+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/07/23/when-work-is-like-the-christian-life/2025-11-12T15:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/07/27/trust-in-the-midst-of-goodbye/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2012-02-29_14-13-00_400.jpg2012-02-29_14-13-00_400Our beautiful and talented Aqua Zumba instructor, Anita. (No, that amazing waterfall was not that location for our class, but it could be when we travel to Costa Rica to visit Anita next year.)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/image-e1406458097860.jpegimageOur Aqua Zumba class.2025-11-12T15:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/08/02/my-hate-love-relationship/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/running-shoes-and-watch.jpgrunning shoes and watch2025-11-12T15:17:37+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/08/09/love-make-the-worship-go-round/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2-chronicles-5.jpg2 Chronicles 52025-11-12T15:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/08/16/confessions-of-a-former-school-teacher/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ken-and-matthew-head-toward-cornerstone.jpgKen and Matthew head toward CornerstoneAt the traffic light, we went our separate ways...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-12-07-20-59.jpg2014-08-12 07.20.592025-11-12T15:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/08/23/facebook-statuses-i-didnt-post/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/facebook-statusesedited.jpgfacebook statusesedited2025-11-12T15:17:06+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/08/31/four-eyes-or-why-i-see-clearly/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-31-11-31-09-e1409499593105.jpg2014-08-31 11.31.09Stainless steel frames with progressive, no-line bifocal lenses that are photochromatic and have a premium oleophobic anti-reflective coating for a mere $136.26 shipped to my mailbox in two weeks or less. Zenni, you should hire me to advertise for you.)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/12-photos-in-glasses-e1409498144617.jpg12 photos in glasses2025-11-12T15:17:03+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/09/06/sara-beara-not-yogi-berra/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/yogi-berra-quote-with-background-2edited.jpgYogi Berra quote with background 2editedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/yogi-berra-quote-with-backgroundedited.jpgYogi Berra quote with backgroundedited2025-11-12T15:16:59+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/09/13/sincerely-selfie/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/selfie-2-e1410598237791.jpgselfie 2Spontaneous selifes by way of illustration: The two on the left were done with modern technology, me looking at what would be the mirror image WYWIWYG. The right one, quasi modern, digital smartphone camera but holding it as I would a traditional camera. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-11-17-47-17-e1410472761289.jpg2014-09-11 17.47.172025-11-12T15:16:56+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/09/19/dear-new-golden-sick-days/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/home-remedies-for-illness-sketched.jpgHome remedies for illness sketchedMy current list of home remedies: coconut oil in lukewarm orange juice, hot tea with raw honey, apple cider vinegar, and cinnamon, and Zicam.2025-11-12T15:16:52+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/09/25/the-circle-of-praise/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/circle-of-praise-blog.jpgcircle of praise bloghttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-24-18-52-39.jpg2014-09-24 18.52.392025-11-12T15:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/10/02/a-blog-by-any-other-name/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/blog-names-word-cloud.jpgblog names word cloudSome of the blog names of bloggers who follow my blog.2025-11-12T15:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/10/09/the-power-of-a-t-shirt/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-04-10-54-20edited.jpg2014-10-04 10.54.20edited2025-11-12T15:16:43+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/10/13/blame-it-on-busy/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dear-betty-jo1.jpgdear betty jo2025-11-12T15:16:40+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/10/22/sara-dont-call-mom-at-work/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/screenshot_2014-10-21-14-30-11edited-e1413983180721.jpgScreenshot_2014-10-21-14-30-11editedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-06-21-16-38-43.jpg2014-06-21 16.38.43A selfie of my mother and I on my last visit. 2025-11-12T15:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/10/25/when-friendship-trumps-light/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/247507_1735107092700_815466_n.jpg247507_1735107092700_815466_nhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/10394512_10201104640096758_5488042050045627754_n.jpg10394512_10201104640096758_5488042050045627754_nhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/1457636_10202251945088949_519606512_n.jpg1457636_10202251945088949_519606512_nAh.... one of the photo attempts at the mall. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/995880_643360785686277_1419013745_n.jpg995880_643360785686277_1419013745_nhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-14-06-39-52-e1414001101215.jpg2014-10-14 06.39.52A room with a view -- even at 3:30 a.m.2025-11-12T15:16:34+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/02/held-hostage-by-a-cell-phone/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screenshot_2014-11-01-09-24-59.pngScreenshot_2014-11-01-09-24-592025-11-12T15:16:31+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/04/losing-time/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/delta_flight_info.pngdelta_flight_infoAn image captured from the Delta In-Flight Safety Video No. 6. I have flown a lot this month, but this video presentation was the best I've seen. Informative and funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbLV3gnhj602025-11-12T15:16:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/05/legalizing-homelessness/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-10-14-13-06-35-e1415209970108.jpg2014-10-14 13.06.35A view of the pedestrian mall in downtown Denver, apparently a favorite habitat of the homeless.2025-11-12T15:16:25+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/06/its-facebook-official/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/screenshot_2014-11-06-14-30-30-e1415302431581.jpgScreenshot_2014-11-06-14-30-30https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-06-19-11-e1415302478874.jpg2014-11-06 19.11https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-06-19-11-57.jpg2014-11-06 19.11.57https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/downloadlu_and_the_baby.jpgdownload$Lu_and_the_baby2025-11-12T15:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/07/singing-to-free-the-hostage/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dad-at-wedding-2-001-e1415401124368.jpgdad at wedding 2 001My dad walked me down the aisle and gave me away, despite my bird's nest hairdo. 2025-11-12T15:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/09/formerly-streetless-in-seattle/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shin-bone-long-dress-e1415559669740.jpgshin bone long dressI was thankful that I had purchased a long dress for the wedding -- as it hid the clogs I ended up wearing. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141108_083319.jpg20141108_083319My friend Robena and I took a selfie prior to embarking on the Dash for Diabetes 5K Saturday morning.2025-11-12T15:16:15+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/10/a-queen-for-five-days/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141101_094331-e1415637198788.jpeg20141101_094331When this patron came into McDonalds with her Nordstrom's bag, I thought she was a shopper -- until I remember that it was but 6:30 a.m. and the stores were not yet opened. She made her purchase and took her seat, only to fall asleep.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-03-06-27-07.jpg2014-11-03 06.27.07The queen-sized bed filled the bedroom. The bed frame included a leather chest attached to the foot of the bed, probably an attempt to take the place of a dresser, which could not fit in the room. It allowed a good six inches for walking around the bed -- even more fun for those middle of the night bathroom runs.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-03-06-26-31.jpg2014-11-03 06.26.31https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-03-06-22-50.jpg2014-11-03 06.22.502025-11-12T15:16:12+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/11/the-view-from-inside/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014-10-08-14-30-19edited.jpg2014-10-08 14.30.19edited2025-11-12T15:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/01/07/bootiful-and-a-looker/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hall-of-fam-crystalized-heavily.jpghall of fam crystalized heavilyhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hall-of-fam-e1420658809282.jpgHall of Fam2025-11-12T15:15:45+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/13/random-rant-i-wish-id-missed/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20141112140445907-e1415826568436.jpg20141112140445907https://saradagen.com/2014/11/13/random-rant-i-wish-id-missed/2025-11-12T15:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/14/my-cat-is-in-the-closet/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-13-19-12-11.jpg2014-11-13 19.12.11https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-13-19-01-26-e1415923842665.jpg2014-11-13 19.01.26Tori the cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat -- who makes herself at home no matter what she is destroying to do so.2025-11-12T15:15:19+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/15/a-thousand-plus-words/2025-11-12T15:15:17+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/16/when-i-am-scared-of-pants/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/what-was-i-scared-of-e1416145096318.jpgwhat was i scared of2025-11-12T15:15:13+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/18/dine-at-desk-november/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-18-13-34-24edited.jpg2014-11-18 13.34.24editedMore evidence of "Dine at Desk" November... my lunch of turkey and rice soup (homemade with leftover turkey from LAST Thanksgiving so I can make room for next week's leftovers...)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-18-07-42-57edited.jpg2014-11-18 07.42.57editedEvidence of "Dine at Desk" November... my breakfast smoothie.2025-11-12T15:15:10+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/19/when-it-all-points-to-god/2025-11-12T15:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/21/and-i-worried-about-matching/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-20-06-15-29edited.jpg2014-11-20 06.15.29editedMy discarded wardrobe from this morning... 2025-11-12T15:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/23/still-a-mama/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/adamsbestfriendinillness.jpgAdamsbestfriendinillness2025-11-12T15:15:01+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/24/when-work-is-the-escape/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0188edited.jpgIMG_0188editedThe mystery of the chair has not been resolved.2025-11-12T15:14:58+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/25/effected-by-the-threat-of-loss/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-24-05-38-34edited.jpg2014-11-24 05.38.34edited2025-11-12T15:14:55+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/26/an-office-of-ones-own/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-26-08-23-55-e1417008361494.jpg2014-11-26 08.23.55https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-26-07-44-17.jpg2014-11-26 07.44.17https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-26-07-42-34.jpg2014-11-26 07.42.34https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-26-07-40-20.jpg2014-11-26 07.40.20Eight cubicles all to myself because the "fellows" (interns) have left for the holiday.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-26-05-29-07.jpg2014-11-26 05.29.07The den... which contains a not-so-private office space.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-26-05-28-42.jpg2014-11-26 05.28.422025-11-12T15:14:53+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/27/despite-the-turkey/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-26-15-50-23-e1417134925786.jpg2014-11-26 15.50.23A beautiful day for giving thanks...2025-11-12T15:14:50+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/28/i-have-succumbed/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/succumb_definition.pngsuccumb_definition2025-11-12T15:14:47+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/11/30/a-part-of-the-sisterhood-of-world-bloggers/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nidas_award.pngnida's_awardNow I understand why Nida said https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sisterhood_of_world_bloggers.pngsisterhood_of_world_bloggers2025-11-12T15:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/12/08/there-aint-no-tired-like/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-11-22-11-42-16.jpg2014-11-22 11.42.16The fun before the storm... Little Orange Riding Hood and her sister Trish with unruly, not overly photogenic or cooperative football fans in the background. Did these people not feel the raindrops splashing around us? This was the weekend before the Nightmare with Coughin' began...2025-11-12T15:14:40+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/12/15/kicking-boot-and-taking-aim/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-11-21-15-20-39-e1418414311880.jpg2014-11-21 15.20.39A little Western flairhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-11-21-15-20-02-e1418414285922.jpg2014-11-21 15.20.02Fur-lined and fabuloushttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-11-21-15-19-07-e1418414260321.jpg2014-11-21 15.19.07My boots were not photogenichttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-11-21-15-18-01-e1418414221901.jpg2014-11-21 15.18.01Comfy and classyhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-11-21-15-16-34-e1418414184626.jpg2014-11-21 15.16.34Dueling boots https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-11-21-15-14-56-e1418414149388.jpg2014-11-21 15.14.56Boots with attitude2025-11-12T15:14:37+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/12/25/a-throwback-at-christmas/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-02-22-15-38-09.jpg2014-02-22 15.38.09https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-25-07-25-21.jpg2014-12-25 07.25.211989: My dad and momhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_4943.jpgIMG_49432014: Tal and Leah2025-11-12T15:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2014/12/31/resolving-to-be-all-there/2025-11-12T15:14:30+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/01/01/like-it-never-even-happened/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-01-17-09-56.jpg2015-01-01 17.09.56My living room this evening -- minus the Christmas tree and outside lights -- as if Christmas "never even happened."2025-11-12T15:14:10+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/01/19/a-camera-blinded-by-the-light/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-18-11-28-30.jpg2015-01-18 11.28.30One of the old oak trees bordering the boardwalk. The trees marking the path to the parking lot were much more remarkable and photogenic, but I was too busy trying to stay out of the way of other pedestrians to fully appreciate them via photograph.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-18-11-23-53.jpg2015-01-18 11.23.53https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-18-11-23-40.jpg2015-01-18 11.23.40So I was shooting blind and trying to capture this bird on the more marshy side of the trail. I thought the bird was in the center of my shot. But you get the idea... https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-18-11-21-40-e1421680674409.jpg2015-01-18 11.21.40If you look closely, you might see the piles of alligators getting their Vitamin D on the far coastline. My camera definitely does not show the magnitude of the individual animals or the number of them sunning themselves.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-18-11-21-02.jpg2015-01-18 11.21.02https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-18-11-21-00-e1421680600489.jpg2015-01-18 11.21.00The alligators seemed oblivious to the birds drying their wings in the winter sunshine.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-18-10-56-40.jpg2015-01-18 10.56.40I had envisioned a more picturesque me with such a scenic background, but, well, not so much. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-18-10-55-16.jpg2015-01-18 10.55.16A picturesque Paynes Prairie near the end of the trail.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-18-10-39-33-e1421680334410.jpg2015-01-18 10.39.33A view of Paynes Prairie.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-18-10-39-29.jpg2015-01-18 10.39.292025-11-12T15:13:46+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/01/23/my-toastmasters-experience/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sara-speaking-e1421779249488.jpgSara speakingMy new life as a Toastmaster2025-11-12T15:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/01/29/personal-training-my-prize-for-body-fat-2/2025-11-12T15:13:40+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/02/03/when-to-keep-or-not-to-keep-isnt-the-right-question/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/trophies-sketched-in-box.jpgtrophies sketched in boxhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014-12-28-10-26-43.jpg2014-12-28 10.26.432025-11-12T15:13:37+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/02/05/why-i-should-thank-snickers/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/snickers-stuff.jpgsnickers stuff2025-11-12T15:13:34+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/02/09/the-christian-music-diet-vs-garbage-in-garbage-out/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/garbage_in_garbage_out_definition.pnggarbage_in_garbage_out_definitionhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/garbage_in_garbage_out_imagesedited.jpgGarbage_in_garbage_out_imagesedited2025-11-12T15:13:30+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/02/24/when-its-darkest-and-coldest-too-cold-before-the-dawn/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/little-arrow.jpglittle arrowhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-22-10-13-08-e1424696883177.jpg2015-02-22 10.13.08As it turns out, the bees did not give up the ghost with the azaleas. They were out in full force, as if trying to get what they can before the flowers deaden.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-01-17-56-41.jpg2015-02-01 17.56.41Here I was showcasing the beautiful tulip tree that graces our yard (blossoms that had mostly timed out prior to the freeze). You can see the azaleas in full bloom in the background.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-21-08-35-06.jpg2015-02-21 08.35.06https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-21-08-33-00.jpg2015-02-21 08.33.00https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-20-17-57-56.jpg2015-02-20 17.57.56The lighter pink azaleas that gave up the ghost during the predawn hours.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-20-17-57-36.jpg2015-02-20 17.57.36The weeds, such as this wandering Jew encroaching on our monkey grass, were unaffected by the cold temperatures.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-20-17-57-07.jpg2015-02-20 17.57.07More blossoms dripping from the bushes after the cold snap.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-20-17-56-56.jpg2015-02-20 17.56.56Amid the frozen Salvador Dali clock-like azalea blooms were an unscathed few.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-20-17-56-16.jpg2015-02-20 17.56.16The Boston ferns the afternoon after the big freeze, some "burnt" black by the freeze while others remained green and healthy.2025-11-12T15:13:22+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/03/13/confronting-fear-reluctantly/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20150308_102540.jpeg20150308_102540https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/20150308_134417.jpeg20150308_134417https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bike-ride-pic-e1426091871521.jpegbike ride picI was almost able to smile after I'd survived the ride.2025-11-12T15:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/03/28/the-god-shape-behind-the-vacuum/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/vacuum-image.jpgvacuum image2025-11-12T15:13:15+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/04/21/blog-bye/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150419_195946-e1429628000546.jpeg20150419_1959462025-11-12T15:13:09+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/05/05/sharon-share-alike/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11150484_10152696097481533_811449310402725243_n.jpg11150484_10152696097481533_811449310402725243_nhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/11050654_10152696097486533_8102753756793571925_n.jpg11050654_10152696097486533_8102753756793571925_nA more recent me...2025-11-12T15:13:06+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/05/19/toastmasters-table-topics/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/got-milk-campaign.jpeggot milk campaign2025-11-12T15:13:03+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/06/04/pending-death-of-parent/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mom-at-hawthorne.jpegmom at hawthorne2025-11-12T15:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/06/05/when-being-all-there-takes-you-away-from-here/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/blurry-grad-picedited.jpgblurry grad piceditedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/grad-2015edited.jpggrad 2015edited2025-11-12T15:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/06/12/eyesight-apply-makeup/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/makeup-treacheryedited.jpgmakeup treacheryedited2025-11-12T15:12:29+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/07/07/will-the-real-mechanic-please-stand-up/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/bellwood-tiresedited.jpgbellwood tireseditedOur car stayed in this position too long...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150617_153409edited.jpg20150617_153409editedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150617_174432edited2.jpg20150617_174432editedNo waiting room? No problem.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150617_154838-e1436028677372.jpeg20150617_154838My son's tips came to the rescue.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150617_153409.jpeg20150617_153409https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150617_174405.jpeg20150617_174405Our van would stay in that position for far too long...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/craigs_automotive.jpgcraig's_automotive2025-11-12T15:12:25+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/07/10/on-craigs-list/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150619_114410-e1436546369614.jpeg20150619_114410Craig is serious about his work, but he has a serious sense of humor too. This is the second photo he allowed me to shoot of him. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150617_194750.jpeg20150617_194750https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150617_194748.jpeg20150617_194748https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150617_194747.jpeg20150617_194747https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-06-19-11-43-05-e1436483072845.jpg2015-06-19 11.43.05People in Richmond needing a mechanic? Craig is your man.2025-11-12T15:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/07/14/humbled-by-love/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tires-in-hearts-artistic1.jpgTires in hearts artistichttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tires-in-hearts-artistic.jpgTires in hearts artistichttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tires-in-hearts.jpgtires in heartshttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20150713_192436-e1436830510169.jpeg20150713_1924362025-11-12T15:12:19+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/07/25/health-worries-take-control/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/overview_of_toes_imagesedited.jpgoverview_of_toes_imageseditedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/20150420_075318-e1429744236145.jpeg20150420_075318If you look closely, you can see a slight discoloration of my big toe near the joint and at the lower left... but no lump. :)2025-11-12T15:12:16+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/07/29/mother-son-dance-wedding/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/11218242_10153100360320753_5192566041081771832_o.jpg11218242_10153100360320753_5192566041081771832_ohttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wedding_0782-xl.jpgwedding_0782-XLhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wedding_0781-xl.jpgwedding_0781-XLhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wedding_0780-xl-e1438171128457.jpgwedding_0780-XLhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wedding_0779-xl-e1438171046208.jpgwedding_0779-XLDancing with my son at his weddinghttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wedding_0790-m-e1438171096407.jpgwedding_0790-Mhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/wedding_0786-xl.jpgwedding_0786-XL2025-11-12T15:12:13+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/08/17/no-news-is-no-news/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-expressing-what-i-wanted-cutedited-e1439467668978.jpgscreenshot expressing what I wanted cuteditedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-expressing-what-i-got-cut1.jpgscreenshot expressing what i got cutThis is the news I got. Steve arrived safely and Adam felt no urgency in telling me. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-expressing-what-i-got-cut.jpgscreenshot expressing what i got cutWhat I got... a casual text an hour or so after my husband arrived. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-expressing-what-i-wanted-cut.jpgscreenshot expressing what I wanted cutI thought I expressed what I wanted....https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/screenshot-expressing-what-i-wanted.jpgscreenshot expressing what I wanted2025-11-12T15:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/08/24/turning-fifty-50/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-08-23-13-14-10.jpg2015-08-23 13.14.10Me on my actual birthday. :)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-08-23-13-12-46.jpg2015-08-23 13.12.46My softball pitching debut... https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-08-23-13-12-27.jpg2015-08-23 13.12.27Bridging from Girl Scouts to Cadettes.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-08-23-13-12-01-e1440360609346.jpg2015-08-23 13.12.01My second grade self.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-08-23-13-11-46.jpg2015-08-23 13.11.46Kindergarten, I believe. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-08-23-13-11-20.jpg2015-08-23 13.11.20Not quite 3... pretty sure I was sporting a diaper under that bikini. 2025-11-12T15:12:04+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/08/28/two-cat-house/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/little-cat-portrait.jpegLittle Cat portraitOne of these cats just doesn't belong...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tori-portrait.jpegTori portraitOne of these cats is not like the other.2025-11-12T15:12:01+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/09/30/self-editing-blogging/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/corvis-no-filter-1.jpgcorvis no filter 12025-11-12T15:11:57+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/10/08/to-my-good-fellows/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-10-05-19-09-39.jpg2015-10-05 19.09.39https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-10-05-07-12-18.jpg2015-10-05 07.12.18Sunrise over Clearwater Bay.2025-11-12T15:11:53+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/10/22/let-me-count-the-ways-love/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/love-is-little-acts-of-tenderness.giflove is little acts of tendernesshttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/love-is-little-acts-of-tenderness.jpglove is little acts of tenderness2025-11-12T15:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/10/26/problems-with-texting/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-10-07-11-35-102-e1445774236223.png2015-10-07 11.35.10https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-10-06-11-04-18.png2015-10-06 11.04.18https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-10-06-11-04-04.png2015-10-06 11.04.04https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-10-06-11-03-54.png2015-10-06 11.03.54https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-10-07-11-35-101.png2015-10-07 11.35.10https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-10-07-11-35-10-e1444218135722.png2015-10-07 11.35.102025-11-12T15:11:48+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/01/why-i-love-my-hair-stylist/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2014-11-14-17-28-13.jpg2014-11-14 17.28.13Congested traffic.... is it time for a new hair stylist?2025-11-12T15:11:03+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/02/nablopomo-challenge/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/i-have-succumbed.jpgI have succumbedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nablopomo_1115_465x287_theme.jpgNaBloPoMo_1115_465x287_THEME2025-11-12T15:10:59+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/03/heat-wave-in-florida/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fan-club.jpegfan clubTwo members of the fan club. My purchase of a personal fan (the red, seemingly blade-less fan at bottom right) inspired a number of women to purchase similar small fans. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/thermostat.jpegthermostatAt 4:30 this morning, the temperature and humidity outside. My windows were open, and the temperature inside was nearly 80 degrees. No AC November?2025-11-12T15:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/04/end-of-daylight-saving-time/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/406635986_fa8da57692_z.jpg406635986_fa8da57692_zPhoto by fdecomite: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fdecomite/2025-11-12T15:10:54+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/05/get-discovered-blogging/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20-dollar-discovery.jpeg20 dollar discoveryOne time, after I'd purchased a long-desired but too expensive golf skort, I took off the tags, donned the garment, and then discovered a $20 in the zippered pocket. The $20 was discovered by the right person, me. 2025-11-12T15:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/06/once-an-english-teacher-always-an-english-teacher/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/english_teacher_party_games.pngenglish_teacher_party_gamesThough I stopped teaching more than a year ago, I am still an English teacher to my former students and their parents. My friend (and mother of two of my former students) posted this on my wall this week. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-01-11-14-53-14.jpg2015-01-11 14.53.14The card -- and pin -- that my supervisor gave me at Christmas last year. It's official. I am the grammar police.2025-11-12T15:10:47+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/07/ford-f150-truck-maintenance/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mouse-with-cookie-on-truck.jpgmouse with cookie on truckhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/spark_plugs_sad_story.pngspark_plugs_sad_storyCar Talk bloggers discuss the sad story of spark plug changes.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/spark_plugs.pngspark_plugsWhile Ford F150s get rave reviews, the spark plug issue does not.2025-11-12T15:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/08/when-you-replace-people-with-possessions/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-08-09-08-21.jpg2015-11-08 09.08.21The furniture is in the middle of the room, and I have to wait for my 19-year-old son to awaken to help me move it into place. But this is one wall in that blank slate of a room... https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-08-06-50-15.jpg2015-11-08 06.50.15Since everyone was sleeping, I figured I would practice purging on the utility closet Saturday morning. I emptied the utility room -- and that was about all I managed for that room all weekend.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-08-08-27-07.jpg2015-11-08 08.27.07When my dad transferred to a company branch located in Floridahttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-08-08-28-05.jpg2015-11-08 08.28.05Hello, my friends, please shelter me from purging this room...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-08-08-29-37.jpg2015-11-08 08.29.37https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-08-08-29-59.jpg2015-11-08 08.29.59https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-08-08-30-16.jpg2015-11-08 08.30.16Vincent Van Gogh's "Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers"? My son's grammar school version.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-08-08-30-30.jpg2015-11-08 08.30.30Artwork by Adam Dagenhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-08-08-30-55.jpg2015-11-08 08.30.55Some of the items tucked in the corner of my bedroom that I will sort as I repopulate the denuded room.2025-11-12T15:10:41+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/09/james-417/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/trouble-on-the-counter.jpegtrouble on the counterOur well-named cat Trouble caught by my camera. Does she know she's not supposed to be on the counter? Maybe. But to her, breaking the rule is far better when she can tower over her nemesis, Tori. Read her story at https://saradagen.com/tag/cat-trouble/. 2025-11-12T15:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/10/when-your-eyes-are-bigger-than-your-weekend/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/mouse-cookie-room.jpgmouse cookie roomAnd so, hypocritical me, pointing my finger at my husband for his "mouse" truck when I have my own "mouse" -- my house! 2025-11-12T15:10:36+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/11/the-glad-game-being-optimistic/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-11-13-58-58.jpg2015-11-11 13.58.58The photo I shot to lure my 19-year-old home for a wholesome lunch before he left to deliver pizzas.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-11-14-36-21.jpg2015-11-11 14.36.21The bedroom... walls are painted, drawers gone through, just some random stuff I need to sort. Today.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-11-14-36-41.jpg2015-11-11 14.36.41https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-11-14-37-09.jpg2015-11-11 14.37.09One box in that room I thought I might get through. It is filled with random photos from my entire life -- and my parents. Plus some of my mom's albums and writings. I'm glad to have it, but I can't go through this one quickly. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-11-15-20-38.jpg2015-11-11 15.20.38I didn't shoot a photo of the "before," but imagine the contents of that lowest shelf tossed onto the floor when the shelf pulled from the dry wall. This getup is strong -- and neat. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-11-15-21-00.jpg2015-11-11 15.21.00Tada! I got rid of a lot of items I no longer use -- an espresso maker, a huge roaster oven, and more. So much better! I am glad this is done. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-11-16-37-32.jpg2015-11-11 16.37.32https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-11-11-07-56-32.jpg2015-11-11 07.56.32First thing to tackle at home: breakfast. Farm fresh eggs, cheese, sausage, and spinach in an omelet, with a half ruby red grapefruit and V8 with a little lemon. 2025-11-12T15:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/12/christian-personal-bible-study/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/debates-and-bible-reading.jpgDebates and Bible reading2025-11-12T15:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/13/vertigo-world-spinning/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/vertigo-personal.jpgvertigo personal2025-11-12T15:10:25+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/14/mitsubishi-van/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/aj-birthday-and-car-pics-001.jpgaj birthday and car pics 001https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dscf6712.jpgDSCF6712A.J. with the blue Mitsubishi. 2025-11-12T15:10:22+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/15/alzheimers-bright-side/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/jojo_from_horton_hears_a_who_by_bamsari.jpgjojo_from_horton_hears_a_who_by_bamsariMaybe he was comparing me in my striped dress with bottom heavy Jojo from Horton Hears a Who? Must say, I've never worn that dress since.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tight-pants-e1441043531155.pngTight pantshttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/screenshot_2015-05-06-07-53-42-e1441043769960.pngScreenshot_2015-05-06-07-53-422025-11-12T15:10:18+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/17/road-construction-advice/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/road-under-construction-blur.jpgroad under construction blurThis sign is one of the most logical choices for a construction site. The least needed sign was the one that said "Speed fines doubled in construction zones when workers present." Really? Speeding is impossible.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/road-under-construction.jpegroad under construction2025-11-12T15:10:11+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/18/ghfc-renovations/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/pool-shower.jpgpool showerhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/18/ghfc-renovations/2025-11-12T15:10:08+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/19/my-surprise-happily-ever-after/2025-11-12T15:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/20/loss-of-loved-one/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gift-edited.jpggift editedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/entitlements_.pngentitlements_https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/entitlement.pngentitlement2025-11-12T15:08:30+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/21/empty-nest/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/20151121_124841.jpeg20151121_124841On the first Christmas after we'd added one child to the family, all the children were happy to dress like twins -- as long as they got to match Adam, the baby.2025-11-12T15:08:27+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/22/more-time-is-not-the-answer/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/more-time.jpgmore time2025-11-12T15:08:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/23/when-furniture-shows-your-age/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/young-adam-on-computer.jpgyoung adam on computer2025-11-12T15:08:21+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/24/alzheimers-advice-for-caregivers/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gift-falls-in-forest1.jpggift falls in foresthttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gift-falls-in-forest.jpggift falls in forest2025-11-12T15:08:17+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/25/turkey-trauma-me-myself-and-my-memories/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/apple-pie.jpegapple 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04.41.492025-11-12T15:08:11+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/27/black-friday-matters/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/paperartist_2015-11-27_06-58-38.jpegPaperArtist_2015-11-27_06-58-382025-11-12T15:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/28/blog-search-engine-optimization/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/seo_image_2.pngSEO_image_2https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/slug_vs-_title_.pngslug_vs._title_https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/stats_for_saying_goodbye_to_a_colleague_001.pngstats_for_saying_goodbye_to_a_colleague_001https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/stats_for_saying_goodbye_to_a_colleague.pngstats_for_saying_goodbye_to_a_colleague2025-11-12T15:08:05+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/29/using-fitbit/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fitbit_needs_exercise.pngfitbit_needs_exercisehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fitbit_sneakers_badge.pngfitbit_sneakers_badgehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fit_bit_sleep_.pngfit_bit_sleep_2025-11-12T15:08:01+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/11/30/nablopomo-november/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nablopomo-present-cropped-transparent-background.jpgNaBloPoMo present cropped transparent backgroundhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nablopomo-present.jpgNaBloPoMo present2025-11-12T15:07:58+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/12/01/blogging-beyond-nablopomo/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/nablopomo-is-over-blue.jpgnablopomo is over bluehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/nablopomo-is-over.jpgnablopomo is over2025-11-12T15:07:56+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/12/02/get-rid-of-tempting-leftovers/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bring-apple-crisp.jpegbring apple crisp2025-11-12T15:07:54+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/12/08/when-are-you-doing-your-christmas-baking/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2013-12-16-09-25-37.jpg2013-12-16 09.25.37https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2013-12-16-09-58-50.jpg2013-12-16 09.58.50https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2013-12-16-08-25-02.jpg2013-12-16 08.25.02https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2013-12-16-16-22-19.jpg2013-12-16 16.22.19https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2013-12-16-09-25-54.jpg2013-12-16 09.25.54https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2013-12-16-09-25-25.jpg2013-12-16 09.25.25https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2013-12-16-09-58-40.jpg2013-12-16 09.58.40https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2013-12-16-09-26-02.jpg2013-12-16 09.26.02https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2013-12-16-09-26-13.jpg2013-12-16 09.26.132025-11-12T15:07:46+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/12/20/done-and-doner/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/20151220_0706551.jpeg20151220_070655https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/20151220_070655.jpeg20151220_0706552025-11-12T15:07:44+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/12/23/god-forgives-so-forgive-yourself/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/map-with-a-blue-dot.jpegmap with a blue dotMy son was traveling back home yesterday, and I kept sending him texts asking "Where are you now?" In response, he sent me a map. It meant nothing to me (because I didn't look at it closely). After he sent me a map again following a second "where are you now?" query, I typed, "What is this map supposed to be depicting?" No answer. Then a half hour later, I asked again, "Where are you?" A couple minutes later, after looking more closely at the map, I saw the dot. "Are you the big blue dot?" On the vastness of the state of Florida, this child of mine was merely a dot on a highway leading home, a dot I easily overlooked. The incidents in our lives -- such as sin or mistakes -- are mere dots on a line of eternity. 2025-11-12T15:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2015/12/30/if-you-resolve-to-hit-the-gym/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-30-09-09-361.jpg2015-12-30 09.09.36https://saradagen.com/2015/12/30/if-you-resolve-to-hit-the-gym/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/2015-12-30-09-09-36.jpg2015-12-30 09.09.362025-11-12T15:07:35+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/01/03/how-to-pack-for-the-gym/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-12-30-16-18-32.jpg2015-12-30 16.18.32https://saradagen.com/2016/01/03/how-to-pack-for-the-gym/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-12-30-16-23-33.jpg2015-12-30 16.23.33I can see at a glance what I have -- and with a place for everything, I can tell if everything is in its place, filled and ready for use.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-12-30-16-23-17.jpg2015-12-30 16.23.17Two end pockets are mesh, side pockets (two on one side and three on the other) are canvas.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-12-30-16-26-23.jpg2015-12-30 16.26.23This Vornado Zippi fan weighs little and folds to the size of a large coffee mug.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-12-30-16-22-55.jpg2015-12-30 16.22.55My Thirty-One Gifts utility tote has a place for everything. I put my shower bag, towel, robe, and flipflops in the bag itself and other toiletries in the outside pockets.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-12-30-16-25-24.jpg2015-12-30 16.25.24https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-12-30-16-26-14.jpg2015-12-30 16.26.14My fan gives enough of a breeze to keep me sane on hot and humid days.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-12-30-16-26-52.jpg2015-12-30 16.26.52I like compartments -- a place for everything so that I know that everything is in its place. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-12-30-16-26-34.jpg2015-12-30 16.26.34My bag has three zippered sections plus pockets on either end I use for keys, etc.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2015-12-30-16-27-50.jpg2015-12-30 16.27.50Weight-lifting gloves are a must (but air them so they don't get musty).2025-11-12T15:07:10+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/01/14/secrets-to-success-at-the-gym/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crossfit-534615_1920.jpgcrossfit-534615_19202025-11-12T15:07:07+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/01/21/child-misses-curfew-and-parent-misses-sleep/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/mushmouth.jpgMushmouthMushmouth from Fat Alberthttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sara-as-mushmouth-pixelated.jpgsara as mushmouth pixelatedMe, looking like Mushmouth2025-11-12T15:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/01/27/when-cable-and-internet-fail/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/error-101408_1280.jpgerror-101408_1280https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/internet-explorer-cannot-display-the-webpage.pngInternet-Explorer-cannot-display-the-webpagehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/internet_connection_1.pnginternet_connection_1Sometimes the internet was strong enough to TRY to load...https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/internet_connection_2.pnginternet_connection_2And sometimes it wasn't...2025-11-12T15:07:00+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/01/28/my-21-seconds-of-fame/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/a-star-is-born.jpega star is bornhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/tv20-image.jpgTV20 imageMy 21 seconds of fame. An interview with TV20 about an Innovation Hub startup, local tech company qualifies for startup competition2025-11-12T15:06:56+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/02/06/name-change-for-blog/2025-11-12T15:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/02/09/technical-instructions-gone-wrong/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/technical-difficulties-minus-the-words.jpgtechnical difficulties minus the wordsbad instructions for technologyhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/technical-difficulties.jpgtechnical difficulties2025-11-12T15:06:47+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/02/13/to-my-new-neighbors/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-13-11-21-48.jpg2016-02-13 11.21.48https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/wont-you-be-my-neighbor.jpgWon't you be my neighbor2025-11-12T15:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/02/18/when-you-have-a-screw-loose/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/screw-949100_1920.jpgscrew-949100_1920https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/when-you-have-a-screw-loose.jpgwhen you have a screw loosehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2016-02-11-04-33-03.jpg2016-02-11 04.33.03https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/a-little-neglect-1.jpga little neglect (1)2025-11-12T15:06:40+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/02/23/gym-life-workout-motivation/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/all-in-a-days-workout-photo.jpgall in a day's workout photoall in a day's workouthttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/all-in-a-days-workout.jpgAll in a day's workout2025-11-12T15:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/02/25/what-not-to-say-to-a-woman/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cows-1029077_1920.jpgcows-1029077_1920cow tipping is not an activity for women2025-11-12T15:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/03/14/why-i-write/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/book-863418_1280.jpgbook-863418_12802025-11-12T15:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/03/17/popups/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/popup-book-edited.jpgpopup book editedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/book-154262_1280.pngbook-154262_12802025-11-12T15:06:26+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/03/18/fitbit/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/walking-690734_1920.jpgwalking-690734_1920fitbit buzz walk2025-11-12T15:06:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/03/24/work-without-reward/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/stationery-670871_1920.jpgstationery-670871_19202025-11-12T15:06:19+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/04/02/goal-parenting-holiday-dinner/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/easter-1237635_1920.jpgeaster-1237635_1920Easter eggs on a platter, perfect for Easter decor and dinner at my daughter's house2025-11-12T15:06:15+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/04/05/tools-christian-living-magic-eraser/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/wine-spill.jpgwine spillLife stains. Magic Eraser gets the stains out. Use the tools you have.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/red-wine-505296_1920.jpgred-wine-505296_19202025-11-12T15:05:54+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/04/14/stand-by-your-work/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/arts-festival-cropped.jpgarts festival croppedshow your art at an arts festival is rather like blogging2025-11-12T15:05:50+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/04/27/work-out-longer/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/workout-shower-3.jpgworkout shower 3Locker room showers at the gym get mixed reviewshttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pool-690034_1280.jpgpool-690034_12802025-11-12T15:05:46+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/05/08/mom-has-alzheimers-disease/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_1339.jpgIMG_1339Mother with Alzheimer's looks at everything as if it were brand new.2025-11-12T15:05:43+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/05/11/was-this-an-unredeemable-moment/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cottey-halloween.jpgcottey halloweenHalloween costumes, dressing like a tampon https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/people-1316266_1280.jpgpeople-1316266_12802025-11-12T15:05:39+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/05/16/hows-your-masterpiece/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/art-95306_1920.jpgart-95306_1920You are a masterpiece2025-11-12T15:05:33+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/05/28/on-an-overly-exuberant-toilet/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wc-265279_1920.jpgwc-265279_1920public restrooms with auto-flushing toilets have mixed reviews2025-11-12T15:05:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/06/01/lessons-back-pain/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/90-90-position-with-chair.jpg90-90 position with chair90-90 position to treat back painhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/90-90-position-on-ice.jpg90-90 position on ice2025-11-12T15:05:22+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/06/08/joys-of-the-empty-nest/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bird-793914_1920.jpgbird-793914_1920https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/thestrawthatbrokethecamelsback.gifthestrawthatbrokethecamelsbackThe straw that broke that camel's back.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/weeding.jpgweedingI love weeding because the results last so much longer than housework. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/nest-1191609_1920.jpgnest-1191609_1920Bring on the empty nesthttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/i_want_to_write_something_permanent.pngi_want_to_write_something_permanentAnti-nesting is much like nesting. Though you're saying goodbye rather than hello to children, you still clean and prepare for a new life.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/2016-06-05-16-26-14.jpg2016-06-05 16.26.142025-11-12T15:05:18+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/06/14/orlando-mass-shooting/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/glass-423551_1920.jpgglass-423551_1920Terrorism too close to home, weep with those who weep2025-11-12T15:05:15+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/06/19/what-do-you-give-your-husband-on-fathers-day/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/gift-1420830_1920.jpggift-1420830_1920What do you give your husband for father's day?2025-11-12T15:05:11+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/06/21/brother-sister-reunited/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/brother-in-hospital.jpgbrother in hospitalreunited with a sibling2025-11-12T15:05:07+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/06/24/tell-your-story-change-a-life/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/hand-226708_1920.jpghand-226708_1920tell your story change a life2025-11-12T15:05:00+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/07/01/july-4th-celebrations/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/light-painting-801025_1920.jpglight-painting-801025_1920July 4th. The Scrooge of summer. All things work together.2025-11-12T15:04:33+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/07/07/a-matter-of-perspective/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-02-18-17-34.jpg2016-07-02 18.17.34a matter of perspective. all things work together.2025-11-12T15:04:28+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/07/17/terror-attack-in-nice/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/eiffel-tower-975004_1920.jpgeiffel-tower-975004_1920terror attack nice 2025-11-12T15:04:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/07/21/prepare-for-vacation/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/summer-814679_1920.jpgsummer-814679_1920how to prepare for vacationhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2014-05-30-08-28-11.jpg2014-05-30 08.28.11Cute, right? My homeroom class had created letters through the years for various bulletin board displays, and I had acquired quite a collection. Mix and match and make it beautiful. 2025-11-12T15:04:20+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/08/04/happy-to-be-home-after-vacation/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-06-29-18-32-23.jpg2016-06-29 18.32.23The thermometer in my kitchen reads close to 90 degrees when the AC isn't running on a summer day.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-26-20-06-20.jpg2016-07-26 20.06.202025-11-12T15:04:18+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/08/12/todays-workout-goal-no-sweat/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-08-12-06-37-07.jpg2016-08-12 06.37.072025-11-12T15:04:15+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/08/13/living-like-god-is-in-control/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/princess-quite-a-lot-edited.jpgprincess quite a lot editedWhile The Princess of Quite a Lot appears to be enjoying quite a lot, she also demonstrates trust. It is her position (as daughter of a king, not as a sitter on a throne) that allows her to trust. (Her mother, in artist Mary Englebreit's land of paintings, is the Queen of Everything. 2025-11-12T15:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/08/24/saras-birthdays-in-the-house/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/birthday-scarf.jpgbirthday scarfhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20160824_080529.jpeg20160824_0805292025-11-12T15:04:09+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2016/09/06/parent-power-outage/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/power12.jpgpower12https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/power1-cropped.jpgpower1 croppedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/power5.jpgpower5https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/power4.jpgpower4https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/power3.jpgpower3https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/power2.jpgpower2https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/power1.jpgpower1https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/power-5.pngpower 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your hotel room comes with a little surprisehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/2017-03-14-14-43-10-e1489515314681.pngWhen your hotel room comes with a little surpriseTypically, I don't want a business collecting my cell phone information, but in this instance? Yay!2025-11-12T15:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2017/03/23/business-at-the-top-workout-on-the-bottom/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/businessatthetopworkoutonthebottomcropped.jpgbusinessatthetopworkoutonthebottomcroppedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/businessatthetopworkoutonthebottom.jpgbusinessatthetopworkoutonthebottomhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/business-at-the-top-workout-on-the-bottom.jpegbusiness at the top workout on the bottom2025-11-12T15:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2017/03/27/live-as-if-health-care-wont-be-there-when-you-need-it/2025-11-12T15:00:36+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2017/04/09/my-baby-turns-21-today/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-09-08-37-29.jpg2017-04-09 08.37.29https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-09-12-05-26-e1491780010406.jpg2017-04-09 12.05.26https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/adam-age-21-birthday.jpgadam age 21 birthdayhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-04-09-08-36-16.jpg2017-04-09 08.36.16https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/adam-21-years.jpgadam 21 years2025-11-12T15:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2017/04/20/its-pinterest-not-pimpterest-and-other-random-thoughts/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pinterest-the-matchmaker-rotated.jpgpinterest the matchmaker rotated2025-11-12T15:00:27+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2017/05/16/how-my-cat-saved-my-life-just-last-week/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tori-3.jpegtori 3A few days after the catwalk, I made sure I had my camera to capture Tori's typical ways. Here she is on the cedar chest, scoping out the softest spot.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tori-2.jpegtori 2Tori in her catwalk mode made her way much closer to the camera... right across my belly.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tori-1.jpegtori 1The picture of a life-saving cat. Please ignore her snaggle tooth, as she's a bit sensitive about it. Who wouldn't love this face? https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/appendicitis.jpgappendicitis2025-11-12T15:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2017/05/26/how-my-cat-saved-my-life-part-ii/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tori-5.jpegtori 5https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/tori-4.jpegtori 4https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/meckels-diverticulum.jpgmeckel's diverticulumThis series of images shows you before and after images, with a Meckel's diverticulum and after surgery: https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100092_1.htm2025-11-12T15:00:17+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2017/05/31/connies-got-this-but-pray-anyway-please/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/connie-in-hospital.jpgconnie in hospitalhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/conniegotthis.jpgconniegotthishttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/connie-screenshot-cropped.pngconnie screenshot croppedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/connies-got-this.jpgconnie's got thishttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/i-got-this-again.jpgI got this againhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/screenshot_2017-05-31-04-29-30.pngScreenshot_2017-05-31-04-29-30https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_8761.pngIMG_87612025-11-12T15:00:14+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2017/06/16/how-do-you-get-an-emoji-makeover/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/emoji-and-sara-side-by-side.jpgemoji and sara side by sidehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/emoji-makeover1.jpgemoji makeover1https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/emoji-makeover.jpgemoji makeoverhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sara-emoji-workout-e1497628748748.jpegSara emoji workouthttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/screenshot_2017-06-10-06-44-42-cropped.jpgScreenshot_2017-06-10-06-44-42 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partner2025-11-12T14:59:24+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2018/01/13/mary-martha-one-thing-is-needed/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2017-12-02-11-40-28.jpg2017-12-02 11.40.28The fern patch when I was working on ridding it of weedshttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2017-12-02-11-39-51.jpg2017-12-02 11.39.51Boston fern overrun with wandering Jewhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-13-08-31-50.jpg2018-01-13 08.31.50https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-13-08-39-22.jpg2018-01-13 08.39.22Same Boston ferns a week after the freezehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-13-08-38-17.jpg2018-01-13 08.38.17Boston ferns a week after the freezehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-07-16-05-17-1.jpg2018-01-07 16.05.17 (1)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-07-16-03-21.jpg2018-01-07 16.03.21https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-07-16-02-17.jpg2018-01-07 16.02.17Boston ferns a day after the freezehttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/martha_and_mary_luke_10-38-42_esv.pngMartha_and_Mary_Luke_10.38-42_ESV"Sara, Sara, you are anxious and trouble about many things, but one thing is necessary."2025-11-12T14:59:21+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2018/01/18/car-key-fob-wont-work/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/key-fob.jpegkey fob2025-11-12T14:59:18+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2018/01/26/feeding-my-inner-road-rage/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/feeding-my-inner-road-rage-3.pngfeeding my inner road rage 3https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/feeding-my-inner-road-rage-2.pngfeeding my inner road rage 2https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/feeding-my-inner-road-rage-1.pngfeeding my inner road rage 1https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/feeding-my-inner-road-roage-alex-harvey-34864.jpgfeeding my inner road roage alex-harvey-348642025-11-12T14:59:15+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2018/02/12/hellos-are-far-superior-to-goodbyes/2025-11-12T14:59:13+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2018/02/27/secret-to-my-weight-loss-success/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/my-secret-to-my-weight-loss-success.jpgmy secret to my weight-loss successhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/valentine-cookies-bojan-savnik-487613.jpgvalentine cookies bojan-savnik-487613https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/chocolate-chip-cookies-fischer-twins-396982.jpgchocolate chip cookies fischer-twins-396982https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pretty-chocolate-chip-cookies-wendy-rueter-316018.jpgpretty chocolate chip cookies wendy-rueter-316018https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fork-shadow-art-ursula-spaulding-479132.jpgfork shadow art ursula-spaulding-479132https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/one-chocolate-chip-cookie-tim-wright-504301.jpgone chocolate chip cookie tim-wright-5043012025-11-12T14:59:10+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2018/03/27/god-i-cant-do-today-is-a-statement-of-faith/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/statement-of-faith-ben-white-199953-unsplash.jpgstatement of faith ben-white-199953-unsplash2025-11-12T14:59:07+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2018/04/14/home-is-where-my-sister-is/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180414_085205.jpg20180414_085205The three sisters and my mom were looking good. Me, Cyndi, my mom (seated), and Trish.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180414_085051.jpg20180414_085051Four generations: My mom, Cyndi with her daughter Sarah, Nana, Trish with her daughter Megan, and me. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180414_084726.jpg20180414_084726Cyndi, my oldest sister, is at left; I'm in the middle; Trish was at right. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180414_090058.jpg20180414_090058The famous family photo. Apparently, Trish found it to be quite dull. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180414_090011.jpg20180414_090011Our preschool days. I think this was the town's Easter egg hunt.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180414_085822.jpg20180414_085822Trish, at left, and me. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180414_085734.jpg20180414_085734We were the "little girls" of the family, and my mother dressed us alike. I usually had blue; Trish wore red. I'm sporting a diaper under that swimsuit.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180414_085627.jpg20180414_085627Trish and I with our first cats. She had Kiggy, a male Tabby who ran away in his prime. I held Midnight, who birthed loads of kittens in her lifetime.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20180414_085534.jpg20180414_085534My grandmother shot these photos, as I know because of the tell-tale handwriting. 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faces.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/god-does-work-all-things-together-many-faces-of-bill-2400-x-1256-edited.pnggod-does-work-all-things-together-many-faces-of-bill-2400-x-1256-editedhttps://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/god-does-work-all-things-together-the-marriage-menu-2400-x-1256-edited.pnggod-does-work-all-things-together-the-marriage-menu-2400-x-1256-editedThe menu Bill created and enclosed inside the real menu. Although, I should say enclosed in the restaurant's menu. This one was real -- and such a creative, touching joy.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/god-does-work-all-things-together-first-date-2400-x-1256-edited.pnggod-does-work-all-things-together-first-date-2400-x-1256-editedScrapbook pages showing our first date. I am the tall blonde in the teal sleeveless sweater. In the picture, top right, Bill and I are the couple on the bottom right. You can also see our smiling faces peeking over the wall. Steve, bottom right, served as our waiter and, later (when Bill did get my last name right ;), as a groomsman in our wedding. https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/god-does-work-all-things-together-such-a-cute-couple-2400-x-1256-edited.pnggod-does-work-all-things-together-such-a-cute-couple-2400-x-1256-editedBill and I on our first Christmas married.https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/god-does-work-all-things-together-blog-image-1.pngGod does work all things together - blog image (1)https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/god-does-work-all-things-together-2400-x-1256-edited.pngGod does work all things together (2400 x 1256) - edited2025-11-12T14:39:53+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2022/11/02/her-death-was-a-good-one-but-we-werent-ready-to-say-goodbye/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/copy-of-new-script-blog-image.pngCopy of new script - blog image2025-11-12T14:39:50+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2022/12/20/the-uncomfortable-step-to-healing-you-likely-didnt-consider/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/carpal-tunnel-wound.pngcarpal tunnel wound2025-11-12T14:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://saradagen.com/2023/01/31/who-wouldnt-want-a-pole-in-her-bedroom/https://saradagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/who-wouldnt-want-a-pole-blog-image.pngwho wouldn't want a pole - 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