• child,  economy

    Scatter brained

    The first day of school went of without a hitch, except that I got slightly lost trying to drop our daughter off. Oops! So far she’s enjoying it a lot. Anyway, my older…

  • child

    First day of school…

    Our firstborn starts kindergarten today. I prayed for peace so that I could sleep. I am so nervous and don’t know why. It seems like she was born yesterday, and now she’s off…

  • beauty,  movies,  self-image

    Movie review

    Recently I watched the movie Penelope with my family.I’d wanted to watch if for a while, so when Netflix delivered,I was excited. My hubby, not so much. A movie about a girl that…

  • child

    Those crazy kids

    So today we visited a new church for the first time. We were already prepared for a different experience because we’d never been to a church of this denomination before. All was going…

  • weight

    All day dreamin’

    Now that I’m blogging, I’m a little obsessed. I find myself thinking about what to write at the weirdest times, like when I should be sleeping. I started exercising again. I record shows…

  • beauty

    A Gem Story

    So I was thinkin’ about my blog title. Broken rubies. There are several references to rubies in the Bible. Specific women are called more precious than rubies in Proverbs. Sapphires, diamonds, emeralds and…