Where is That Portal?

Today you are you! 

That is truer than true!

There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

 ~ Dr. Seuss

                

 

Hmm...

What if, perhaps, I am not as keen on being me today?

It has been a very hard week so far.

I am positive that I somehow slipped into a not as pleasant parallel version of my life.

If I could only find the portal back home...

Yes. Yes. Yes.

I am full of emotional drama today. 

I think I will sleep it off.

 

Warmly, Me

I Wonder if I Should...

Should I be this quick to show off our dinner?

 

Hmm...

 

Maybe just a wee bit hesitant?

 

Nah...

 

Despite its humble appearance it is very, very good.

 

 Warmly, Me

 

It's a Frye Kind of Christmas!!!

Disorganized.

What Frye holiday is not?

Running late.

Old news.

Loud.

Ear plugs anyone?

Full of love!

Of course!

TOTALLY  AWESOME!!!

YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

The Tree

 

Santa, fashionably late and looking a little thin this year.

 

Did you remember to leave him cookies and milk last night?

 

 

Joel and Lily

 

Joel and Lily

 

Grace

 

Anya

 

                                                                          Odell

 

Odell

 

Ekie

 

Naomi

 

Nolan

 

Josiah

 

Grant

 

Santa's helpers: Grant and Cyrus

 

Santa reminding the kids what the true meaning of  Christmas is.

 

The gift piles

 

Lily 

 

 

Josiah, Snap Chatting his friends about his gifts,

 

or

 

perhaps he is sharing with his friends the real reason for celebrating Christmas...

 

&

 

A peek of Josh in the background.

 

Yes, Josh's hair is pretty awesome.

 

I tell him that every day.

 

Alan and Dad

 

Dinner is finally served!

It's about time!

My apologies.

I was being a slow poke.

 

A few special side notes:

 

Elena, who avoided all camera shots, was amazing with the gift shopping along side her dad. Elena was my Christmas gift shopping proxy.

 

Thanks Elena!! You did a WONDERFUL job!! 

 

Movie Gallery gave us the beautiful ham!

 

The Born's dropped off corn, salad, and other tasty food to add to our Christmas dinner table

(extras from

 GWMA's Community Christmas meal and Christ Community's Children's Christmas program).  

 

Christmas greetings to all!!!

 

A Little Christmas Cheer

Monday is paper route day at the Frye house.

It gets pretty crazy.

Jeff and nine of the kids split six routes.
In all, they deliver over five hundred of the Waseca Shoppers.

It is Jeff's special thing.

He grew up delivering papers and wanted to pass that experience on to the kids.

Some of the routes we have had for 10 years! 

 

 

I just deliver the few closer customers that were more specific about their paper delivery. I do not mind my small part in the paper delivery process. It seems to keep the peace and the walk is also a nice break in my day.       

 

This week, Lily and I added a little Christmas cheer to go along with our papers. 

I think there is something cheery in seeing candy canes tied with ribbon and it makes me smile.

 

 

So to our Shopper peeps,

 

 

 

Warmly,

Me

Christmas Play of the Adorable Kind

 

Naomi, Anya, Grace, Joel, and Lily were able to participate in the Grace Baptist Church Christmas play Sunday evening. How very fun!!!!! 

 

Grace, Joel, and Lily go to Grace Baptist's Wednesday night Patch Club. Very good program. I go through the weekly Bible lessons with those three as a part of their homeschool and I love it. I look forward to it and even though it is for grade school kids, I personally learn a lot. Maybe even more that the kids do.

 

Anya and Naomi go to Friday night teen group at Grace before Club 180 at Christ Community.

 

The Christmas program was the first time we attended a Grace service but know the Pastor and his wife a little more casually through the kids. They are such nice people. The Christmas program was a fun time meeting people and fellowshipping. We were told that fellowship is the Baptist term for eating.  Ha-ha. I like fellowshipping! Someone made this WONDERFUL buffalo cream cheese dip. It was VERY good. If I could have made it look like a natural, normal thing, I would have just hung out right next to the buffalo dip fellowshipping with a little double dipping.

 

I did not get the greatest pictures but here you go!

 

 

Anya ,one of the carolers, in the solid green hat

 

 

 

Lily, an angel, on the left

 

Lily

 

Lily

 

Naomi, a caroler, in the blue and gray stripes 

 

Grace (on the left) and Joel (far right) as shepherds...or are they wise men? Maybe a combo?

 

Joel (far right)

 

Grace

 

Anya, Grace, Joel, Lily, and Naomi (L to R)

 

Warmly,

Me

A Parmo Anyone?

 

My Parmo with a side of chips.

 

ha-ha

 

Delicious!!

 

 I am feeling so European.  



 

 

 

P.S. I really did not eat this whole Parmo by myself. I probably could have, though. I split with Elena and Jeff. I also made another one for some of the boys to try. 

 

The impressive parts aside from the yummy-ness were:

 

A. I learned to butterfly cut the chicken breast.

 

B. I deep fried the breaded chicken breast. I had never cooked chicken like that before.  

 

C. I made an awesome (but a tad lumpy) béchamel sauce which is the layer between the chicken and the cheese on top.

 

It is ok to be a little impressed...

 

I was.

 

Warmly,

Me    

  



A Dragonfrye Beginning

It has been over a year and I decided to resurrect my blog.

I actually closed my old blog down and am SO glad I took the time to save everything and that blogger has the export/import option. Even though I am starting up a brand new blog, I imported all my old blog posts. 

My blog and my life have had many revamps and changes since I started in 2008. The old stuff still might be helpful or at least comical to others. So if you venture back in the depths of my blog, enjoy! Laughing and eye rolling are allowed! I have been looking over some posts and did a few eye rolls, I mumbled a few "jeepers, did I really write that!". In-between all that, there is the adorableness of those Frye kids ,like here,  and our journey from my little perched view.

My main reason in restarting my blog is to talk...to myself. Ha-ha. It is a small voice talking about mostly unimportant things, but things that please me. Nothing that will change the course of history but that is ok. I have been posting on Facebook more which I enjoy, but not everything I want to ramble on about is Facebook interesting. And I love pictures! Pictures of my life, of my days. My view of this little spot in the world, right here where I sit. All my random goofy things that make me...well...me. 

My life has changed a little since I ended my blog in 2014. The kids have grown, some Frye drama, a few kids have left the nest. I have grayed (a lot), but also lost a few pounds. Yep indeed, I did. Still looking pudgy but better than before. Good trade off, though. A few gray for a few pounds. I will just start blogging like I never left and every once in a while fill in the gaps of this past year. Some of my new posts might mirror what I have posted on Facebook but eventually not so much.

I think I picked out a pretty good title for my blog. A Dragonfrye Beginning. It pretty much describes my spot in life right now. I could have called it A Dragonfrye Unsettling. That would have even more fitting. I am not fond of this point in my life. It really is unsettling but that is why it is a beginning for me. I have been through many unsettling points in my life but none like this. This is just different. Not sure how to even describe it, maybe it's just middle age. Not sure...  

Awesome  quote that pretty much fits where I am at right now,

“Beginnings are usually scary, endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. So when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will.”

~ from the movie Hope Floats


Now it was a big deal to decide what my very first picture would be on my very first post in over a year. It seriously was. I decided to go ahead and add the picture I was thinking of putting on Facebook. The lunch I made for the kids yesterday. Homemade biscuits and sausage gravy from scratch on my favorite plate.

Why this picture? I'm not sure. It is kind of a homey, cozy meal. A blog fitting meal. It is on my special, happy plate. I like my plate. Crazy, but my plate is almost like an old friend. Ok, yes, that does sound a tad crazy. A "jeepers, did I really write that!" kind of crazy.

Now, I know that this is the perfect picture choice! A perfect re-introduction to me and my blog!!

Welcome back!!! 

Warmly,
   Me