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A few months ago, I stumbled upon a new blog I thought was really cool. The writer was starting to home school her kids for the first time. “Ahhh, this woman is creative and has a great plan,” I thought. “I can really relate to her.” It turns out we had sooooo much in common….
In most areas of my life, I prefer the digital. Digital photos. Digital scrapbooks. Electronic communication. I love it all. But to get me through the day, I can’t function without my lists. I start each morning by unloading my brain in list form of everything I need to do. And I mean everything. If…
So, this is completely weird and out of character for our family. We usually don’t tell anyone the potential names of our unborn children. In fact, we have been known to wait several days after birth to announce the child’s name. With this baby, I have been telling people her name since we found out…
I realized over the weekend that I have left a lot of unfinished business on the blog lately. I bring up topics, but then I never provide an update on the outcome. Well, on Saturday afternoon after several days of battling a cough and runny nose and taking about five naps a day, I got…
I’ve never been a typical mom when it comes to germ concerns. I always have to ask someone else if I can use her little bottle of anti-bacterial soap when it comes time to eat lunch at the zoo. I never remember to bring my anti-bacterial wipes to the park. My kids might play outside…
I just have to respond to A Musing Mom’s latest post with this photo: My daughter’s preschool teacher is amazing. She comes up with the most creative crafts my daughter brings home three days a week. These crafts are so wonderful that we can’t possibly throw any of them away. Oh, no. We need to…
I seem to be surrounded right now by people who are either pregnant or have newborn babies. Several friends also have had surgery or serious illness. So, it seems like every few weeks a request goes out looking for people to bring meals to one of these families. A few years ago, I couldn’t wait…
This picture really doesn’t make much sense, even to me right now. I’m holding the camera right at my nose, looking down to show the view of my feet. Except you can’t see my feet. I have officially exploded. And it literally happened in one week. I’m not kidding. Last week, when I went to…
I grew up in a family with four children, so that always seemed like the perfect family size to me. I loved all of the noise in our house. And, as the youngest, I remember how lonely I felt when my siblings all went to college and left me behind! Our family always ate dinner…
I’ve been having some squash issues lately. It started with the pumpkin. I must have pumpkin pie. All the time. I think I have baked and devoured four pumpkin pies in the last two weeks. I do have help. Everyone in my family seems to love pumpkin pie. And really? I think it should count…
