Lindsey’s been gone on a hunting trip, and I’ve been holding down the fort here in the Boonies. In my role as de facto head of the hacienda, I have been required to face a possible copperhead sighting on the patio, quell an incursion of multiple yellow jacket entries, take dominion over spiders that are showing up in …
I’ve been noticing lately that everything’s connected in my life. When I take the time to look, events that might at first glance seem to have happened randomly, upon closer inspection, have common threads running through them. When I reflect further, I often find areas where God might be speaking to me – there – …
It ain’t much, but it’s a little something. A little change for my blog. Last night I was checking out some local-to-me food blogs, and I noticed one on Blogger that had a “Print Friendly” button at the end of her post. I’d been looking for a gadget like that for my recipe posts, and …
My son is a senior in high school. Wow. Before you know it, he’ll be movin’ on down the line. I bet I’m not the only Mom of a high school senior sitting here scratching her head, wondering how in the world THIS happened! I’ve been living in denial in quite a while, and while …
There are so many stories that this picture tells. Click for a closer look: maybe you’ll see them. This picture tells the story of an immense love shared by a young married couple: a love so deep that the young couple was willing to risk their very happy married-without-children lifestyle, to see what might happen …
Let’s play a game. The game is called, “What smells worse than that?” Ready? Here we go. When my son entered adolescence, he discovered a fragrance. A fragrance that is worn by most teenaged boys to cover up something pretty rank. The smell they are trying to mask is the smell of teen aged boy …
This is a post I wrote on my experience homeschooling, as a guest post, on a website called Hip Homeschool Moms. As I was deciding what I wanted to share with you today, I thought maybe “A Look at Homeschooling From the Rear View Mirror” would be a great title for a post that would …
And you thought the first two words of this post were going to be: “….Me Crazy”. No, he’s actually driving! By himself. You can’t sue me, now. You have been warned. Holy cow, how did we get to this place??? Wasn’t it just yesterday I was picking him up out of the crib, and drawing …
Well, looks like I truly am back in the saddle again, in more ways than one. The school year has begun again, with a vengeance. And we have realized that with all the activities we have said “yes” to, we are going to be behind the wheel of our car, driving, every day of the …