Life has been a little crazy here lately. More on that another day. For now, I am another year older. Ralf and the kids whipped up some cinnamon rolls for breakfast and baked this yummy Texas sheet cake to celebrate. I was surprised with a shiny new cherry red cruiser bike just right for trawling …
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I opened the fridge this morning and found this… I don’t think this was on the list. It may be the grossest thing in my fridge. How about you. What’s the grossest thing in your fridge right now???
Guess what came in the mail this week… First we scraped some cells off the palm of Jack’s hand with a scalpel… Then we checked out what was going on in the inside of our cheeks… Also on the menu was stinky toe jam, a juicy apple sliver, a freshly plucked strand of hair, a …
This morning while this was still out And the clock read this I dusted these off And headed to this How long does it take for something to become a habit?
Yea! The cute UPS man did make it to our house with the rest of our books. I just love the smell of new books! School “officially” started back for us today. We’ve been on a little bit of a hiatus with our move and with summer. We were unschooling for awhile. But it feels …
Guess what. Remember how we’ve had trouble getting the good seats at church? The good news: We got the good seats at church. They were the REALLY good seats, the kind with the upholstered seat AND the upholstered back AND the individual armrests. The bad news: We sat in the stands because we gave the …
This week is chock full of stuff that needs to get done…by me. Like reading this in it’s entirety so that I can lead the discussion on it … tomorrow…at my house…which needs to be cleaned…before tomorrow. Instead, I’ve been trying to finish this. Not only that but I need to finish my talk for …
Thirty-something, fashion-conscious, intelligent, abnormally “normal” homeschooling mother of 4 seeks fellow homeschooling mother with similar interests and with similar aged kids for get-togethers to share ideas, books, field trips, play dates, science labs, and friendship. Must be vain enough to wear make-up, have an actual hairstyle, and appreciate the value of a great fitting pair …
We are loving watching the Olympics! The gymnastics, the synchronized diving, the swimming… I enjoy watching to see if the athletes know the words to their national anthems. And we got a kick out of Mark Spitz’s generous but somewhat arrogant interview this evening. But I must vent a little. While I can appreciate the …
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks. . . and it’s not over yet. A quick recap while I’m sitting down. I took the kids to Utah and dropped off Maddy and her cousin in Provo for a week of this: While the boys and I spent the week at my Mom’s: Hanging out with …
You’ve had a birthday shout hooray! We want to sing to you today, One year older and wiser too, Happy birthday to you! Jack is 10! ! ! There was a time when we couldn’t imagine that we would get to this point. Those of you who have known us a long time know what …
Yea! I enticed a few readers out of lurkdom. Thanks for playing. OK, this being my first giveaway, I have room for improvement. Note to self. Next time include: Contest end time Only one answer per entrant Change “guess correctly and win” to “the FIRST person to guess correctly wins”. I’m really good at learning …