Some weeks are so full and busy that it seems one day speeds into the next and time gets jumbled and days get lost in my mind. The best way for me to remember a full week is to write it out, and it’s been a full week! We’ve had two significant weather events – ice on Monday and snow… Read More »A Week in Review
We recently returned fro a trip to Berks County, Pennsylvania. In the last weeks of 2022, my grandmother passed away. She lived for 99 years. It’s pretty hard to sum up 99 years, what she meant to our family, and the legacy she left behind. For all but the last 10 years of her life, she lived in Berks County,… Read More »Away – Berks County, Pa.
I’ve had quite a few friends ask for details about one of our family’s favorite Christmas traditions. We haven’t always done this, but it’s a favorite tradition for 15 years now and any time I’ve hinted at possibly not continuing to do it my children send me looks of horror at the thought. It all started when we moved into… Read More »The Christmas Code
Our family has wanted to significantly add onto our home for a lot of years. We’ve done three “small” additions, but we still really want one or two larger additions to make our home fit our family better. But the addition plans keep getting kicked further down the road. One of the biggest obstacles is finding a reputable builder who… Read More »Style Refresh
Another Monday morning after another busy weekend. I was sitting at the table drinking my tea, enjoying a quiet moment, and wishing for a very long and extended quiet moment – like about 3 or 4 hours long or so. I heard the first sounds of children waking; the movement in the upstairs bedroom, the sound the curtain rings make… Read More »Making Waffles
This year’s garden was a complete failure. It’s mostly my own fault. Successful gardening, like anything else, requires time and effort, and I just didn’t put in enough. And the deer, for some reason, decided to use our gardens as their own buffet. Even my dependable blueberries were eaten by the deer, forcing us to go to neighboring farms to… Read More »Revamping the Garden
I’ve always wanted to be an artist. I never cared what medium, but I wanted to be the kind of person who could express emotions, thoughts, and experiences in a way that had some permanence. It took me a long time to realize that creativity comes in a lot of different packages. Some cook and bake, some draw and paint,… Read More »Learning and Growing – A Creative Journey
Husband and I spent a lot of time over the weekend setting up our online shop and getting it up and running. I designed our website on my own, which I did once before for a business we had several years ago, but technology has changed so much that I’ve had to re-learn things. Over the weekend I ran into… Read More »Setting Up Shop
I’m approaching my 24th year of homeschooling, and I recently posted some thoughts on my personal facebook page. My friends said they were encouraged by my post, so I thought I’d share it here as well. I am not a perfect home educating parent. I’ve made plenty of mistakes along the way, and I’m sure I’ll make plenty more. In… Read More »Homeschooling Thoughts
I feel like the last few years have been a blur. I know 2020 put everyone into a tail spin and it affected everyone differently. For me, it seems that even before then things were a little out of control. Between family needs, work needs, big life events, small aging events (hello perimenopause), young children growing into preteens, older children… Read More »Getting Back to Me