My husband has low expectations of me. Not that he doesn’t think I can’t do things, but he doesn’t expect me to do things. Since all the kids (except one, but his time is coming) have had the flu lately, and my hands and lap have been very busy, I haven’t gotten much done around the house lately. I made… Read More »Reclaiming
With all the nursing and holding and snuggling I’ve been doing lately, my hands have been itching to make something. I don’t do well at doing nothing, and while I don’t think that holding a sick little one is by any means ‘nothing’ it certainly isn’t ‘doing’. And doing makes me happy. So I dug out my yarn stash, found… Read More »Doing
Let’s just call this the craziest winter in Maine I’ve ever seen. Last week, temperatures were below zero and the windchill was even colder. I think I remember hearing someone say that exposed skin could freeze within 20 minutes. Yep. It was that cold. Fast forward one week. We had sunny and warmer (yes, 28 degrees is definitely warmer), and… Read More »February
Poor little Silas was up most of the night. Between the low grade fever and the stuffy nose, he was pretty miserable. I tried to nurse him through his fitful almost-but-not-quite-awake cranky moments throughout the night, but the stuffy nose interfered with even this most basic Mama and baby time. In the wee hours of the morning, Papa took over,… Read More »Taking Turns, Two Down
In the middle of a bit of a cold spell (it was -8 when I checked this morning), we’ve been working at keeping warm. For me, that means keeping the wood stove filled and burning hot, providing hot meals and making lots of tea for all. For the children, it means keeping the woodbox full (a daily chore for the… Read More »Keeping warm
There are moments when everything becomes crystal clear. Moments when all the clutter falls away. Moments when little sisters play perfectly together, making forts in the living room. When a jewelry making Middle finds the perfect beads to make her latest creation. When a Middle boy sits in the kitchen practicing his cello, which he reluctantly started playing just a… Read More »Moments
The Christmas frenzy has pretty much come to an end. The brown paper packages tied up with string (red and white baker’s twine) have all been opened. Most of the new gifts and goodies have found their place among the old. We still have some cleanup and sorting and place finding to do, but we have now entered into the… Read More »After the frenzy
First of all, if you get a feed of my blog posts, you got a pretty strange post. It wasn’t from me, I was hacked. WordPress caught it, but not in time to prevent the post from being sent to feed readers. Hopefully, it won’t happen again. Now, onto much more interesting things. Our oldest son is home for Thanksgiving.… Read More »Family Ornament Making
“{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. ” – Amanda Soule Linking up here.
My older children tease that I am the Queen of Options. We need to make a decision? I’ll usually come up with at least 3 options for us. You have a problem? I can tell you what your options are. You might not like some of them, but they’re still options. Sometimes life or other people’s decisions limits the options… Read More »Options