Posting may be sporadic. I'm spending about 20 hours a day holding the sweetest little thing imaginable. ~ I still share, though

I cannot help but marvel at God’s goodness to me. ~ Nine years ago He called home our tiny baby before we ever got to meet her/him. ...

This is Lana, posting a few pictures of our new baby sister, Lexi Faith born Jan 21, 2009 7:52 AM 7 lbs, 3 oz 19 inches long She's got ...

Darinda asked me to share what I’d learned about stippling. I figured, rather than e-mail the info to her I’d deviate from my normal scrapbo...

I’m a tad emotional. I cried when Tyler told me Sam’s didn’t have our olive oil. How ridiculous is that?? I have tried and tried to get rea...

Jeremiah: Is this a stay home day? Mom: Pretty much. Dad may have to run to the hardware store, though. Jeremiah: Why don't you run t...

OK I'm ready. Oh I'm ready for my baby girl, too but I was referring to the quilt... My final practice piece. My stippling is nowh...

+ 6 hrs and 3 bobbins = + another 3 1/2 hours and I forget how many bobbins = one quilt top and an aching neck & back (but one fairly t...

I was challenged so I had to.... oddly enough I lost. ~ I think I nearly gave a lady a heart attack, though. I don't suppose she'd...

It's a very expensive hobby! It goes much faster when you have a fabric stash; running all over town to buy 1/4 yard of several fabrics ...

I had my last glass of delicious farm fresh milk followed by a plate of yesterday's leftover Best Dip in the World over rice for dinner ...

A fun blanket! This just seemed appropriate for a baby girl with lots of brothers It took a surprisingly long time! About 5 hours, I think. ...

I'm the first one to post in 2009!

I’m not really one to make ‘new year’s resolutions’ mostly ‘cause I’m not one to keep them. But as I was rushing around today - as usual - I...

when everyone talks to your 'poor little sick dog' (who just trashed your house, necessitating an emergency carpet cleaning. Poor d...

Tonight we were in the middle of another building project - shelves, this time - (it's almost sad how proficient we have become at shelf...

I finished it! For my first real quilt, I'm pretty happy with it. ~ I used this gal's tutorials - which are excellent, I thought! I...

“I have sort of an odd question. Is there, by any chance, a metallic primer of some sort that one could use to make a surface that magnets w...

we call it real life montessori ~ oh and the turtles ? Lily can match up all 12 pairs! She's quite pleased with herself! We're pr...

I think we may have another perfectionist on our hands. ~ My doctor wanted to run a strip on the girl this morning just to make sure things ...

Well, not so rare as a brilliant crescent moon and Venus and Jupiter like we saw last week and won't appear together in that configurati...

The only thing worse than having a houseful of sick kids is Momma being sick right along with them. while 7 1/2 months pregnant. :-( At le...

When your 20 month old is sewing with you and you give her scraps and a pin, you might oughta think twice about holding pins in your mouth ~...

How has it been five years? This is one of my favorite pictures of Jeremiah's first days. I suppose it would drive a photographer nuts b...

It was bittersweet. We were, after all, finally beginning to realize our dream; but we’d taken a few steps backwards to do it. ~ We fel...

Yesterday Jeremiah came and got me. "Come to your room, Mom, there's a surprise for you!" As I walked to the room (all 10 step...

Ever since reading the book Mommy, Teach Me I've been mildly interested in Montessori. I certainly don't agree with all the philosop...

I am too easily thrilled; not that that's a bad thing... ~ After months of procrastinating (for really no good reason -I was dreading de...

Tyler came home with a bag of these the other day I'd never had them before. They are good! Nothing like the original Dove dark chocol...

still a favorite job!