Easiest Granola Ever Preheat oven to 375 degrees Heat to boiling 3/4 c. healthy oils (I combine olive, coconut and palm shortening) 3/4 c...

I've thought off and on about buying tags to put in/on stuff I make. They'd be cute, but I'm also afraid they'd be itchy,  ...

I had time and the weather was cooperative; not too hot (high 80's) and  humidity wasn't too high (mid 60's) so I laid a few sh...

A lone candle flickered on the dresser. Before I even stepped through the doorway, I was enveloped by the faint scent of raspberrie...

is walking in the living room  to see my little ones reading.

I just have to say it. What is up with TVs in restaurants? I mean  really! Can people not go without their telle for an hour?? The magnetic...

I thought it might be nice to do a 'daybook entry'; I always enjoy reading Elizabeth 's and Susan 's but I've never don...

   A couple of weeks ago we went to the water park with our homeschool group. There was a dress-code so as not to offend anyo...

Jeremiah and Josiah made lunch today. Special Noodles. In their words, here is the recipe: Take some noodles (they can be left over from l...

Yesterday was our wedding anniversary; twenty-four years! That's a long time for my sweet love to put up with the likes of me. Tyler, y...

Not only did I check out a novel before leaving town, I also purchased a couple of used paperbacks from the library. They were considered ...

The morning started with chocolate covered strawberries. Truth be told, I prefer my strawberries and my chocolate separate; but every year ...

Usually a springtime treat, today was the first time I made chocolate covered strawberries this year. Tyler's co-workers love them...

Being unplugged has been so beneficial for the kids that we decided to continue our unplugging. This week has been much easier on me th...

I was about to leave the parking lot  when a guy motions for me to roll my window down. He's carrying a bucket and some papers. It was ...

This is becoming embarrassing... So. In an effort to keep my children - and myself - from dying running in 100+ degrees , I ordered a walk ...

1. The kids are doing much better; whining, crying, and bickering have definitely decreased. 2. creativity has returned 3. to the kids. T...

This heat is really throwing off my laundry groove. I'm used to throwing a load in the washer before I head to bed but lately when I...

The totes of diaper  fabric were sitting on the floor and on the top of one of the boxes, visible through the clear lid, was a scrap of fab...

We're feeling the need to unplug for a bit. As is often the case, too much electronic entertainment and screen time leads to  self-cent...

I could hear her playing right outside the (locked) door and called out, "That you, Lex?" "It's not Lexi. It's a ba...

I'm not so sure about me and running. I think maybe I am too stupid to run. Let me back-track just a bit and say I broke my favorite ...

I introduced ya'll to Heather several months ago when her boys were doing a read-a-thon. (let me just say, those boys read a little  l...

ooh - she looks like a baby doll ~ I could just squeeze her This is my favorite dress on Lexi right now. I found it at a yard sale for ...

Tyler got me up at  O-dark-thirty this morning to go run. He'd been running his mouth last night about me not being able to hang with h...

Make that 7 runners, not six. She needed shoes, too....  I told Tyler it was money well spent even if she doesn't end up running; ...

to our addition ... I have been looking for a typewriter off and on ever since reading this post over two years ago. We've got a f...

So. Our church is hosting a Run for God running / Bible study program. The running part gets you  'from couch to 5k' in 12 weeks. S...

work for me!! best. s'mores. ever. you can thank me later :-) ~ oddly - Always Save and Dollar General brand cookies bea...

In keeping with tradition , Lexi always asks, "Do you want a story?" when she sits on the pot to pooh.  I always say "yes...