I like sewing more than I like working out. Way more. So, when I have time to spare, I don't think, "Hey, I should get my...

Brandon may not be able to use his hand - but mine work just fine and I'd been itching to use them. With a needle and thread, th...

He's not at all clumsy, but he does seem to be a little bit accident prone. He had the wood in the foot - and the fork in the toe...

A miracle of Biblical proportions has happened in my kitchen today; the linens have multiplied . I keep pulling them out of the bag ...

That's what we are - pooped! But everything was beautiful. And fun. I can't wait to get the pictures from Roselle and share...

We're ready! It took longer than I expected (I'm sure that surprises absolutely no one ;-) but with the help of Lana, Ton...

Brandon couldn't do his science yesterday due to technical difficulties. (and no - it wasn't just my ineptness ;-) After ge...

full force. I am now appropriately stressed.  the picture has nothing to do with the post. I just thought it'd been a few posts...

Maggie said something a few weeks ago about me having all kinds of free time soon. You know - when school starts up . I looked at her i...

Tyler's brother, Mitch, asked me a few weeks ago if I'd like to go to a football game. I told him I'd really rather let som...

Plans are coming together nicely for the reception. I've added a few little things I didn't know we wanted ;-) and Tyler has ...

When we bought this place 7+ years ago, the shop (which is probably in better shape than the house) was chock FULL of crap. Some of...

has commenced! I have had the hardest time figuring out just what I wanted to do for the reception / party / celebration , (are you...

Not really; tha's a joke, Son ;-) Nancy wants a quilt with no pink and no sashing . ~ Since she has completely outgrown h...

I bought the kids their own water bottles this summer as a way for them to make sure they are drinking enough water. Enough water - to...

Several weeks ago, Lily taught Lexi how to sew. First, she had Lexi watch her. Then, she and Lexi did a few stitches together, her ...

Tyler was working on a project and got a little stressed because I hadn't taken over yet. So I took over and did his work helped h...

I bought the kids some of those gel beads that people are talking about . Reviews are mixed, but I knew our kids would get more tha...

"Keeping this place picked up  - and I'm not talking about clean , just picked up - is a full-time job!" said my br...

We're going for a sort of 'back-yard BBQ' feel - think Mayberry Community Social (we've been watching Andy Griffith...

Except it wasn't just a day , it was a whole fabulous long weekend.

This might just be my favorite (sorta) Alabama Chanin yet. Even though it's white. and floral. go figure. I cut it out w...

I found myself sitting in an airport in the early afternoon, people watching, just a few hours before my baby shower when I was pre...

that's me ~ if you couldn't tell :-) ~ And while we're on the subject of artists, here's Lily's latest pict...

Last Friday evening, around 8 o'clock I decided I was going to make a quilt in a week. Just to see if I could. When Tyler...

We have one child who is particularly lazy. It isn't that he/she can't work ~ when motivated by reward, this child is amazing, ...

Sitting on the picnic cloth, fixin' to eat lunch, Lexi looked at me lovingly and very calmly told me,  "I wish you and Dad...

Tyler recently started flex-time hours; he works from 7:30-5, with only a half hour lunch break, 9 week days then gets the 10th work ...

On  July 19th, at 6 in the very hot evening, on a little dock at Carol Ann Cross Park, in a small, sweet (and did I mention, hot?...