Natalie   says that thread for hand-sewing should never be longer than from your finger tips to your elbow. Long thread - Lazy girl she...

Dallas, our grandpuppy, Tony's puppy, died in my arms last night. I am so sad. So, so sad. I was apprehensive about him moving...

I  don't make my kids do laundry. There. I said it. I've often thought it was due to some laziness on my part; it's ...

We just got a letter!! Our first letter from our boy!! :-) So, that's what I'm reading today. (I've also been sl...

Jeremiah and Tyler were going to buy this sign to put on a tree. (which I think is hilarious and perfectly appropriate for this one...

When I'm using needles and thread,  I have great difficulty managing to also fit in the read ing part of Elizabeth's with needl...

There's not much I'm going to miss about this house whenever we finally move into the new one. (oh! We met with an architect las...

Remember back about 3 1/2 years ago, when I bought that huge roll of batting ? The very first quilt I made with the batting was a throw...

Two days before her actual birthday, two days before he left, her big bub (and his wife ;-) took Lex' to get her ears ...

"You know what I'm disappointed about?" she said with a sigh, "I'm disappointed that in all the time we've b...

I've been walking around fighting tears for days now. Today, the tears are winning. Tony leaves for basic training in a week. And...

Through all of the changes in dietary habits over the years, there was one 'bad' food item I hung onto.  Sam's Choice Ext...

You know how I've been whining for months about  mentioned my machine not being quite right? Since I am not currently immersed in a...

We went to the library yesterday. I don't know why it's so hard for  me to schedule a time to go regularly. I guess 'caus...

Gosh. I didn't mean to leave you hanging with your leftover spaghetti sauce for so long; sorry!! I intended to write up the rec...

*this is always a very hard post for me to write. I really considered not writing it this year;  I don't want to be misunderstood.  Bu...

I'm not making many Christmas gifts this year. Just a few, actually. I was right on track with everything, until I was going ov...

So. Lexi was out of pull-ups. I congratulated myself for remembering to add them to the list. And then,  actually remembering to ...

happy day!!!

Jeremiah spent yesterday at Silver Dollar City with his big sis, brother in law, and nephews. Josiah wasn't overly thrilled to be g...

I know she loves Jesus. I know this, because I've seen it with my own eyes. For almost 12 years, our family has served wit...

We have a plethora of cats. It's the only animal we seem to be able to raise. But besides eating a few mice now and then, they...

When I got to the binding, Lily asked me to just sew it all by machine, saying she'd already been waiting so many days for it to...