Today is my mother’s birthday. It is also my oldest niece’s birthday. Today she officially becomes a teenager. Thirteen. It makes me laugh. My daughter is twelve and my niece is thirteen. It makes me laugh because there is no way they can be those ages because I am only twenty-two or twenty-three. Somewhere around […]
Valentine’s
Happy Valentine’s Day! May your day be full of something sweet!
For A Word On…
Some inspiring reads and finds and things I thought I’d share… For a word on remembering and never forgetting go here… For a word on the key to a good marriage go here… For a word on knowing if you have the ability to accomplish something go here… For a word on […]
Cloth Napkins
My daughter’s second sewing project was making cloth napkins. I love them. They are a very cute pattern and you could have all kinds of fun choosing different materials for making them. My daughter enjoyed making them and we are enjoying using them! These are the napkins ironed and folded… and this is […]
The God-Given Task
Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has […]
Ductwork:I am in Love
I have totally fallen head over heels for the ductwork and furnaces in our new house. I know it sounds crazy. If you have never lived in an old, drafty farmhouse that gets hit very strongly every time-every single time-the north wind blows, you will not understand. I am thankful that we have a home […]
Birthday Cakes
This was the birthday cake that my daughter got to have in Ohio! Grandma had a birthday party for my kiddos one evening. This was Tucker’s. They were both ice cream cakes and they were both yummy!! This was the birthday girl’s cake on her birthday. Last year my kiddos decorated their own cakes. They loved […]
Paint and Rain and Kindness
We went to sleep last night to the sound of rain! A thunderstorm moved in last evening and the rain is still hanging around this morning. I don’t know how much rain we’ve gotten so far, but after the hot and dry summer we had last year, the rain sounds so good. We haven’t had […]
Three Things:Thankful
Three things I am very thankful for right now: Fresh paint ~ New doors ~ Food I didn’t have to fix ~ Three more things I am very thankful for right now: the beautiful sunshine and weather we have been having ~ people willing to lend a hand ~ my husband and kiddos ~ What is […]
New Front Door
Thanks to some help, we got the new front door put in! We are certainly learning to appreciate people who are willing to lend a hand and sacrifice their own time for someone else. Here is the old door: From the inside: New door waiting to be unloaded: New door from inside.. and from the outside.. […]
Bicycles
We struggle with bike tires around here. We also struggle with sandburrs and stickers. I think the second struggle strongly affects the first struggle. Our kiddos didn’t ride their bikes very much this last fall. It seemed like the tires were always needing air and the bikes themselves were really being outgrown. Our son’s bike just […]
Nine Years Old
In January of 2000, our daughter was born into our home and hearts. Three years and three days later we were blessed with our son and her baby brother and best bud {most of the time}. Doubly blessed! We are so thankful for our little man. He fills our days with energy, […]
Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho..
Time to get moving.. Lots of dust from sanding drywall to be swept up and cleaned up so we can get prepped to start painting! A birthday cake to make and butterhorns or more bran muffins for a certain little son’s birthday. A little son who’s not really so little at all anymore. New bikes to ride{the […]
Bran Muffins
PrintBran Muffins Ingredients2 cups All-Bran Cereal 2 tsp. Baking powder 2 cups boiling water In a large bowl (that has a lid) measure 2 cups of All-Bran. Sprinkle baking powder on top. Pour the boiling water over all. Let stand. Cream together: 1 1/8 cups shortening or butter 2 cups sugar Add: 4 […]
Bebe 2000
Where have the years gone? Isn’t this every mother’s song? My girl turns twelve today. Impossible. But here. Twelve short years. Many changes. I had to laugh as I scanned these baby pictures into my computer and as I edited them and noticed the quality is so much different then, than now, twelve short […]
Brick
There is a walkout basement in the house we are working on. The outside wall was never finished, so my brother bricked it for us. He worked as a brick mason for nine years. Came in handy for us! Yay for brick mason brothers! The wall definitely needed finished. Dirt had blown into the corner and […]
