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 […]
What Is Love?
What does love mean to you? Love can be in a sweet smile. Love in the squeeze of a hand. Love in a caring tone. Love is a friend so you don’t have to be alone. Love flows from a gift given at just the right time reaching out to warm your heart. Love […]
Doorways
We have been working on doorways at the house. We took out one door in the living/dining room and closed it in. Then we decided to enlarge another doorway, so we opened it up. I really like houses that have lots of open space, so this larger opening will be nice. We have also been […]
“T” is For..
I recently rearranged my son’s room. I know it doesn’t really make sense, since we will hopefully be moving in a couple of months. But, it was needing something. More for me than him. It doesn’t bother him for his room to be quite a mess. When we rearranged, I took some pictures off his […]
A Sweet Seamstress Sews
We have a very kind neighbor. Over the last several years, she has offered and given sewing classes to young seamstresses around eleven or twelve years of age. Starting this month, my daughter and one of her friends are doing some sewing under her tutelage. My daughter was pretty excited to go and even more […]
Turquoise Blue Paint
My daughter’s father told her she could paint her room in our “new” house any color she wanted. After some deliberation she decided she wanted it to be turquoise. But, she wanted a turquoise blue, not a turquoise green. She had an American Girl book checked out of the library. The back of the book happened to be […]
Two New Releases
Two new releases that are on my Amazon wishlist! 1. Money Saving Mom’s book that released this month! I have entered several giveaways hoping to win this book. So far my name hasn’t been chosen! Keeping my fingers crossed! 2. The movie “Courageous” that releases on dvd today! My dear husband took me to see it […]
If/Then
If you have a wife that is somewhat colorblind… Then you might not want to put her in charge of picking out paint samples… If she picks out a paint that she thinks is white… Then you might want to check and see if it has a blue tint to it… If she starts to […]