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 […]
Paint, Paint, Paint
Paint, paint, paint. I think my next several Saturdays are going to involve paint. It’s exciting to see some progress though. I can’t say painting is my favorite thing ever, but I like how paint changes a room and freshens things up! Thanks to my brother and a good friend that came and spent the afternoon […]
Three Things:Take-along
Three things I don’t like to leave the house without… My sunglasses ~ My cell phone ~ A cup of ice water What goes with you when you head out the door?!
How Much Wood Can a WoodChuck Chuck?
We ordered a wood burning furnace to put in the basement of our new house, before we left to go to Ohio for Christmas. It came this week! Yay! We My guys, wheeled it into the basement. Yes, it was a beautiful day in southwest Kansas! Ready to go… Hardworking helper.. Made it in!! the fan…(this […]
Tearing Out Carpet
Having a house to work on certainly adds to an already busy schedule…. It is fun to see a little progress and to start working on some of the things we want to do now and “someday”…. We tore out the carpet in the living room and on the stairway…. Everyone got involved…even Sprocket… […]
Bags and an Italian Measure Pitcher
I brought home some really cute bags after Christmas! My mother gave this one to me and it came from Sew a Fine Seam. Red is one of my favorite colors and this bag holds a lot and is easy to grab. I’m loving it! This one is also from Sew a Fine Seam and my […]
It’s a Saturday Day
No school, it’s Saturday! Hooray! Not sure who’s happier-scholars or instructor! That doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do. I think that, plenty to do, is on our plate for the next couple months and then the next 20 years! The house I’m living in needs stuff put away and it needs cleaned(like always, maybe?). The house we’re […]
Duracell Batteries on Amazon
I just ordered AA batteries through Amazon. You can get a 20 pack of batteries for $8.65 by choosing Subscribe and Save when purchasing. Subscribe and Save gives you free shipping, too! There is also a $0.75 off coupon you can clip, making the total with taxes $8.48. This figures out to $0.42 a battery. […]
This Ole House
We live in a very old farmhouse. This very old farmhouse that we live in needs a lot of updates. It needed a lot when we moved into it and after fourteen years it needs even more. We’ve never done too much to it, because long term we really didn’t think we wanted to put […]
Packing and Traveling
Does anyone out there like unpacking suitcases? I would say it’s not my favorite thing. I do like to get it done though. A week of living out of a suitcase while we’re away from home is enough. My suitcases always start out with good intentions. Everything in its own section and categorized. But, about one day […]
7 Prayers for 7 Days
I came across a very neat idea this morning! Prayer cards for seven daily prayers for your children. Money Saving Mom linked to it on her blog. Go to the blog, When You Rise to find the printables and read about the origin of her idea and what she put together. I bought a Scotch […]
My {Messy} Picture Board
A couple of years ago, I got tired of the normal ole bulletin board from Wal-Mart that I was using. And amazingly enough, I, I repeat, I, actually had a moment of inspiration. I noticed this old screen in my old garage and it struck me that it would look really cute if I would paint […]
Three Things:Family Togetherness
Three things I love about being with family over the holidays… the jokes and laughter…watching cousins play together…eating,chatting,relaxing… Three things I wish we had a maid for… the cooking…the dishes…the laundry… What do you love about family togetherness?!
Piano Recital
My nieces gave us a piano recital the other evening! We really enjoyed it. (of course!) Little sister is just learning and she played a couple little tunes for us. Middle sister has been taking lessons and she played several songs for us and did a great job! And Miss E. played through her […]