Surprise! The July flexi is here early! ~ The Liberty Bow ~ It is available in seven sizes of flexis and also in bobbies! Jump over here to Lilla Rose to shop! And not only is the Liberty Bow arriving with a sparkle, but everything is on sale with free shipping on $40 orders! New customers, […]
Memoir Monday {No. 27}
Hello to looking back at a week full of variety and busy! No surprise, since it is June and harvest and every year June and harvest bring busy! Every year is different in its own way, yet some things are the same too. The cycles and routines and rhythms of life and what we do. […]
Keeping On In Keeping On {Harvest}
Be Strong in Grace II Timothy 2: 1-7 You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good […]
Wherein We Start Cutting Wheat and Think About History
My husband started farming eighteen years ago. He cut his first milo crop in the fall of 1996, married me in May of 1997, and cut his first wheat crop in June of 1997. {I can’t say for sure which of the three events he enjoyed the most, but I’m leaning strongly towards wheat harvest.} […]
Lego Movie Blue-Ray Giveaway
Have you seen The Lego Movie? If you have, shhhh, don’t tell how it ends! This is one movie you just need to watch yourself and find out how it all snaps into place! I know it’s hard to believe that we would have anyone in this house who would be the slightest bit, remotely, […]
Birthdays to Celebrate!
Since Renae and Tucker’s birthdays come very quickly after Christmas and since Ohio and Kansas aren’t next door neighbors, our Ohio grandparents have only been here for their birthdays a couple of times. Grandma hadn’t given them their birthday gifts yet, so when they and Emma were out, we decided to have an impromptu birthday […]
Memoir Monday {No. 26}
I have to say again, this whole back pain and sciatica thing has been one of the strangest things I’ve ever had. And one I would not wish on anyone! We are grateful, grateful, grateful that I am improving, though it is a slow process. I have my moments of impatience and wanting to just-be-better. […]
Memoir Monday {No. 25}
The last few weeks have definitely had their ups and downs and upside downs and completely-out-of-what-we-consider normal routine. That’s the way life works. Bumps and boulders. Detours and derails. Circumstances and changes. And when the chief cook and bottlewasher and homemaker is under the weather, well, everything is a bit topsy-turvy. My family stepped up […]
Calla Lily~June Flexi 2014
I’ve been under the weather, not up to par, down and out, however you want to put it! Definitely out of normal routine! I didn’t get to show you June’s flexi-of-the-month at the beginning of the month. So a few words and a few pics! Introducing for June! Calla Lily Find Calla Lily Hairsticks over […]
Let’s Play With Pop-pops
Our old John Deere R had been needing some attention, so the mechanic of the family did some work on it and then got it out to take a spin or two. He ended up bringing his brother’s John Deere D over from the farm and consequently tried starting it up. It sprang to life […]
The Line Between Something and Nothing {Five-Minute Friday}
It is so easy to take something for granted. Life has a way of falling into routine and I expect things to play out and happen at the same pace or the way I have planned. Yet, so much of life is separated only by a tiny, fragile thread. And something can go to nothing […]
Pain, Planes, Pressure, Plans, and Parties
Plans. We all make ’em. We all keep them. We all have them. We all dream them. We all change them. And sometimes we just flat out cancel them. Plans. I had plans. My littles, that aren’t so little, but I still always want to call them my littles and probably always will, and I […]
Visiting Sea Life Aquarium
When we visited my husband’s younger brother a few weeks back, we all piled in together and bounced off to the city, so we could visit Sea Life Aquarium. We really enjoyed it! It is well done. Renae has liked fish and dolphins and killer whales and sea life ever since she was very small. […]
Rhubarb Crisp
I married a man that enjoys rhubarb desserts now and then. I don’t remember having rhubarb when I was a kid. My grandma did make Rhubarb Jello like my mother-in-law makes. I don’t remember her fixing it when I was young, but I probably just heard “rhubarb” and didn’t even try it. I was picky. […]
Planting Boxwoods
Hooray! Boxwoods to go along the front of the porch! Let’s hope they can survive our hot Kansas weather. Especially this spring, because we are dry! Very dry. Back in April, we dropped Tucker off at a friend’s so he could celebrate his friend’s birthday with him. Then the rest of us headed off to […]
Memoir Monday {No.24}
Food photos that have been hanging around on my camera! Food photos are fun! Cornmeal Rolls~ Breakfast Burritos~ Strawberry Jam~ Fish frying~ Last week was this and that and my back hurting, so that’s about all. The end. Not quite, I guess. Renae and I did attend our little cousin’s kindergarten graduation. My man […]