In honor of Valentine’s Day this month, I thought I would admit that I am in love with…. My mixer! My sweet husband gave my beautiful mixer for me for Christmas last year (2006). He saw me drooling over them in the sale sheets. (what a subtle hint) I had wanted a stand mixer…
Sod House
We are starting a study of pioneers in history. Today I read Sod Houses on the Great Plains by Glen Rounds to the kids. Then we built a sod house from brownies. That project idea came from Projects About Westward Expansion by Marian Broida. A similar project can also be found in Great Pioneer Projects…
Happy New Year!
It’s New Years Day and I have just a second to pop in. We had a wonderful Christmas celebration and I’m trying to do all those wonderful start of the year things. For my blog I have done away with the library book background and have gone to this new, simple template. I find it…
Christmas Decorations
Here are my decorations for the Tour of Homes. First, of course is the Christmas tree. This is our advent calendar. I made this about 8 years ago and it is one of our favorite Christmas traditions. The fireplace. This is a cute little nativity that my grandmother made for me. It would…
Busy
It seems like everytime I sit down to post in my blog, someone needs me or something and I don’t have time to write. It has been an interesting week of school. I know a lot of people just don’t school at all in the month of December, but I have found that we do…
Progress
Wow, things have been going, going, going around here. I didn’t mean for a whole week to go by without another post. Homeschooling went better after my post from last week. I shared with my husband about some of the struggles I was having with my older son and his constant questions about off-topic things…
Daily Junk
We went to a birthday party this Saturday for a friend of my children. I had a very nice time talking with one friend from church. We "compared notes" about some of the behavior issues we have with our sons. She used an analogy that I’ve continued to ponder. She said she felt like she…
Thanksgiving Preparation
Today I have made sweet potato casserole (except for topping and baking), a pumpkin pie, and cranberry sauce. I had the kids clean the dining room table and chairs. I need to do a little more cleaning, but not too bad, so I decided to take a little break. I finished making a photo collage…
My birthday
Yesterday was my birthday. My husband gave me my first gift on Thursday evening which was this coffee maker. Then yesterday morning I didn’t get up at 5:20 to work out at the Y. In fact, I didn’t get out of bed until 7:30 and I stayed in my pajamas until 10:30 (that is not something…
Thanksgiving Centerpiece
I have let more time go by without posting than I meant to. We have been fairly busy lately. DH had the day off today for Veteran’s Day so we did a very light school day. He (with my assistance ) put 3 new bathroom faucets in this morning. I made this little centerpiece for…