Yay! I’ve just fin­ished up my old­est DD’s tank top. DH says it’s too wide, so I see some alter­ing in my future, but she loves it! She loves the color — which is awe­some, since she is the one that picked it out. She loves how it feels against her skin (Another Yay!) I’ll be starting […]

Well, it’s spring, and aside from think­ing about gar­dens, birds, bugs, and warm weather, my thoughts start turn­ing to prepar­ing for the next school year. So far, I have my DS’ Clas­sic Lit­er­a­ture: Death on the Nile — Agatha Christie (he loves her work) Around the World in 80 days — Jules Verne Trea­sure Island — Robert […]

So, today’s post is going to be for the fru­gal minded folks out there — you know who we are! Today, the girls and I had, what we dub “Hair Spa”. Every now and again, our frocks can stand some deep con­di­tion­ing love, so I pour about 1/4 bot­tle of con­di­tioner onto our heads, and […]

I was bored, and roam­ing freely about the inter­net, and found a quiz… What Part of Spring Are You? You Are Bloom­ing Flow­ers You are an opti­mistic per­son by nature. In even the dark­est times, you are hope­ful about the future. You feel truly blessed in life and can some­times be over­whelmed with emo­tions. You have an […]

Ok, so, this has been a school–ish week.  The kids have been doing a lot of read­ing, and we’ve gone out­doors, and checked on our feed­ers and our veg­gies. But, there hasn’t been any book or paper work.  They don’t really seem to mind, and I can actu­ally play catch up on my, *cough*, job. […]