‘Tis the season for all sorts of things… …filling my home with a wide assortment of pinecone crafts.…using cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground cloves like it’s going out of style.…taking a break from homeschooling and just taking it easy with my kiddos. (my favorite!)…and hosting! The holidays are full of gatherings! Formal, informal, impromptu…kitchen tables are […] Read more…
For the longest time, the thought of hosting dinners made me sweat a little. My biggest fear was that someone would leave our home unsatisfied…with the food, with the look of my home, with me. But that’s because I wasn’t really understanding my guest. I was assuming that what our guests were hoping to gain […] Read more…
I enjoy dressing her in dainty sundresses. I enjoy pulling her just-long-enough baby hair up in barrettes. And I really enjoy decorating her bedroom. Because she is so lovely, I want everything to be lovely for her. I’ve been working on her bedroom for a few months now. I painted the walls a light, ashy […] Read more…
Our precious little Maralyn Mae, now one, has changed everything around here…including our once camo – guns – and – legos – themed household. Now the camo, guns, and legos are still winning the battle if you’re measuring their victory by their presence per square foot, but the pink fluffy stuff is slowly but surely […] Read more…
Confession time: I am not a keeper of baby hair, baby teeth…really anything that falls off their body. I don’t know why, but I just don’t get much of a warm and fuzzy feeling when I look at a bag of little teeth. Or a tuft of hair taped to a piece of paper. […] Read more…
I used to think that spit-up was yucky…but then I started having babies and now proudly display spit-up on my sleeve every second of my life. I used to think that cloth diapering was gross…but then I saw how much we were spending on disposables and almost had a heart attack. I used to think […] Read more…
I am just one gigantic borrower. I borrow other people’s recipes, other people’s homeschooling methods, other people’s potty-training tactics…you name it, I borrow it. 🙂 But what is that quote?…”Imitation is the highest form of flattery.” I am totally flattering a lot of people out there. But in all seriousness, God has truly gifted some […] Read more…
By writing this post, I am really throwing myself to the wolves. What I mean is, I’m sharing some info that may or may not make you think I’m a little bonkers. This post is about getting your vegetable garden ready and planting your crops according to the phases of the moon. Yes, I plant […] Read more…
Three words that rocked my cloth diapering world: FLOUR SACK TOWELS If cloth diapers are like coupons, then using flour sack towels is like triple coupon day. In other words, I thought I was saving a lot of money by using traditional pre-fold cloth diapers. But I could have been saving a lot of money […] Read more…
I was at the grocery store recently. As I walked in the front doors, there was a table with all sorts of pretty Autumn decorations for sale. Since ’tis the season, I stopped and looked for a minute. The thing that caught my eye was a mesh bag filled with scented pinecones. I picked it […] Read more…