Nov 21 — Homeschooling Art
Oldest daughter made the above in one of her whirlwind lego rampage. Her building with legos is much like me in a book or my husband when programming, it is…
NaNoWriMo — Day 21
Day 21 found me living off of the bliss from the 4k I had written the day before. Life though crept in and distracted though, mostly holiday planning and the…
Anne Herman still Inspires
Anne Herman Born: 1933. Died: November 22, 2007 I miss her. I have never met anyone like her. She never asked anyone to do what she herself was not willing…
NaNoWriMo — Day 20
I am in love with novel. While my children are the most beautiful things I have ever helped to create, and while my marriage is the most beautiful relationship I…
Nov 19th — Birthday Traditions
In trying to simplify our lives, live more simply, we adopted a tradition dear friends have for their children, a party every other year for birthdays. The none party years…
NaNoWriMo — Day 19
Dear Novel, I adore you, you are shiny and magical and deep. It has been a wonderful few weeks together and gone so much better than any other first date…
NaNoWriMo — Day 18
It is happening, I am having a hard time getting my word count in. I am having an issue finding the emotion and getting my head into the story. It…
Nov 18
Birthday Boy and Girl! I wanted to make them birthday crowns but you see how well that went! :) However they did not seem to notice something was missing. They…
Nov 17 — Fall Felt
Meet Squirrel and his counting acorns. There where easy to make just googled squirrel silhouette Printed one and printed acorns the same way, then traced on felt and cut. They…
NaNoWriMo — Day 17
Day 17 was a wash! I managed a few words right before midnight. The day as a whole though I felt rather useless. I had some crafting to do for…
NaNoWriMo — Day 16
NaNoWriMo today went beautifully even though sleep was very hard to come by last night. I am over half way and just so excited at how well this NaNo is…
NaNoWriMo — Day 15
My story is still going well. I am a bit confused about a few parts now but I am not to concerned. The NaNo site was down for a bit…
American Values?
While the Occupy movement in NYC got evicted today and the court not supporting our constitutional right to do so there is little news or out rage over the abuse…
10 wonderful Natural Toys for 3-4 year olds.
There are so many reasons to pick natural toys before all others. Of course they are amazing and beautiful, and many will last a very long time, longer than seasonal…
NaNoWriMo — Day 14
For the Love of Writing! My NaNo is going beautifully, no year before have I gotten through week 2 so smoothly. Well smoothly with the story, not so much life.…
November 12th — She is 4
4 years ago today I was a mess. My water had been broken for 48 hours and I was alone and just wishing for labor to actually start. I was…
NaNoWriMo — Day 11
It was near a fail day. Not only the week 2 curse, and I am still sick, but family drama. I will not get into it beyond this.... I TOLD…
10 wonderful Natural Toys for 1-2 year olds
I often get asked what I will be getting my children for the holidays, and their birthdays. Of course love and yummy food and time with family but what loved…
Heads Up — Free Cards
This is just a heads up for those who have a lot of cards to mail out this holiday season and do not know where to start! Get 10 free…
NaNoWriMo — Day 10
Week 2 curse is hitting strong today. I woke up with a swollen tongue and no other signs of anything being wrong. My tongue has indents of all my teeth…