Friday the girls and I went strawberry picking! Organic, home-grown, sweet, juicy strawberries. We picked for a while before our basket was full. What am I saying? I picked for a while; the girls picked for about five minutes and then decided they just wanted to supervise. My prize pick: That’s odd. They swear toContinue reading “Strawberry Fields”
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I need your help…
This is another installment of the homeschool posts, but I promise, you can help me even if you don’t homeschool. The first issue I need help with concerns time management. The second issue concerns yummy things for lunch. Summer is coming and we’re getting ready to move. Both of those things always make me more introspectiveContinue reading “I need your help…”
Of cracks and sags and potty dances
So yesterday we made the three-hour long drive down to Pensacola. I, as the only adult, have driven alone with the girls plenty of times. Why have I not found a legal way to sedate them yet? When Reagan was a traveling toddler she would sleep for about two hours at a stretch, which would give meContinue reading “Of cracks and sags and potty dances”
What to do in the mountains
Here’s what I’ve learned to do so far while “resting” in the mountains: (we’re in the north Georgia mountains if I haven’t mentioned that) (Spring hasn’t quite sprung but the view from our deck is still wonderful) Don’t try to type on your phone while riding in the car. By no means was IContinue reading “What to do in the mountains”
This week’s mandate
We’re always busy. Getting kids up, making breakfast, making them get clean, making them do school, cleaning the house (sometimes), fixing lunch, making and going to appointments, gym, dance, girl scouts, dinner, making sure Ashlyn isn’t sitting on the cats or writing on the walls. Hold on a minute, I need a breath. We’re alwaysContinue reading “This week’s mandate”
A Tale of Two Sisters
God has a great sense of humor and never lets me get too prideful. Case in point: my two daughters are pretty much as different as they could be. The only thing they share is the roof over their heads and their looks. Our love too, of course, but that’s a given. I may have had aContinue reading “A Tale of Two Sisters”
Not So SAHM 