Things I’ve noticed recently…

 THINGS I’VE NOTICED… My man hands (not my man’s hands) look like 80 year old grandma hands…or should I say grandpa hands. Except for the fact that there are no liver spots you couldn’t tell the difference. Crafting will do that to ya. I’ve quit applying lotion liberally and often. Thus the reason for geriatric extremities.Continue reading “Things I’ve noticed recently…”

How To Imprison Your Child

How in the world! Ashlyn has begun not to climb onto things, but to crawl underneath things. And she tends to get stuck in those places she tries to crawl under. Do you see the baker’s rack in the background of the photo? Notice that there’s only a 4 or 5 inch clearance from theContinue reading “How To Imprison Your Child”

Guest Post from my better half

I’m handing over the blog reins to my husband for a post. Many of you have seen his handywork in the comments of some of my posts, setting the record straight where I “obviously” needed to be corrected. Now, without further ado–unedited, unfiltered (obviously, since there are glaring half-truths about me): Our Saturday (through the eyes of theContinue reading “Guest Post from my better half”

Spring Forward or else…

Did you remember to set your clocks forward last night? Usually I am reminded of this fact throughout the prior week. So why was this never brought up to me this year? Nothing from the radio, on the internet, from the friends network… Now, normally, missing the first hour of church wouldn’t be catastrophic. We’dContinue reading “Spring Forward or else…”

The moral of Aesop’s Fable (as retold by Reagan)

We’re learning more about the ancient Greeks this week in Tapestry of Grace. One of the books we are looking at is a collection of Aesop’s Fables. I explained to Reagan that a fable is a story that has a moral, or some sort of social truth, in it. One of the fables we read wasContinue reading “The moral of Aesop’s Fable (as retold by Reagan)”

Weekend Review

FRIDAY My chick flick movie night turned into a girls’ night. AND I was able to find Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Score. Thanks to all of the movie suggestions. Those will be bait for another weekend. I remembered that in this small town there is another choice besides Blockbuster, two actually. We haveContinue reading “Weekend Review”