Gatherings

All summer long I just couldn’t bring myself to do much baking. But boy when the house cools down for fall that oven gains its appeal back!! This weekend Robin made up a pie crust recipe. We used half to make a quiche. For me, quiche is a great way to [...]

During the school year I try to take pictures of the kids accomplishments and activities. We bring these to our homeschool portfolio appointment. Last year we put together a little slide show with music of our pictures. The woman who did our portfolio seemed to like that and the kids really liked [...]

We are in a little break from sports so it is a nice time to pull my handcrafts back out. These two dishcloth pics were actually made in August (I have started a new cloth; it is a “Nubbins” pattern I found online and will show soon). These cloths below were patterns from my Monthly [...]

Instead of playing his distict championship soccer games, poor Christian slammed his fingers in the van door and broke his finger… Oh it was awful and I felt so bad for him. But he sure thought it was funny when the Dr. in the Emergency Room gave him a note for school to explain to [...]

Dash in his “Spider Man costume”. This has nothing to do with pinching pennies but it makes me smile!

We have been pinching our pennies hard lately. It is just *that time of year* plus just about everything we own has been breaking from our furnace to cars to the crockpot and [...]

Yay! It’s Friday!! I am bushed and ready for the weekend. It’s rainy and cold out. Robin is on his way home from work. Rachel is playing the piano, trying to figure out “Minuet 1″ by Bach. The boys are upstairs with a small soccer ball playing some sort of made up game with it. [...]

I have a ceiling to floor shelf beside my washer/dryer. This past summer my mom and I made a curtain to cover that shelf and the area over the washer/dryer. It was great to do this together! We measured, she cut and turned down the hem, I sewed. I soooo had [...]

“I survived High School Soccer!!”

Well, Tyler’s first High School soccer season is completed! No more games, just one player/coach meeting and a Sport’s Banquet. This gives us a bit of a break until the indoor season starts. Christian finishes up at the end of the month.

Anywho this gives me time to focus more on our [...]

I saw this and thought it looked like fun… I do love color!

You Are a Purple Crayon

Your world is colored in dreamy, divine, and classy colors.You hold yourself to a sky high standard, and you are always graceful.People envy, idolize, and copy you without realizing it. You are an icon for [...]

I am busy thinking about our menu for next week. One big challenge is thinking up quick and yummy things for my husband for his breakfast and lunch. One idea I know he will love is breakfast burritos and turkey wraps.We use a Flour Tortilla recipe from: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_2504,00.html for our wraps. This is such an [...]