I couldn’t stand it anymore. Meet Fuzzy. You know, the boy who chews on his bottom lip in winter months. I have yet to find something to put on it that works to stop him. Ouch.
Pierce: 2. Momma: 0.
Pierce cut his hair. Again. I haven’t fixed it. I’m still debating if I have to. He came to me, so excited, telling me to look at him. I looked. I couldn’t figure out what I was looking at. “My hair, Momma! I got a haircut!” “Where did you get a haircut?” “In the bathroom.” […]
My children are growing up. We’ve been in this same stage of infancy, toddlers, and small children for so long it suddenly snuck up on me. We haven’t yet dealt with what one friend described as ‘teenage angst’, but things are changing. It’s fun and scary all at the same time. Ellie decided she desperately […]
Nobody told him it was time for sleeping.
I woke up at 2:30 am with a start. Pierce had his middle finger half an inch from my nose. “You see that finger Momma?” Why yes, yes I do. Even without my glasses, I can see your finger. I grunted. “You clip it, Momma?” I do believe this is the first time I’ve ever […]
I could have been done with this.
As I struggled with motherhood and the mess and the work and the laundry and the cost, and trying to make a nine person family work in a four person family culture, it occurred to me. I could have been nearly done with this. I could have stopped at two. I’d have a nearly ten […]
Recipe: Vinegar Chess Pie
This has become one of our favorite pie recipes and is my most requested holiday pie… if only Blaine would come over to the dark side, I’d only have to make one kind. But… the man likes his pumpkin and apple pies. Vinegar Chess Pie One pie crust Filling: 1/2 cup melted butter, cooled slightly […]
One purse project… turned headache.
My sister in law has a very cool purse. I’d admired it this summer and when I saw it again while they were here for Christmas, I decided I needed to make one. It has been something like four months since I made my last one and Christmas money was burning a hole in my […]
Lilla Rose
For several years, I had an Amazon account and had a little ad on my blog. It didn’t bring in huge amounts of money, but I’d bring in $20-$50 a month and it provided a little bit of spending money on Amazon. It was fun. Then the law changed in Missouri, and since I live […]
Some days you could just do without.
We’re still recovering. I can’t get enough sleep. Naps and early bedtime can’t be fully enjoyed when I’m in the ranks of sleepy people. We’re surviving on leftover turkey still, the floor finally screamed loud enough to get itself mopped, but the dog got sprayed by a skunk and hasn’t made it up onto my […]
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Pierce came to me while I was in the shower this morning fussing that Charlie had pinched his cheek. Rather uncharacteristic for her, I asked Pierce why she’d done it. “I don’t know. She told me she wouldn’t worship me and then she pinched my cheek!” “Um, she’s not supposed to worship you, […]
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