My new Kindle has Swype. I’ve had fun playing with this “draw the line from one letter to the next for the word you want” technology. Sometimes, however, technology fails. I was Swyping away trying to send an email to a friend, and when I Swyped her husband’s name, it automatically corrected it to “Sexy.” […]
Strong willed child vs. Tired Moma
After a hard day of mothering children who were refusing to conform to my will, I got out a few of my favorite parenting books. Skimming the pages, I vowed to do things differently, better, more consistently. My consistency flies out the window to a large extent when I’m pregnant. I’m tired. I’m sore. I […]
Happy new year!
I. Am. Tired. We went to a “party” last night. It consisted of three families, getting together. Six adults, twenty one children. Seven adults, I suppose, since one of those children has reached age eighteen, I think. There was hayrides and food and games and we managed to stay up until midnight, and then 1am, […]
Groceries… large scale.
Potatoes were on sale at a store I don’t often get to tonight. I bought 90 pounds. I already had twenty in my kitchen. Chances are quite good we’ll go through all 110 pounds of them within a month. I remember the days of buying 5 pounds at a time, because 10 spoiled before we […]
Christmas
Early yesterday morning, before anyone had emerged from bedrooms, there was a crash. The tree that had been standing tall for over a week fell over. No one was in the room, it had never threatened tipping before, but there we were, drenched gifts and broken ornaments strewn across the living room. I headed for […]
Christmas preparations.
I finally finished Christmas shopping. I had to sew a few things, and got those made tonight, and everything wrapped. Whew. We don’t get the kids a ton of gifts by any means, but half a dozen gifts per kid still means I wrap 36 gifts. I’m finally excited about the things we found, but […]
Persistence, pain, and learning personal hygiene…
Today was the Christmas party for the kids at co-op. It was exhausting, long, and now… It’s over. Whew. Co-op is done until January, we start our break from schooling next week, and it feels like I’ve passed the first leg of surviving homeschooling for the year. Tonight was my 27.5 week midwife appointment. Baby’s […]
Fiction, Christmas Trees, and Grandpa
“I know jackals are real. They are in Jotham’s Journey and in Chronicles of Narnia.” Eden lives in a world of fiction. The fact that Blaine had showed her a photo of a jackal a day earlier meant nothing. It’s in a book. That’s all that matters. Charlotte was eating her soup at supper when […]
Random, I’ve got.
Blaine’s been off from work this week. We didn’t take a vacation this year, so he was left with time off that had to be taken before the end of the year. Darn it anyway… it’s been awesome to have him home. I’ve decided he should work from home. Of course, I’m not sure how […]
Liberty’s Snow Slushi
Liberty decided to use the snow to “cook” up something. Here’s her recipe: 1/2 tsp lime juice 1/2 tsp lemon juice 1 tsp water 2 T sugar 2 cups snow food coloring (optional) Mix together: lime juice, lemon juice, water, sugar, and snow. Add drops of food coloring according to the food coloring box. Stir […]
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