I married a handyman. Over the years, Blaine has fixed water pipes, gas lines, changed brakes, took apart a dashboard to solder an electronic component that kept shorting out and sending the dashboard dark, and refinished a table and church pew for our dining room furniture. He’s built rock wall flower beds and changed vehicle […]
Pregnancy: 23.5 weeks
While I’m not big on pregnancy update blog posts – or photos of me to remind me later of the misery – I thought it might be time to post one. I’m 23 5/7 weeks along, baby is growing and measuring well and stubbornly breech, and stretching the bounds of my larger maternity clothes. Since […]
Contentment–in THIS life.
Every mother has struggles. Or, even broader, every person has struggles. How easy is it to say, “Mary has it so easy. She doesn’t struggle with not having enough money like I do.” “Joan has it so much easier. Her children are so much more compliant and easier to parent than mine.” “Marge has easy […]
Redneck practices, old age, road kill supper, and one stupid move.
Low point of yesterday: preheating my flat iron for 9 1/2 hours, then laying my brand new glasses on them when I went to bed. The smell of burning plastic several minutes later jogged my memory. Ugh, stupidity. Tomorrow, I turn 30. I face the number with mixed feelings. I’ve always been one of the […]
I never imagined this.
These days are hard. School seems to drag on forever, co-op has become a stress like no other and keeps me awake at night, it’s all I can do to keep up with the house somewhat and laundry, Pierce is tearing the house apart as fast as I can put it back together and refusing […]
TOS Review: At Home in Dogwood Mudhole
Billed as “an unforgettable story of one family’s attempt to live an authentic life”, I’ve had the chance to review At Home in Dogwood Mudhole by Franklin Sanders as part of the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew. When the review first came up, I thought it sounded intriguing. It sounded like something I’ve lived through, […]
Mr. P.
My dear youngest son is giving me gray hairs. Last night, he asked for a banana. Sure. He chewed it up and spit it, systematically, all over the kitchen floor. This was after he went grape stomping. All over the kitchen floor. I set to mopping up his mess, and sent him to the […]
Start them young.
Mashed potatoes: It’s what’s for supper. I invested in enough potato peelers for the whole crew last year. Best investment ever. Pierce was feeling left out. I’m not sure how productive he was… but he tried. Ruby started him out, and he aerated the potatoes for us. I love having my kids help in the […]
TOS Review: Apologia Chemistry and Physics
At the beginning of this year, I got to review Apologia’s Anatomy and Human Physiology. It was amazing. When another Apologia review was offered, I all but begged to do it. The Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew obliged me, and so here I am, for your reviewing pleasure, reviewing another Apologia homeschool science curriculum. This […]
Sometimes.
I was so on the ball this morning. I sat and did science with the kids first thing, since it tends to be the thing that falls by the wayside when the day gets too busy. I got some pictures for a review I need to finish, finally. The day had promise! I took a […]
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