My girls heard through the grapevine that, in their words, a young woman from church had been picked up and carried off by an eagle. I found this out last week when Eden asked me, completely unconcerned but entirely curious, “Did they ever find her?” Really? You think an eagle carried a grown woman off, […]
Baked Chimichangas
(Credit) Ingredients 2-1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken breast 1 cup salsa 1 small onion, chopped 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 6 flour tortillas (10 inches), warmed 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1 cup chicken broth 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup half-and-half 1 […]
Our morning [in stories and photos].
Liberty was washing out a diaper and asked Sterling to bring the lid to the diaper pail. (A drip catcher in the trip from the bathroom to the laundry room.) He came back empty handed. Liberty asked him where the lid was, and he had the best excuse I’ve heard of in a while. “There’s […]
Reading lesson 101.
Ruby was doing her reading lessons yesterday, and that hard “C” sound was getting the better of her. As a poor child who struggles with the C’s and G’s anyway, learning to sound out those words has been interesting. The word: CAT. “Tat.” “No.” “Tap.” “No.” “Trap.” “Ruby! There’s no ‘R’. There’s no ‘P’. SOUND […]
READS from EGM Educational Systems, LLC: TOS Review
As part of the Review Crew for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, I got to review the READS Parent/Child Reading Comprehension System from EGM Educational Systems, LLC. Sterling (age 5, doing Kindergarten and 1st grade work) has primarily been using it, but it was written for grades 1-4 and I’ve had fun using it with all three of […]
Time to make soap.
Yesterday was soap making day. I made a double batch of cold-process soap, and separated it out into three batches: lilac, peppermint, and a men’s soap called Sandalwood Bay. My house smelled interesting. I’m not sure I’d recommend all three scents together. Lye water. Fun stuff. Blaine’s idea. When my stick blender had to go […]
The Way They SEE It: TOS Review
I’ve been using The Way They SEE It: A Book for EVERY PARENT About the Art Children Make by Brenda Ellis with Ruby for several weeks now. As part of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew, I was asked to review it and let you all know how it works, and what I – and […]
Soft Scrub: Review and Giveaway
Soft Scrub sent me a bottle of their Soft Scrub Total All Purpose Bath and Kitchen Cleanser to try and review and three coupons for a giveaway. As soon as it came, I poured it on my kitchen counter. I’ve tried without success to get one particular stain off of there, and I thought if […]
Honey Bunches of Oats Tropical Blends: Review and Giveaway
I recently received for review a box of Honey Bunches of Oats Tropical Blends. With 10 grams of whole grain, 120 calories and 6 grams of sugar, they rank higher than Honey Nut Cheerios (an all-time favorite in my house). But… how do they taste? The box was gone in two days. I’m thinking the […]
What’s for dinner? Floppity Flop Flop Flop.
I made this for supper tonight: Pressure Cooker Recipe – Beer Can Chicken. Their photo looked fabulous. (Photo Credit) When I eagerly peeled open my pressure cooker, I anticipated beauty. What stared at me instead: Oh, the horrors. What on earth did I do wrong?! It looks like road kill. It even has the cast […]
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