Back when Eden was a baby and Liberty was two, we lived in South Dakota. I owned a beautiful antique player piano. When our home’s buyer wanted the piano, Blaine said it came with the house. He didn’t want to move it to Pennsylvania. Turns out, pianos are heavy. Really heavy. For thirteen years, I […]

We’ve spent the last week and a half making pretzels and sausage for Reformation day, and camping for the first time in our new camper. I started working part time for the first time in about twelve years, the laundry chores got reassigned in an attempt to keep up, we successfully celebrated camo day at […]

Homecoming was last weekend. I’m slow. I’m not really sure what happened to this week. Eden is a freshman this year and got to join Liberty for homecoming. There was much dancing, music, food, and fun. I workee security again this year so I got to be there. I have to keep an eye on […]

In a moment of “before” here’s a few photos of the camper. I haven’t touched anything yet. The wallpaper is going to go if I have my way, possibly new cushions and curtains, and some color is needed. I’m excited to start and swamped for time to get going. Here’s where we are with it […]

After having tiramisu at a restaurant recently, I decided the kids needed to experience it too. Finding the ladyfingers that we needed for the tiramisu recipe at the grocery store turned into a frustrating venture, and we ended up making our own. I didn’t get a photo photo of the final dessert. Almost everyone liked […]

A neighbor offered us a large box of apples. After lunch today, we all pitched in and peeled, cored, sliced, bagged, and froze twenty quarts of apples. Everyone had a job. Even Stellan and Elliot  chopped apples with a butter knife. It took us about three hours from start to cleaned up. And for dessert… […]

We are all well. Have been since Monday… after the last person fell prey to The Bug, and all ten of us were sick. I almost prefer that, in a strange way. At least now I know there won’t be any outliers, waiting to get sick when normal life has resumed once more. We bought […]

Yesterday, Charlotte was sick. A co-op classmate had the exact same symptoms the same six hours after co-op so we decided it was food poisoning.  None of the other kids were sick. It had been a full 24+ hours of Charlotte being well. The two big girls had plans to go shopping with friends. I […]

Two dear girls got new glasses last week. Miss Elliot got her first pair – not a shock since getting her to focus on a page is sheer torture for both of us. I’m remain unconvinced that this will solve all the squirrelly, but it’s a good first step. (The other, is suspect, is age. […]