I ask my younger kids their names all the time. No idea when or why that started, but they’ll rattle off all three names. Usually. Lately, Ruby tells me she’s Momma instead. But today, Ruby told me, “My name is ‘Yes, Ma’am. You can call me ‘Yes, Ma’am.’”
…and, DONE.
I’ve been sewing, sewing, sewing for weeks now. We haven’t had dinner together as a family for weeks now. The kids have had dinner with a sewing machine. All for seven black chiffon worship dance gowns. Chiffon is horrible fabric to work with. Horrible. Seams do not lay flat, hems are worse, and it frays […]
Sibling love. And rivalry.
“Liberty, will you save my napkin so Sterling can’t get it?” “I’m not going to get it! Ruby, I don’t steal napkins!” “I’m going to tell mom.” “No! I’m telling mom on you!” “No. I’m telling mom.” This went on, a room away, for many minutes. In the end, no one came to tell […]
Strange, very strange.
All told, I’ve spent 21 years of my 27 in South Dakota, land of long winters and hot summers. And yet I’ve never experienced this one before: Sunday, it was 86 degrees outside. I slept all night with the ceiling fan on. Monday, it was 45 at best, windy, rainy, cold and had a freeze […]
Well now, ain’t that grand!
In the words of one of our favorite books we’ve found this school year – it seemed a fitting title. I found a letter slid underneath our bedroom door last night. It read: Dear Daddy, I love you. I wish you could have some time off work so we could go on vacation to grandpa […]
My week in five paragraphs.
I’m 14.5 weeks along. I look like I’m more like 30 weeks along. People keep asking if it’s a boy or a girl. When I say I’m not far enough along to find out (and we won’t likely find out anyway) I get a look. A look like “you look ready to pop. That baby […]
We Americans and our can’t afford it, gotta have it ways. Really now.
Found a cute pair of sandals in the shoe catalog that comes in the mail about three times a week. Gotta give it to them for persistence. These sandals are $94.95. That’s an outrageous price for a pair of sandals, but the kicker is you can put them on a payment plan. For $18.99 a […]
I beg to differ.
The Chinese Gender Chart is wrong with all but Ruby. According to it, I only should have one girl, Ruby – and this pregnancy should be my second daughter. Sterling would beg to differ that our house is full of boys. Thinking it’s not as 90% accurate as they say. Or I’m very 10%. Or […]
Roany wins.
Roany, dear goat, was tied out in the pasture yesterday and apparently didn’t like the constraints of her 30 foot rope. She managed to break the metal clip holding her and was happily munching in the yard when I found her. I found a new clip, put her back on the rope, and all was […]
Meet Roany, pest extraordinaire.
Meet Roany, our newest goat. I’ll have to clear space on my memory card before I can introduce the cutest addition to our goat herd. Roany though, joins Blackie in the milking pen and shows her up 3 to 1 in production. Lacking nothing in personality, Roany may very well drive me crazy, but we’re […]
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