Only in a world with boys: my peanut oil jar was outside after frying a turkey in the fryer out there. I found it out there empty and brought it in to wash it. It has a perfect BB hole in it. Sterling’s response: “I wondered what I hit! I heard it but couldn’t find […]
Leather.
For my birthday in November, Blaine gave me a gift card to the leather company. For a little while, I ignored it. I finally watched enough videos to figure out what I needed to hand sew leather, bought a leather purse sewing pattern, and deliberated a bit longer. One afternoon I spent two hours picking […]
Creed: 6 Months
Creed James is six and a half months old, 19.9 pounds at his last checkup, super content, and has yet to decide to roll or scoot or crawl. He stays put, plays with toys with passion, talks and reaches for me, and feels he has the right to sibling entertainment as often as he wishes. […]
Hunters.
Sterling has been hunting almost daily for a month it seems. When bow season opened, he was there. Then firearms season started, and out he went. He went often with the neighbor. He ended up with a nice buck. Eden has gone with him some. She works a lot and sleeps past 6am enough that […]
Thanksgiving 2020
Happy thanksgiving! Our plans included just the eleven of us, sticky buns for breakfast, appetizers through the day and fried turkey with all the fixings late afternoon. I got a stove off of Craigslist earlier in the week. My commercial stove has had a few minor frustrations… more on that later. We decided to switch […]
She totally deserved it.
Eden wears a leather string on her belt. She claims it’s to tie the excess belt down because the retaining loop broke, but it’s become her trademark. It hangs a good nine inches down from her belt. Cue little brother and his shenanigans. Eden was sitting on a chair at co-op during the meeting before […]
Foot surgery and boredom. Such boredom.
Monday, I had foot surgery. And now I’m bored. I had a bunionectomy and first toe straightened. I’ve been laying with my foot elevated above my heart for three days now. I took prescription pain meds for a day, ibuprofen for one and a half more, and I’ve done fine without anything for much of […]
Change. Again.
I took my oldest off the chore list this month. It felt like a moment. She’s working full time, 40-50 hours a week. She’s taking a full course load, 17 credits at the local college. She’s rarely here and when she is she holed up for hours in the camper on her laptop doing school. […]
Promotions, deer hunting, and duct taped alarms.
Getting up at 6:00 am is a privilege around here. Don’t you dare tell my children otherwise. Once you hit 4th grade, you may rise early and begin school alone. This year, Pierce hit the coveted milestone. He’s been frustrated that he’s slept through all attempts to rouse him early. I found him like this […]
Date Night
Two weeks ago tonight, I was in the boys room. Purging. Because it’s a constant battle – one I feel like I’m always losing. So I was elbow deep in throwing away papers from the school bins when Eden called me into the kitchen. Then she disappeared. She and Liberty, with much help from all […]