I work hard at teaching my children self-control. Since it’s a lifelong skill necessary for a Godly life, it’s a lesson I begin to teach early. Their first lesson in this is to be taught to stop crying on command. Each of them have learned this, some younger (and more readily)than others. Pierce has been […]
My three oldest kids went with friends for the evening. Charlotte and Ruby crashed on the couch at 6pm and haven’t moved since. Blaine’s at a meeting. Pierce and I got to just hang out, just the two of us, for hours. That was amazing. Turns out, he’s really, really funny and super affectionate with […]
Heavy thoughts for a Monday.
As I walked through a grocery store tonight, I ran into a friend. She also has six children. After commenting that we look an awful lot alike when it comes to family size and mentioning how people never fail to comment, we went our separate ways. Less than three seconds later, I was cornered by […]
I am dumber than I thought.
My dad called last week and said he had a blog topic for me. He suggested I search for an 8th grade test from the 1800’s and see if I could pass it. I think he was just trying to humble me. I found a test here and the answers here. While the English section […]
I can’t seem to get anything done around here.
This morning as I finished up in the bathroom after my shower, I noticed the bathroom sink and mirror needed attention. I set out to get the rag to clean the mirror. I got sidetracked. The rag hangs on the side of the fridge. The fridge is next to the laundry room. I started a […]
Where’s all the excitement?
Life seems kind of boring lately. We’re working on wrapping up our school year – Liberty gets a prize for finishing the first subject with her math this week – and nothing else much is going on. Blogs are hard to write when there isn’t something going on. It hit me. This has been the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Embarrassment.
I finally gave in and did my exercise video when my husband was home. Something about doing all sorts of strange body maneuvers while trying to keep up with the lady on the tv who is pretending to talk directly to you is just awkward. I’ve held off, not caring to be observed in this […]
Dirty reflections.
I’ve always considered myself to be a non-procrastinator. I hate having things hanging over me. But today, my mop water told me I’ve been lying to myself. I’d only mopped half of the kitchen floor when I took that photo. Ugh. Stark realities.
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