I enjoy dressing her in dainty sundresses. I enjoy pulling her just-long-enough baby hair up in barrettes. And I really enjoy decorating her bedroom. Because she is so lovely, I want everything to be lovely for her. I’ve been working on her bedroom for a few months now. I painted the walls a light, ashy […] Read more…
Our precious little Maralyn Mae, now one, has changed everything around here…including our once camo – guns – and – legos – themed household. Now the camo, guns, and legos are still winning the battle if you’re measuring their victory by their presence per square foot, but the pink fluffy stuff is slowly but surely […] Read more…
Confession time: I am not a keeper of baby hair, baby teeth…really anything that falls off their body. I don’t know why, but I just don’t get much of a warm and fuzzy feeling when I look at a bag of little teeth. Or a tuft of hair taped to a piece of paper. […] Read more…
I used to think that spit-up was yucky…but then I started having babies and now proudly display spit-up on my sleeve every second of my life. I used to think that cloth diapering was gross…but then I saw how much we were spending on disposables and almost had a heart attack. I used to think […] Read more…
I am just one gigantic borrower. I borrow other people’s recipes, other people’s homeschooling methods, other people’s potty-training tactics…you name it, I borrow it. 🙂 But what is that quote?…”Imitation is the highest form of flattery.” I am totally flattering a lot of people out there. But in all seriousness, God has truly gifted some […] Read more…
By writing this post, I am really throwing myself to the wolves. What I mean is, I’m sharing some info that may or may not make you think I’m a little bonkers. This post is about getting your vegetable garden ready and planting your crops according to the phases of the moon. Yes, I plant […] Read more…
Three words that rocked my cloth diapering world: FLOUR SACK TOWELS If cloth diapers are like coupons, then using flour sack towels is like triple coupon day. In other words, I thought I was saving a lot of money by using traditional pre-fold cloth diapers. But I could have been saving a lot of money […] Read more…
I was at the grocery store recently. As I walked in the front doors, there was a table with all sorts of pretty Autumn decorations for sale. Since ’tis the season, I stopped and looked for a minute. The thing that caught my eye was a mesh bag filled with scented pinecones. I picked it […] Read more…
Ah, coconut oil. That wonderful, jack-of-all-trades substance that God has seen fit to bless us with. It smells good, tastes good, makes your hair feel good…what does it NOT do?? I hope to pleasantly surprise you with this list of all the delightful uses for coconut oil. Consider it the corn of health products! Use […] Read more…
“Every rose has it’s thorn…” Great song by the band Poison, also a great truth. Even the best and most beautiful things in life are tainted by pain, decay, and sin. It’s just the way things are. Enjoying a good cookie will cost you calories; picking blackberries will leave you with bloody hands; and glorious […] Read more…