Be done with it
I saw this quote bouncing around on Pinterest, and thought I’d pretty it up and make a print to hang over my desk. Letting go of my old nonsense is sometimes difficult for me; especially in the winter...
View ArticleRainbow Birthday Party Invitation
We are in the throes of party planning over here. Tis the season, for us you know. Birthdays in October, November, December, January, and February. Goodness gracious. My little girl wanted a rainbow...
View ArticleMaking Masterpieces
Right, so. I never, ever planned on teaching a class at our homeschool not-a-co-op. I happily involved my children, paid or traded for the class fees, and made myself comfortable on one of the sofas...
View ArticleFree Moon Phases Download
I wanted to create some sheets for the kids to use with Science Bob’s Oreo Moon Phases idea. The first sheet has some illustrated Oreo shapes you can use to teach the moon phases. Let the children use...
View ArticleSecond place! Plus Pinewood Derby printables
This little stinker got 2nd place! When I held up my hand so he could give me a high five, he frowned and poked my hand with his finger. It’s N’s famous finger-five. Sometimes if you’re lucky, you get...
View ArticleBudding flautist & freebie movie party invites
Miss K. has been asking for a flute and the lessons to go with it for a few years. My marvelous friend Amy down the street is a talented flute player and promised to teach her, but said we ought to...
View ArticleA rambling faith manifesto of sorts & the curiosities of Mormon garments
Hey guys! I clearly don’t know what I’m doing with this space, but it has been nice to be on a different, cheaper hosting system so I don’t get so antsy (riddled with money wasting guilt) when I’m not...
View ArticleMoving. To a new state. Not Utah. Like, next week.
Well. That’s one way to motivate me to blog a bit more – brain-dump churchy stuff, get a bit itchy & decide it’s a super great time to write more stuff as to push the post off the front page. Plus,...
View ArticleWe are moving to the moon
I wasn’t trying to be coy, I’m just a dork and got all the way to the end of that post and realized I hadn’t said a thing about where we were going. And then it felt like I needed to do a whole big...
View ArticleHelp! Stressed out pet advice
Hey! Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans and Happy Thursday to the rest of y’all. I have animal related questions if you are done with your pie. My animals (two dogs and two cats) were very used...
View ArticleTracy’s smile
Disclaimer: I received free product to use on my friend, I did not accept any money for this post. All opinions are my own. This will be my last sponsored / perked / giveaway post. Some months ago...
View ArticleYear in Review: 2014
I’m going to be mad at myself for not documenting my health better this year. It’s been very helpful to have a record in my archives from when I last dealt with urticaria and angioedema, fainting, and...
View ArticleSymptoms, treatment, and coping
Holy cow, this is long. May the force be with you. Overactive / Underactive Adrenals This one, we think (I need another saliva test soon), is mostly under control. Symptoms frustratingly overlap with...
View ArticleNotes of a Christmas
Christmas Light Rage This Christmas season was weird, y’all. I couldn’t decide if it was because we were in a new place, or because my health problems were janking up life in general, or if it was...
View ArticleCaring and being cared for
A few days ago I had some very bad episodes of fainting and tremoring / seizing. It was a really rotten morning, complete with two men trying to lift me to get me to the car and me completely blacking...
View Article2015: Everything is awesome
Well. That was a first, I think. We actually accomplished all of our New Year’s Day goals for 2014. It helped that we were aiming low, but still. Here they are, pasted in from this total downer post,...
View Article2014 in books (finally)
My original opening for this post was “Happy New Year, everyone!” because I started this post on the 31st of December thinking I could have it ready to post the next day. HA. HA. HA. As has been my...
View ArticleJanuary health progress
I was reluctant to post another health update because zzzz. But I’ll be glad to have a record of where I was at in January. December was pretty rotten health-wise. January got off to a very rough...
View ArticleThe terrifying thing, part one
I have a really hard time telling a story without first giving you all the background. I have an announcement of sorts, but I want to explain before I get into all the details. I don’t appreciate...
View ArticleAw, crap… slight delay
Hey guys, I’m so sorry. I thought the second post was ready to go. I know myself and my inability to stick to any kind of blog schedule, so I made sure to have my four post series ready so there...
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