That's my current pair of Birkenstocks. I wear them almost everywhere; I remember wearing them with the buckles let all the way out shortly after the toddler was born. They are, without a doubt, worn completely out. I do...
Somehow, amidst all the craziness this week, I managed to make and can blackberry peach jam. I've been playing around with jam for a while now, and I am happily stewing it up with only a little honey, lemon,...
...brought right to your backyard. The guys from Surewest kept the toddler glued to the windows yesterday while they buried a new fiber optic line to our house. I had trouble tearing him away from the sliding glass door...
We took the boys shopping over the weekend. Frankly, shopping for anything other than groceries is not something we do a lot of these days; we don't need much, and we don't have a ton to spend. Occasionally, though,...
I owe it all to Ravelry and a very kind and generous knitter in Fairfield, TX. Remember the Unmentionables? I ran out of yarn, and I hunted on Ravelry until I found someone who had half a skein in...
Yeah, I know that bike hasn't been ridden in years. I also know that it is one of my favorite things we keep in the yard. I found it on the curb for large item pick up a few...
A while back we headed out to Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead for a morning of family fun. If you are in this area, make some time to take a small person you know to visit this FREE farm, garden, petting...
I can't take credit for any of this awesome stuff, but I do get to enjoy it! Our bag from our CSA was so full yesterday I didn't think I was ever going to get to the bottom of it!...
I think I completely forgot to mention that we headed out for a short family vacation this past Sunday. Hubby had a rare summer Saturday off, so we planned some family time and a trip; without a wedding on...
I had some help watering the herbs and flowers we have in containers around here today. And some help watering the weeds too! And Hubby had a little help steering the lawn tractor back to the garage. Before we had...
So guess who's discovered drawing? You guessed it: Mr. fish-face there, the baby! And all without his former art teacher mama egging him on. We had so little luck with the toddler drawing early on that I hadn't even...
Some things are super abundant around here right now: :yummy greens: :walking: With hands up, not for balance, but simply because he held our fingers to walk for over two months. Boy, is that muscle memory strong right now! :creativity:...
The boys and I were privileged enough to meet this little 11 day old beauty today; we were delivering a meal to her family and she woke up to great us! It's not very often that we get to...
I have to confess that I don't have a complete vision for my studio, just a vision in bits and pieces that will have to be joined together as I go along. Big bit one, the big goal I...
We celebrated the toddler's THIRD! birthday with a gathering of friends and family yesterday and a day full of play and his favorite foods today. His construction themed party kept me thinking creatively, especially when he specified a cake that...
Here's two more photos of the mama-made gift for the toddler. Scroll down to yesterday's post to find links to all the other clues and the rules. I will tell you that Barb is currently in the lead for...
I essentially finished the toddler's mama-made birthday gift today. Since it's going to hang on the wall, I still need to attach some hanging hardware on the back, but other than that, it's all finished! I feel the need...
I took the boys to the farmers' market today to pick up our first share in our CSA. Our first share included zucchini, mustard greens, swiss chard, green onions, and wild amaranth. One of the awesome things about this...
June has both come and gone, and we are well into July. I finally finished the June block of the SSS last night, and cast on for the lace edging on the second leg of my Unmentionables. The June...
I had a good hearty belly laugh the other day when the baby looked up at me in the bath as you see him above. I then dashed for the camera to capture the inadvertent bubble beard. You have...
Hubby had a wedding to shoot today, so I headed to a party at some friends' house with the boys. I made a blueberry pie, whole wheat crust, berries, honey, lemon zest and juice. A fresh, simple, and easy...
Here's another photo of the surprise I'm working on for the toddler's third (*yikes*) birthday. I'm almost finished with it; all I really have left to do is a bit of gluing and adhering with products we don't have....
...join 'em. We had a blast one morning last week stacking and toppling Tupperware. I finally gave up trying to keep it picked up, and decided that playing with it could be fun. And educational. I started by building...
We're doing some serious upgrades to the curb appeal of our house right now. Yesterday it was time for to concrete stairs to go, and some really heavy machinery was brought in to do the job. The toddler, I...