In my Facebook feed I had a friend put up a book reading challenge for 2015. I like reading, and I like challenges so I was interested. I went to Pinterest, which has become my go-to "search" engine, and looked up "reading challenge." Who knew there were so many? Anyway, I picked a couple that …
Author: mrsjschon
A Delicious Skill
I have three daughters. My oldest daughter is a writer, and that's okay. It might not be okay if I didn't have my second daughter. She loves being in the kitchen just like me. I'm so happy that I have someone I can share this love with. (My oldest daughter and I share a love …
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Disclosure: Affiliate links My husband recently bought me books 2 and 3 of a trilogy - The Staff and the Sword. I read A Cast of Stones (a one-day Kindle freebie that I snatched up) a few months ago and a couple of weeks ago my husband gave (on my Kindle ☺) me The Hero's …
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I know I haven't been around for a couple of weeks, but we had such great holidays. One of my sisters and her family were able to come up and visit us for a few days. All the cousins had a blast together. Then we've been busy starting school up again. And this time when …
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I've been so busy making gifts and helping the children make gifts this week that I haven't done much reading on the internet. I do have a few things for you though. Since the children have been sick and we've been working hard to catch up on our schoolwork, I've let our daily copywork slide. …
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This week I read two great books about female journalists, The World is Bigger Now by Euna Lee and Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran by Roxana Saberi. One was a Korean-American who ended up in a North Korean jail while doing a story about North Koreans who escape to China. She …
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Another busy week. I made a skirt for my middle daughter and fleece overalls for my baby. They make him so much more squishy, huggable and cute. 🙂 I did my own thing and add ribbing around the ankles to make cuffs. It turned out great. Check him out... I sent this article to my oldest daughter. …
Winter Sewing List 2014-2015
I feel so behind this year. Because the children were so sick this fall, I'm about a month behind in everything. I've had this list perking in my head for a while. Sewing in the winter is such a cozy activity. This is the sewing that I want to do this winter, and now that life …
Intentional Simplicity 