Here's a run-down on how I did with my sewing list this summer. I meant to get this together about a month ago. Here we are already in October, and I'm putting together a fall/winter list in my head. Maybe I'll share it with you soon.~quilts for my nieces - one purple and one pink …
Sometimes I consider myself addicted to reading. I generally have three to four books on the go at the same time. I like to keep books in various places in the house so I'm never far from something to read. I take my Kindle with me everywhere which now has several hundred books on it …
This has been an bit of an up-and-down week. I've been more tired because of a baby who needs/wants to nurse all night, and when Mommy's tired everything just feels more difficult. At one point I felt like the house was closing in on me something that doesn't usually happen until the middle of winter …
We've made it - 100 posts. I've had fun and learned some new things and hope you have too.As promised I'm going to have a giveaway to celebrate. I have selected several books that we have talked about in our Library Time series. You can pick the one you want. So, how to earn entries. …
It is no secret to those who know me that my favourite kind of books to read are memoirs and biographies. I love to see how people rise to meet the challenges of life. I am challenged to stop complaining at my own seeming problems in the light of other people's difficulties. Recently I read two books …
Another great week. School - for some reason sadly unknown to me - is going so smoothly this year. I've thought about it a lot and have come up with two possible reasons for this. First, my second son has always had a problem focusing. This slows him down in his schoolwork which frustrates him. It …
I love the opening scene from "Fiddler on the Roof". Tevye explains that life for the Jewish people is like a fiddler trying to play a fiddle while balanced on a roof. What keeps them up there? - tradition. If you haven't seen this song, you should watch it. Watch the whole movie. Our family …
My girls love to have their hair up in a bun for church, but I get a little tired of that. I'm always looking for ways to switch it but keep it simple. This hairstyle is a variation of one I saw on the internet. To start with separate the hair into three even …
Fall is here. The weather is cooling off and school is in full swing. It's a little harder to fit reading in now with school taking up several hours of our day, but since we are all bookaholics we manage. I read an incredibly sad memoir of a female doctor from Darfur who was tortured and …
Intentional Simplicity 