June 14, 2017 Hair Day Yesterday was a misty day with the sun desperately attempting to peek through, but the clouds kept winning. Louis decided it was time for a haircut. We usually cut hair outside so I trimmed his hair while Kimberly watched. Kimberly wanted to know how it [...]
June 13, 2017 Eggs of Giants One cool thing about keeping a flock of chickens (aside from the 5am alarms) is that they pop eggs out! Before we had chickens, I thought all eggs were white and exactly the same size and shape. With the first time our Buff Orpington [...]
June 12, 2017 Sand It was a busy, start-at-3am kind of day. We’d planned on going to the beach but it was almost 6pm and I was still working. Unpacked boxes stacked in precarious towers in what would be the music nook – if we ever got the piano, drums, [...]
June 10, 2017 Health Changer I have this thing about being dehydrated (low water) and anemic (low iron). Or at least had that problem. Pregnancy was like wake up, puke, attempt my multi-vitamin, puke, get to work, puke, and be falling asleep in the truck when we drove home. I [...]
June 2, 2017 Sooty Makeup I’m not really a makeup person. (Okay, I almost never wear makeup.) Someone says “makeup” and I think sweaty post-workout drizzle where my face looked like a tie-dyed T-shirt (which was my teenage inexperience with makeup). Rebeccah, however, is very artistic and does makeup [...]
May 28, 2017 Winners It’s been an awesome day. I covered morning reservations and we went to church. I always feel refreshed and ready to conquer the world after church. Today the discussion was about winners. We talked about how all believers are winners in the end because we get [...]
May 27, 2017 Where the Crib is Clean It is 1900 hours. I’m at war. I come in armed with every weapon in the arsenal. I am determined to win this battle. THIS HOUSE WILL BE CLEAN! “Mommy!” squeals the toddler, streaking through soaking wet and followed closely by another [...]
May 25, 2017 The Chicken Castle It was one of those days when I felt productive. I’d managed to get the house cleaned, was hanging my third load of laundry, had finished catching up financial reports after our move, and everyone was still breathing. Then there was a squeal [...]
May 22, 2017 Trucks! Lucas is almost two. He loves trucks. He loves food. While all of the girls had “Dada” as their first word, Lucas heard the air popper and screamed “Pop-pop!” running into the kitchen with his popcorn bowl in hand. Currently, his newest craze is yelling [...]
May 21, 2017 Please Write More About Ethan! (Brantley Station Saga) One of the issues with writing and being a perfectionist is this: I never view anything as complete! I have hundreds of half-finished manuscripts in various sizes littering my “stories” folder. Because I proof myself better in print [...]