Category Archives: Life

Life has been pretty busy in our neck of the woods and doesn’t show much indication that we will be slowing down any time soon.  In addition the kid’s schoolwork and ice-skating, they have been playing volleyball. Last night the girl’s team finished the season with a tournament.  They came in second.  My daughter, 10, playing among 13-18 year olds, was the youngest player on the team.  When she began playing about 2 months ago … Continue reading →

My husband and I will be celebrating 23 years of marriage on Saturday.  I can honestly say that they have been absolutely wonderful years.  I consider myself to one of the luckiest women on earth to have married my soul mate. I thought I’d share a bit of our story. Before we met, we had both been in and out of bad relationships.  We had just about resigned ourselves to quit looking for Mr./Mrs. Right.  … Continue reading →

  Heidi from Reviews by Heidi has bestowed a special honor upon me.  She felt that my little corner of the internet was deserving of the Community Blogger Award.  I so appreciate her kind words of encouragement and hope that my blog will continue to benefit others.  I really enjoy sharing my printables and the Homeschool Kids Write blog has been great fun.  There are currently 7 creative young bloggers participating and we would love … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s adventure in bread making was a great success.  Both my kids and my daughter’s friend participated in the process and we had a lot of fun.  Everything went so smoothly; I’m inclined to try it again some time.  My daughter’s friend especially enjoyed herself.  She had never baked from scratch before and learned all kinds of things.  We also included a brief science lessons on yeast and how the whole baking process works.  Then … Continue reading →

Today I celebrate my mother on her birthday.  My mom is the woman I admire the most in the world.  She is an excellent example of what someone can do with their lives.  Raised in a family where both of her parents had very limited educations and worked outside the home, her greatest desire was to go to college. But situations put that dream on hold.  She married my dad, had 4 children within 4 years, … Continue reading →