(This one's about my kids as well, so if it doesn't suit your fancy today, you three dear readers- please scroll to the next blog. I will...

My oldest girl who makes me smile with her homeless hair, cheesy grin and hand full of made-up words has one foot out of the nest folks....

We began Valentine's Eve at the Orchestra and I end up sick in bed on Valentine's Day. My favorite holiday. That's actually a great...

It's Friday and snow is falling light and sweet and covering everything again. I finally let my inner Valentine's excitement come out and...

One has just discovered the Rubix Cube and it's many faceted mathematical equations, One printed out the Morse Tap Code for his school...

We're still sweeping up confetti from my husband's birthday on Sunday. We are amazed at how quickly the years fly by and how many...

Hello dear friends. It's the Eve of a New Year and our home is still buzzing from the Ghost of Christmas Past. I am reminded that a...

My anniversary takes for ever and a day to arrive each year and we won't even begin to talk about how long I wait for my birthday to make...

These are the days of movings. Of moving everything out of the kitchen and dinning room to prepare for 37 people we love. Of moving...

Hi folks. November is flying by. The kids have all passed their October poem, "When the Frost is on the Punkin," by James Whitcomb Riley...

These are the days when I fight three teenagers for the shower EVERY morning. I'm half frustrated because I want hot water and half...

Hello friends. It's time for that two week shopping trip around here. Time to enjoy those things that eeked out of your budget when the...

It's October and the laptop is sticky from meal preps and possibly too many snacks. With Walmart decked out in all things Halloween I...

When you have six kids riding with your husband to the fill-up station qualifies as a date of sorts. Sometimes these snippets of time...

I ran cross country for one grueling season. I ONLY ran cross country because my Dad had and I so wanted to make him proud of me. I lost...

I've always had such a love for wild flowers. I was that kid who brought bunches of dandelions and daises home. For as long as I can...

The Irises are blooming yet again. Not in their entirety but enough to remind me that everything old is new again. Pencils are sharpened,...

The fact that I have made it through this past week without running away and joining the circus is something I am quite proud of friends....

I superglued my fingers together first thing this morning. Happy Thursday friends. I was trying to fix the heel on my dress shoes after...

These are the times that try men's souls. Well actually things are pretty great, but I have always wanted to begin a post like that....