For me, Spring always brings a sense of renewal and hope as we begin to sees trees and flowers awakening after a long, cold winter. This time of year our family celebrates Easter. We try to do any fun stuff (egg hunts, candy) on Saturday and leave Sunday to focus on the meaning of the [...]
Throw Back Thursday is a bit different this week. I thought this had been scheduled to post in the fall....and it didn't. So here it is today. Enjoy. *********** November 16, 2017 We haven't moved yet. It was nearly Halloween before the relocation company got us a realtor. Add to that the paint job that [...]
One of the things we like to do is take time with each child to do something special. This last weekend DH (DearHusband) and I had to go to a formal work event. For Friday Family Time (yes, we kind of consider it a proper noun), we sat down as a whole family to watch [...]
January was a busy month for us. I worked extensively with Whirlwind as he finished and revised the last of his college application essays. It was exhausting at times. Truly exhausting-mentally and physically. At the same time I feel truly blessed. Whirlwind is functioning enough I believe he will be able to go to college [...]
Photo credit: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-mathematics-of-juggling-20170524/ I didn't realize how dependent I am on my planner until I was without the first two+ weeks of the year. The one I ordered finally came yesterday after a shipping snafu. I had a small paper January calendar where I could keep track of big things like appointments, but the daily [...]
So we're more than a week into January, and yep, Christmas decorations are not yet put away. It's been that busy and crazy. The sad thing is I didn't even put up most of the decorations this year, because we visited family out-of-state. Add to that the pictures we haven't put back up, and you've [...]
I give up. I give up on perfection. Real life is hard. Real life leaves you with five minutes here and there to tackle things you want to do. Real life leaves little room for perfection. I give up on long blog posts and schedules for the moment. We're here, we're still kicking and moving [...]
Just when you think you're gaining traction, you find out it's 95% likely that you'll move. To another state. Into a smaller home. And school is starting soon. I still have plenty of posts planned for the future. And if I can manage it, I'll continue my putting up Throwback Thursday posts for new content [...]
I had every intention of starting off the year posting regularly. Then life hit its full stride and I got buried, literally, under mounds of paperwork. I'm still digging out. Does this happen to anyone else? I'm pretty sure it does. It doesn't help that I'd rather be doing something crafty instead of tackling [...]
