One of my annual fall projects are making the boys’ jackets for winter. This year, our 9 yr. old decided he wanted a McGyver jacket! Yes, he is a McGyver addict. He used his money to buy himself the series on DVD and then presented me with faux leather he bought at Walmart and told [...]

If you read Slobo’s blog, you are probably up to date on our activities this weekend. Me – I post alot less frequently. Still, the news isn’t too old. haha. Slobo got him and the kids a camera that does video. It is so neat. You can take a color sample of an image area [...]

What have I been up to? I found two great web sites created by one great individual, Maggie! Hillbilly Housewife and An Old-Fashioned Education Check them out…. There are great recipes, things to make you smile and lots of support – and best of all – Maggie shares (ALOT)! —- What else is in the [...]

Today our son turns 8! Time has flown by so fast. J2 was born beet red, kicking and screaming (which he didn’t stop until he was 6 months old). He would cry until 4 in the morning. For the first 6 months, he and I slept in a rocking chair in the living room so [...]

Tomato and Green Chile Salsa (Watch out for those horny tomatoes) Yes, we wrestled the traffic, the bugs, and the boiling 50 lb. pots and now have….. drumroll 11 3/4 pints of Salsa 4 lbs. frozen Kentucky Wonder Beans and 9 quarts of Tomato Ketchup Yes, it is the Weekend Canning Update…. Nothing as exciting [...]

I received a locket in the mail today that I had ordered for my mom. This was a promotional offer from picturesongold.com. Here is a picture of it. The locket is so beautiful. In it is a picture of my sister, April Gaye. They engraved part of my mother’s poem entitled ‘Heavenly Conversation’. It begins [...]

I want to put a personal face on the heroes of our country. This is our hero, my nephew, Christopher. We just got word that he will be going to Iraq the day after our youngest sons birthday. As with most of our heroes, he can’t wait to go and put his training to use! [...]

We knew we needed tires on our Envoy for awhile. That’s the reason we started doing paid blogging. Just Friday, Slo added it up and we finally had enough payments due to buy the tires when they paid at the end of the month. Yesterday, we found out it wasn’t the tires that were the [...]

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Are you a homeschooling mom or a stay at home mom? Then you’ll be familiar with those inuendo’s and glances that you get when you tell people this is what you do. Other women can be the worst. Guys don’t really want to comment – being activists where women are concerned – isn’t really their [...]

Our oldest son,9, is in love with the Titanic. He has watched the movie (with us fast-forwarding some scenes) and he has watched and read everything he can get his hands on about the Titanic. Above is his drawing of it on the Magna Doodle from a few years ago. His favorite sketchpad, btw. And [...]

Our youngest turns 6 today. He loves Curious George. When asked what he wanted for his birthday over a month ago, he said “Everything Curious George!” and that is exactly what everyone gave him (with the exception of his birdhouse). For his hats, we got some terry lined, yellow (his favorite color) tennis visors. We [...]

Our oldest is turning nine………. BooooHoooo BooHooooooo Booohoooo I can’t believe how fast they grow. He wanted a fishing theme for his birthday party this year, so we took Gummy worms on floaters and hung them in the punch bowl – wish I’d thought to fill it with green liquid, but alas it was red… [...]

It has been a crazy end to the year but a truly joyous one! I started making Christmas gifts in September with the Barbie Doll’s crocheted wedding dress for my niece. By the end of November, everone’s gifts were made and shipped for those out of town. All I had left were immediate family members [...]

TGIF It’s been a longer than usual week and I’m dog-tired. The kids are doing really well with their schoolwork, playing really hard in the evenings, going to sleep late and still waking up early. They look healthy and happy and Daddy and I are exhausted. Doctors always say that if you get up and [...]