This has been a dizzying Fall season and this blog has suffered as a result. Let’s start with some awesome things: We received a new piano! It was free to us and we paid to have it moved. It has a broken leg (not…
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My son, C. is seven years old, in second grade and reads on a kindergarten level. My husband and I began to get worried in kindergarten when we realized he had memorized the wall in the classroom. At the time, the words were velcroed…
This will be a very photo heavy post but in light of all the recent sadness in the world, I wanted to focus on something happy. Photographs by Catrina Carlson Our dear friends were married and we were honored to be part of the…
Disclaimer: this post contains frank discussion of feminine hygiene, menstruation and blood products. If you are squeamish about this topic, please scroll on, this is not the post for you. I am thrilled to have my friend, Erin Beauchamp as the guest blogger today.…
Once in a while, you have a thrift store find that is exceptional. I found this Sunbeam mini pie maker for five dollars at my local thrift store. It was unopened and in the original packaging. However, when the clerk took it out of…
I love to use spices in my cooking, but I’m not a fan of organizing them. The bottles come in different sizes, and they are all randomly shaped. My biggest pet peeve with spice bottles is that I can’t get my measuring spoon into…
I finally had success with carrots! I’ve never been able to grow them before and this year we are overflowing. Sadly, I think the children were overzealous when planting them and they are very small. In all fairness, the carrot seeds are very tiny…
My dear friend is getting married! It is a Celtic themed wedding, complete with tartan and bagpipes. My husband is officiating. He’s not a minister, but it is a civil ceremony. Pennsylvania allows self-appointing unions (part of our Quaker roots). He is more of…
We have our first broken bone in a family with five kids that include three boys; I guess we are fortunate. We had stopped to buy produce at our neighborhood farm stand, and my sons raced out back to play with their friend whose…