Woohoo, it’s my SITS day! (I bet you couldn’t read that in the weird post-title font, could you?) I’ve been looking forward to being featured on SITS, and the day has come! I’m so happy (and kind of nervous–like I’m having a party and didn’t clean well enough!) I’m a shy one, after all… If…
When my kids were little, I’d faithfully take their “Christmas card picture” every year, usually in front of our Christmas tree. I was a stickler for details when it came to the clothes for those photos – new outfits, candy cane tights for my daughter, and with her dresses, the “bow shoes” of course. I’m not sure…
This cute, no-sew Christmas ornament from fabric scraps could very well be one of the easiest crafts I have ever done. I can’t even remember when I made the one in the picture, but a crafty friend showed me how to do this many years ago. The ornament has a quilted look, like a crazy…
I haven’t been blogging the last few weeks (will update you soon, and I miss being here!), but my heart feels the need to do something to help the victims of the super typhoon that devastated the Philippines last week. It was one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall, and the devastation is unimaginable. As…
Have you ever wondered how to freeze squash? In past years, we didn’t grow enough extra produce to freeze, but this year, we grew a lot of nice butternut squash. Last summer we didn’t get too many (remember last year’s garden with many pumpkins but few squash?), so I just cut the few I had in half lengthwise…
Have you ever wondered how to house train a dog fast? Even a bit more tricky, have you ever wondered how to house train an adult dog? Here’s a fuzzy phone pic of our Sunny, in all of her ungroomed glory, that captures her quirky self. For those new to my blog, Sunny is our…
Ever since my 19 year old daughter was tiny, she has said that she wished we had an apple tree, or a peach tree, or a (fill in the blank) tree. I always told her that trees take so long to grow, it would be too long before we could reap the benefits. So we…
Every year, spring itself is like a huge surprise to me. After a long, gray winter, I’m always surprised at how stunning the bright green grass looks and how breathtaking the sun looks, streaming through leaves. After many years of this, it seems that feeling wouldn’t happen, but it always does. More sun and more…
My kids had plenty of electronic toys as they were growing up, so I’m not going to say we didn’t benefit from them or that we didn’t have fun with technology. We actually loved it. Both of my kids learned to read easily, partly because of the Reading Blaster PC software. (Do they still make…
Today I’m happy to be co-hosting the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop with Katherine from Katherine’s Corner. I love the inspiration I get from finding new blogs via this kind of linkup. New blog friends, old blog friends and plenty of fresh, creative ideas. So it’s especially fun to be co-hosting. One of my favorite things…
In my family history, there seems to be a genetic tendency to be obsessed with photography. My dad loved it, and he inspired me. One of my sisters still shoots film, and while her style is much different than mine, her candid shots of family events capture memories that would otherwise be missed. (And, if…
My father-in- law turned 80 late last year. (He looks like he’s in his mid 60’s—seriously.) My husband wanted to give him something kind of special–something with forethought and effort. He came up with a great idea—to find items from the year his dad was born, 1932, and combine them in a display box with…