We went to Maui. We came home. I took a lot of pictures. I am tired but less tired than yesterday. I am determined to make some progress to...

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! That's me relaying the voices in my head. I am so glad that the work is getting accomplished, but oh my goodness, ...

Today, I'm taking advantage of the fact that we homeschool. The girls are outside playing, and I am in bed doing computer work. There i...

You know what I never thought was that big of a deal but turns out I feel edgy without it? Baseboards. Well, the quarter-round that goes al...

The floor coverings are gone. The downstairs is now all raw concrete except for my bathroom and Eily and Nora's bedroom. It's going...

A new week is starting. I was really looking forward to this week because it's like a tiny fresh, new beginning, but instead of startin...

Well, we all knew that good streak couldn't last too much longer. I overslept, Jason was up all night with a migraine, school went an h...

you guys... Sleep makes all the difference. Seriously. When the clock shows 10pm, I go to bed even if I don't think I'm sleepy y...

Today has been a pretty good day. We got back in our normal routine of things and it was a welcome change to the three-week long break that...

New Year.  New memories to make. I don't really make resolutions for the long term, but I do usually make one for the first month or tw...

What if my word for 2016 was BLOG. Wouldn't that be dandy?

One day a while back, I was driving along, doing the usual things. You know, using my blinker, not texting, straddling the dead animal in t...

So one of my favorite things is figuring out how to decorate my home. I enjoy waiting for that perfect "inspiration" and then fig...

Hey, guess what! I'm finally not dead tired. It feels so good to be back to my normal speed. Don't get me wrong; I'm all about...

This is where I was a few days ago with the renovations. The dining room walls were painted, but not the little, upper light indention. I ...

Week three of school kind of whipped us for some reason so we met with our CC friends (actually, this is the original group of the FS CC...

It's a very normal thing for me to paint on a room while Jason is away. Poor guy almost never comes back to the same house. Something i...

Did you know that you shouldn't title your essay until you have written it? And then, the title should come from only the last sentence...

I've been tired. Very, very, very tired. We have had church all weekend and this afternoon I left to go home and take a nap. But first,...

These photos are just all out of order but I'm hanging on by a thread, sleep wise, so it's what you're going to get.  This...