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HomemakingAugust 6, 2015632Views 0Likes 0Comments

We're still on vacation. Our guys have biked about 350 miles since Saturday. The girls have driven that far too. Go girls! Just joking. The guys have biked that far but the girls have driven leisurely, stopping whenever they see something interesting. We had lunch at Breitbach's Country Dining. We were just driving through a little…

Frazzled Mom and After My Coffee Link-up!

HomemakingJuly 30, 2015526Views 0Likes 0Comments

There must be someone I can blame for my schedule this week, but I'm not sure it is anyone's fault but my own. Do you ever do that? Add just one more thing, then another, until suddenly you realize you have way too much on your plate? [Tweet "Do you ever do that? Add just…

We had a very full week and it didn’t look like we were going to fit picking strawberries into it.

Strawberries are Bountiful This Year

HomemakingJuly 9, 2015599Views 0Likes 8Comments

My daughters and I just spent the better part of two days turning three + gallons of strawberries into jam and pies. We ate plenty along the way too. We had a very full week and it didn’t look like we were going to fit picking strawberries into it. Then our friend Lea offered to pick…

This interesting piece of fruit caused Emily and me to splurge way beyond anything we had planned.

Do You Know What This Is?

HomemakingMay 21, 2015642Views 0Likes 12Comments

No fair trying to find it on Google! This interesting piece of fruit caused Emily and me to splurge way beyond anything we had planned. We were looking at fruit and she saw a sign that said "Dragon Fruit." Since she is interested in dragons, it was natural for her to get a closer look. She called…

Be Sure To Count the Cost & #AfterMyCoffee Link up

HomemakingApril 9, 2015605Views 0Likes 4Comments

In 1992 when we purchased our first house we naively thought we would be able to renovate the 100-year-old Victorian fixer upper and build a two car garage with the $20,000 we had saved. To us $20,000 was a small fortune and we had scrimped and saved for years to put it together. Needless to say…

Empty Drawers and Empty Boxes, Oh My – Part 3 #AfterMyCoffee Link Up

HomemakingMarch 19, 2015622Views 0Likes 6Comments

I’m still at it – spring cleaning is moving right along at our house. Lets start on closets... One thing I’m doing that is working well, is only working on it while I’m motivated. Once I start to get weary about making choices I leave it for a while and work on something that demands a…

If you remember, at the end of my post a week ago or so, I had gotten all these boxes out of our storage area and planned to shred what we didn’t need. - Here is the stack I started with. Ten boxes full of tax papers and information.

Empty Drawers and Empty Boxes, Oh My… Part 2

HomemakingMarch 4, 2015794Views 0Likes 8Comments

If you remember, at the end of my post a week ago or so, I had gotten all these boxes out of our storage area and planned to shred what we didn’t need. - Here is the stack I started with. Ten boxes full of tax papers and information. I had paperwork from as far…