This weekend, my daughter played with one of her classmates and liked the tie-dye shirt he was wearing. She asked if she could buy one and I explained that it's even better to make your own, so guess what we ended up doing on Sunday morning? The stores here don't carry Rit Dye, which was the one ...
Monday Musings
Enough for Me
I don't have it all and being among other moms kind of drives that point home for me. Today, especially, I felt the weight of judgment that's probably just a figment of my imagination. It all started Friday night, spending time with people I'm aware are far better off than I am. Actually, it ...
Pickles & Breadcrumbs
No, pickles and bread crumbs don't go together... unless you're making them! Last week, we did our first canning of the season. Year after year, we enjoy a bountiful cucumber harvest. The right ones go into pickles. Which cucumbers are best for pickles? You want the smaller cukes, the ones with ...
On Pen Names & Summer
What a weird combination, right? But, first of all, I'm back to writing regular posts. Summer kicked my butt. Not that it was an unforeseen thing. Really, it's in the parenting job description. Have school-aged children? Is it summer? Welcome to No Rest for the Wicked. Fortunately, I was pretty ...
Vacation Memories
Until last week, it'd been anywhere from 4 to 10 years since I last saw family. That was because I ended up in Korea and then England, and then in Nebraska, none of which are anywhere near my family. The closest family when we returned to the U.S. was my sister, brother-in-law, nephews, and nieces, ...
Making a House a Home
We've been working on home improvements every since we bought our home in 2013. This wasn't a place we bought as a dream home. No, no, no. This was a place we bought with the idea of making it a place we would want to live. Location and size were the biggest factors in our purchasing decision. That ...