Invitation by email. “We were wondering if you guys would like to come over for dinner tonight.” You guys. You guys? What does that mean? Just husband and I? Or the whole gang? It would seem like you guys would mean our family. But our family hasn’t been invited to dinner at someone’s house since…..well….I…
My Etsy Giveaway is closed and we have a winner! Thanks to all of you that entered….I really appreciate your comments. And the winner is…..STACY! Congratulations Stacy! Just send me an email letting me know which one of the four new items you want along with your mailing address and I’ll send it right to…
Some days you just need to throw dinner together. For me, feeding 11 people every night (plus there are often extra people here), can be daunting. So I keep a list of things I can make in a flash that don’t cost a lot and are pretty healthy. If the girls can make it it’s…
One of the things I really wanted to do before we start back to school tomorrow is get some new things listed on our Etsy Shop. So I spent all day today working on it (OK, I did a few other things too but that doesn’t matter right now). I actually managed to list four…
How did this happen? Happy Birthday my Sweet Sixteen Girl. I love you!
There are places I just don’t fit in. As a dress wearing, homeschooling mother of nine…..sometimes I am just plain out of place. At the bank…what am I doing there anyway? One look at me and you KNOW I don’t have any money. At the car wash. Please. My car hasn’t been washed since the…
Things I had planned to do before starting school again on January 11th: 1) Have all of the Christmas decorations put away. 2) Clean out the storage building while I’m putting away Christmas decorations. 3) Organize the school area. 4) Clean out my closet. 5) Add 20 new items to my Etsy shop. 6) Start…
Wow! Is it Monday? My mental calendar is all messed up! It will be weeks before I know what day it is without looking at a calender 20 times throughout the day. I keep asking the kids, “What’s today?” “It’s Monday, Mom. Still Monday from when you asked me 10 minutes ago.” Sorry. But my…