One of My Favorites
One of my favorite people turned 87 recently. My grandmother and my friend. There is no place I love to go more than her house. I’ve spent so much…
Second Summer
I did the responsible thing and made it through parental hazing- I think! I’ve provided growing room, dozens of specifically colored folders, volunteered to make corn husk dolls, taken an…
bicycle | camping | cheap stuff | homemaking
Happier Trails
We took the kids trail riding over the weekend, squeezing the last few drops out of a thoroughly used up summer with an equally squeezed pocketbook. So, we loaded up…
Two Bits
(365 Day 137 Photo) I used to groom dogs. Then, when we first married and money was tight (when is it ever not tight?) I looked at my husbands curly…
I Miss Photo Albums
I miss photo albums.I was just looking at this first batch of polaroids I made and thinking how I need an album. (365 Day 120 Photo) Not the computer kind….
I Give Up!
I give up! I can’t do it and I’m not going to try. Seems like every time you turn around, someone is recruiting: a noble cause, the PTA, classes I…
Sick Days
I have to confess…I like it when my kids are sick. Not the shaking with fever, throwing up kind of sick; but the mild temp, possibly contagious, have to stay…
cheap stuff | homemaking | new to me | soap
Updo and Update
(365 day 71 photo) Ok, it’s been about 15 days since I went shampoo-free. I’m using boar’s bristle brushes to comb out my hair in sections each day and massaging…
No ‘Poo for Me
(365 day 52 photo) I read on this blog how the author had been shampoo free for 2 years now and was intrigued. I’ve been trying to stretch out the…