Walkin' in High Cotton

I am just so tickled by all the birthday wishes I’ve gotten! Thank you! Thank you! Cha-cha-cha! (Apparently someone from school has been to Chili’s for their birthday and taught my crew that everything “birthday” come with a “cha-ya-ya!”) Since our daycare provider is on vacation and the kiddos are still out of school on [...]

Yep, today is my birthday. Again. Would it kill me to admit that I’m now officially 32?  Probably not.  But I don’t think I will anyway, so…Happy 26th Birthday, Jamie! I was going to post a picture of myself (clearly not something I do often if you’ve been around here much), but I took 4 [...]

I haven’t written in a while because I’ve been too busy being sick, sick, sick, and then enjoying extra time off for the holidays.  But I’m excited to catch up with everything as we head to toward the New Year.  I’m excited to catch up on this… …And this… …And this… But first I think [...]

Whew… When I wrote late last Sunday, I though we were just about through the flu–how wrong I was.  I got it Monday.  Then the Ladybug got it yesterday. Our babysitter’s feeling queasy now and doesn’t want us within 100 miles of her house for awhile. Apparently there’s some time delay while this…thing…hunts up a [...]

After a couple days of stomach virus chaos, we had to really kick it in gear to pull our holiday decorating together this year.  Every year we head out with a chainsaw and the crew to cut down our own Christmas tree from our own property. Now, we don’t grow Christmas trees.  Or any standard [...]

I’m linking up over at Home with the Boys today for Boys in Motion photo Friday.  The Cowboy surely fits that bill.  Every picture I have of him is a blur. I’ve got some great pictures from his birthday that I just went through.  We got him a lasso.  Or, “a rope,” as he constantly [...]

Today I’m home with sick kids.  And out-of-school-for-snow kids. I’m tired already.  Tired from leaping out of bed to rush a spewing child to the bathroom.  Tired of scrubbing the floor, the carpet, the couch (but thankful for leather!).  Tired of lifting and shoving yucky clothes, blankets, pillows, and sock monkeys in and out of [...]

I can not believe we got more snow! Or that it’s been cold enough for it to stick around all week so far. Mr. Fix-It and I have been hard at work trying to pull together our Christmas surprises.  The Ladybug’s doll bed is just about finished, and I’ve been humming along on the bedding.  [...]

So it’s been snowing here.  Crazy, I know.  And I’m in a flurry of holiday projects (I’ll be sharing some real progress tomorrow).  So today I just have a couple quick words of wisdom if you’re just starting out with sewing.  A couple things I’ve learned over the last two weeks. If you think you’re [...]

Did you notice that I changed my header? IT SNOWED!  (And I’m so behind in writing that I have to admit it was 8 days ago and I hadn’t mentioned it yet!) That’s our sheep out there in our little dusting of snow two Sunday mornings ago.  As the kids say, “Thank God for wool [...]