Walkin' in High Cotton

So, quick, how many reasons can you name that would keep me from blogging for several days? Potty training by going cold turkey on pull ups? (My floors never been mopped this much in 3 days since…our last round of potty training.) Maybe finishing some of the crazy craft projects that have taken over my [...]

Well, I don’t have a crafty post today. I’m lucky to have any post. We had a completely unexpected but very severe storm yesterday about 4 pm and we’ve had a mess ever since. No power. Which means no water, since our well pump is electric. We had a bit of water since everything that’s [...]

How everyone was doing around here? Remember these little guys? Yeah, they’re doing great! (I told you they lose that “cuteness” quickly!) Spring is just moving right along. It’s going to be 90 today. Summer’s here and it’s not even May yet! I almost can’t get over this little guy… …turning into this! But most [...]

I had a strange weekend. I went back up to Northern Virginia–back “home”–for a visit. On one hand I faced it with grit teeth and a churning stomach. Since the accident and having to sell my family home, I don’t go back much. When my parents were there, their house–our house–was like a lodestone, pulling [...]

Have you heard Sara Evan’s new song, A Little Bit Stronger? It’s been out for a couple weeks and it just brings me to tears every. single. time. She’s singing about a broken relationship and not only does it sound so familiar to losing my parents, but I’ve realized that I’ve also been in an [...]

Well, today’s version of Thankful on a Thursday is a little different because I got another blog award! Yeah! It’s from Aurie over at Our Good Life. (By the way, they are the Good family, so how catchy is that blog name, right?) She writes all about her adventures in parenting their two beautiful little [...]

I have a lot of crafting projects in progress at the moment, but nothing much finished. It’s quite a mess in my workshop right now! My “workshop” is really just a 4×5 table top and shelves in our bedroom (well, actually, it’s not just a table top, it’s a beautiful, handmade, just-for-me, folding table/bookcase from [...]

Since we’re almost to the end of school at our little Christian Academy, the kids are having “Spirit Week” to help rejuvenate everyone for a strong finish to the year. Yesterday was Hat Day. I have lots of pictures of my kids in their hats, so I didn’t really think that warranted a bunch of [...]

Saturday afternoon we had to move animals. We actual do this every day or so but it’s nice on Saturday to be able to sort of take our time with it and get distracted chasing black crickets if we want to. The idea of rotational grazing is that you move the animals around the big [...]

It’s been a while since I did a Boys in Motion post…not because they weren’t, but because my pictures are always blurry! But with the weather getting nicer and nicer, there’s been plenty of outside go, go, go time around here. And when I’m too busy to take them riding on their real horse… …then [...]