On September 8, 2006, I started this blog on an uneventful day, during an uneventful time in our lives. I started it because blogs were everywhere, there were many blogs […]
A little time
Two and a half years have passed. That’s 912 days. 69,888 hours. 4,193,280 minutes. That’s a whole lot of life! I certainly didn’t intend for so much time to pass […]
July’s Believe do.Good Stitches quilt
For those who don’t know, do.Good Stitches is an online quilting bee, with many different “circles” around the world. We make quilts & donate them to various organizations. Within each […]
The beauty of it all
We live in northern Wisconsin, in Forest County. There are a few realities about living where we do that are important to mention. Our county is the largest, land wise, […]
And the walls go up! (part 2)
As part 1 showed, we got so much done that first day. Well, Saturday wasn’t about to be outdone! Our friends Abe & Samantha have 4 young children: 3 boys & […]
The file-folder system
Perhaps I’m the only one (by the sheer amount of info I found, it appears not. Unless there are only a few homeschooling Mama’s out there who are bombarding Pinterest […]
And the walls go up! (part 1)
Everything was set for the coming weekend of November 4, 2016. The cement was all cured, so we ordered all of the necessary lumber, sheeting, house wrap, trusses,… you know, […]
One step forward, two steps back
It has been awhile since I updated you all on the house project. Sorry! Several thing have happened, so I’m going to put them altogether into this post. For my […]
The trees
One of our favorite parts of this land that we bought, were the trees. There are a few pine, but mostly iron wood and maple, with a few bass & […]
The land
This has been something we have prayed for and waited for, for many years. All along, the answer was “no”. But then it changed to “yes”. It all started (for […]