Month: December 2006

     Christmas is approaching quickly, but I’ve been working steadily.  Much like the tortoise, I’m hoping to cross the finish line in fine style well before Christmas.       I’m having to make alterations to several patterns and that is time consuming as well as back breaking.  Of all the things I miss the most, a […]

Call me an old fuddy-duddy, but I like keeping the front of my fridge clutter-free.  From time to time my family will put things on the front of the fridge, but I always come along behind them to move them to more appropriate places. I allow the children’s art work to be hung on the […]

     Corin tagged me with this Christmas meme.  Too fun!!  I won’t tag anyone outright to answer this, but if you do decide to do this on your own blog, let me know.  I’d LOVE to come read your answers! 1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Now that’s a tough one. Usually anything chocolate would […]

Today was the day that I was going to cut out all of the remaining sewing projects I have left to do for Christmas.  Guess what?  I had a wonderful interruption to that plan.  We received a call this morning from Copper’s aunt wondering if Copper’s Grandma could come and spend the day with us.  […]

    My friend, Lisa, e-mailed this quiz to me.  (Hey, Lisa – We both ended up as Honest Abe Homeschoolers!)   It was fun, and was surprisingly accurate.  I’m not a huge public library afficianado, and while I like Charlotte Mason I do disagree with some of her methods.  However, the part about having a Bible […]

     “Look outward and be distressed.  Look inward and be depressed.  Look upward and be at rest.” Corrie ten Boom   God bless you as you look well to the ways of your household.Proverbs 31:27 Remember to pray for Karen!

I’m making some fairly good progress on getting my projects all finished before Christmas.  It’s beginning to look do-able, but just barely. If I’m able to finish it all up, I’ll have quite a few pictures to show you.  After Christmas, of course. I did finish up another apron for our home this week.  This […]

Copper and I started out housekeeping, as they used to say, very modestly.  In  fact, our first few Christmases were pretty sparse.  When Copper’s dad re-married in 1983, his bride, Meg, gifted us with a cute little plastic Nativity set.  Corin was three years old and Dani was a new born, so a plastic set was […]