With Copper working a crazy amount of overtime, and baseball practices ramping up in preparation for the start of the season, life in my house has become busier than normal. Toss in the daily requirements of running a homeschooling household and keeping our orchards, vineyards, berries, etc. irrigated during this dry winter, and [...]
My husband was home today. Hooray!
We spent a good portion of the day adjusting our budget. It’s not a task either of us particularly relish.
We are, quite happily, debt-free now, with the exception of our home. That made making the budget adjustments for rising utility and food costs a wee [...]
I’m a home body by preference. We’ve made some choices in the last few weeks that mean I will be spending more time out and about. William is trying out for baseball this weekend, which means practice days and game days will take me to town a few times a week. I am also taking [...]
We had a fabulous Christmas and spent New Year’s Eve, quietly, here at home watching movies and enjoying a ton of homemade goodies, both sweet and savory. It’s been quite cold and unusually dry. In fact, we’ve needed to run sprinklers on the lawns, and I may irrigate the orchard and vineyard this week if [...]
My head is swimming with projects. Projects to complete in my home that have been languishing for months. Knitting, quilting, embroidery and sewing projects are filling my head, too. I’m jotting them all down, making notes so that they’re not forgotten. I’m adding just a couple at a time into my “creative goals” for the [...]
Reaching a goal is a wonderful thing. Reaching a goal means that your hard work, perseverance and determination have paid off. What you do after achieving a goal can be just as important as realizing the goal in the first place.
Combining my blog and web site into one site that was more flexible [...]
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About Cheryl 
I'm Cheryl. I've been Copper's wife for 33 years. We have two grown daughters, two teen sons, a wonderful son-in-love and six grandbabies. Copperswife is a place to find encouragement as you joyfully look well to the ways of your own household.
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2012 – Books Read This Year
The First Five Years of Copperswife
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