If you read any "What I Wish I Would Have Known" articles written by modern homesteader types, one of the first items on their lis...

I'm gonna whine for just a minute. It has been one heck of a week. It was the first week of school. Both girls have colds, so we've ...

Something's been weighing on my mind for awhile now, though I've avoided blogging about it because I didn't want to offend. When...

Remember in the Little House books* when Laura slaps Mary for saying "Golden hair is lots prettier than brown," and then she gets ...

My mom and I went to the Taste of Home Cooking School on Thursday night. I'd love to tell you it was fantastic, inspirational, and infor...

I hate that I don't blog anymore :o\ I just never know what to talk about. My life is really quite dull. So I'll just ramble, and ca...

I don't know how many times now Andrew's return date has changed. First it was Monday, then maybe Wednesday, then - hooray! - Sunday...

Every so often, I hear the "what if there was another depression" worry from someone I know. What would we do? How would we live? ...

...for impatience, anger, frustration, and general grumpiness. The holiday season is upon us. Have you noticed how it keeps on moving up in ...

Today was chaos. Cora woke up around 4 am and began dancing and patty-caking in bed, mingled with the occasional body slam. Then she gleeful...

...I did. We went through our mail-in ballots Thursday night and I dropped them off in person on Friday. We read through our little State of...

The more I think about this, the more irritated I get. Earlier today, Chloe and Isabel were playing in the front yard, which I only allow oc...

We've been busy... doing pretty much nothing. Doesn't it always feel like that though? I've uploaded pictures, so I'll just ...

....she gave me her cold. Ughhhhhh I feel so awful. My temp is 101.7, last I checked. I'm FREEZING, the swamp cooler (air conditioner) i...

So we went to Old Chicago's last night for Cora's birthday. We told the waitress it was her birthday, and could they please sing and...

I'm kind of frustrated with my mom. :o\ And I think she's kind of frustrated with me. My dad's PSA count was up last time. He fo...

I thought I'd blog a bit about the latest gossip about my ex husband, because I thought you all would be fascinated by it. Okay, not rea...

A couple of days ago, the dog from the house kind of diagonally behind us got into our next door neighbor's yard. It does it fairly ofte...

The average person spends at least 3 years of their life waiting. That ends up being about 62 minutes a day in a 70 year life. That seems li...

Oy vey. All week long I've been exhausted to the core by evening, but I'm more than exhausted right now. Not sure the word, but it...