Nature explorations

The kids have loved finding our springtime guests and I love seeing the world through their eyes. We have lots of little frogs and fascinating little critters.

Rhubarb Bounty!

The new house we moved into has an insane amount of rhubarb. I have been excited but as I wandered the garden area I realized it has gone crazy! Oh my goodness! Its in an area we have not cleaned up yet (obviously). But look at it!

Crockpot “refried” Beans

One of my favorite go-to recipes is Crockpot “Refried” Beans. I LOVE this recipe. It is super easy, it saves us money and it is REALLY yummy.  They remind me of the refried beans that you get at a Mexican restaurant.  Will never gone back to canned…

Birthday Embroidery

As I have shared before I recently started to embroider. Because my Mother got me started I wanted my first “to be framed” piece to be for her.

This post is for my Mom who today turns 60 ( shhhhh don’t say anything. She doesn’t want to think about it 😉 )

Learning is not a waste

I just started to embroider this winter and I am really enjoying it. One thing I found though is that I don’t want to learn a stitch on the final project so I have a practice piece of fabric. Never thought it would become a teaching experience for me AND the kids…

Hammer Coat Hanger

Due to the move, having a tractor to fix and work being busy the Screwy Carpenter hasn’t made it into his new shop as much and he would like but he has gotten one project in. He made this wonderful coat rack. (I almost called it cute but I can’t call it cute…it’s in the man’s shop.)

Small town girl in the Country

Well, the last several months has been pretty busy and crazy with the move. On top of that, Due to a combination of computer issues that still have not yet been fully resolved and a need to prioritize, blogging has not been high on the list of to dos. In fact, March was deemed a time to minimize ALL commitments and just focus on getting a healthy baseline back into place. It has been wonderful to get back to basics.  It was a crazy process getting here but I am so glad we are to the point of being settled again. Changes do make life interesting…

Time to be Real…Time to be Brave

I was going to take time to reflect on last year’s goals and realized they are in a box or maybe a filing cabinet…? Hmmmm… We are in the middle of packing for a move so life feels a little scattered. Though I do know one thing, one big goal was not met. The one thing I have struggled with for the last 8 years.