A Sustained Life

It certainly isn't every day that your kids make the front page of the paper. And yet, that is exactly what has happened! And it's...

One of the big things that happened while I was "away" was that Abby started talking. I mean really talking. Before, she had bee...

When we started adding on to our house, there were lots of other projects that came up. Things like needing to take the power line to the b...

I could talk about the snow, but I'm in denial. Actually, it's not the snow that I mind. It's the cold that accompanies it. T...

Remember this picture I posted last March? Yeah, well, Josh is getting even.

Josh absolutely loves to go outside. So I knew he'd love the job I had for him. There were lots of wood scraps in the yard left from C...

Oh wait. I do! This sweet kitty showed up on our doorstep one cold morning a couple weeks ago. I'm pretty sure he is a "drop off...

I have dreamed of having a sewing desk for as long as I've been sewing. I've always thought how nice it would be to have a desk per...

It was absolutely gorgeous here yesterday. A bit windy, but it was in the 50s and mostly sunny. We could've spent time at the park. We...

I am a woman who loves power tools. How did this happen? My eyes used to glaze over when Don wanted to stop in at Home Depot. Now, I know...

Last week, I had arranged with a guy off of Craigslist that I would come and get his free upright piano. It had a few missing ivories, but ...

The other day at breakfast, these words actually came out of my mouth: "Don't blow your nose in your tortilla!" Ahhh, motherho...

Caleb has been building up a nice set of arm muscles this winter. Winter is usually a slow time of the year. One in which we rest & re...

Meagan had one wish for her birthday this year (she turned 9 in July!) and that was to build a stand that she could sell from. We were, at ...

So, we were sitting in foster care training (What?!? Where did that come from? More later...) a few weeks ago and they were talking about ...