This could also be known as “the post with 32 pictures,” but it seems the best way to recount many of the things that have been happening around here since October. If you haven’t noticed, I just love to archive everything, so this post is more for me than you! (But, OH the things that… Read More From California To Christmas Like Crazy…and More Crazy
Hanging out at Common Grounds coffee shop. There’s a recipe at the end of this post, I promise. A good one, too, if you happen to like olives and all-things-Mediterranean. It’s just that I also wanted to post photos from our trip to Texas last weekend, since I haven’t found the time to write all… Read More Gluten Free/Paleo Friday ~ T-Bone Texas & Chicken Sicily (and bats!)
The wonderful thing was that it was a gorgeous day in Massachusetts for apple picking, which is a New England tradition I don’t think we’ve ever missed in our 14 years here ~ warm, sunny, and perfect for seeing the changing colors in the trees. The sad things were that we were dong it without… Read More Gluten Free/Paleo Friday ~ Exporting Apple Butter
It was Saturday night that we were sitting at our kitchen table, chatting, and listening to the Baylor vs. West Virginia game online. The teen s’mores & pizza party was over and cleaned up from the night before, a baby registry for my friend Christie had been accomplished earlier in the day, and I was… Read More The Socially Awkward Homeschool Graduate
This week marks the halfway point in our Classical Conversations Challenge II semester, and I can hardly believe it. This is my second time to tutor this level, and I really enjoy the hands-on nature of the curriculum ~ even though biology and algebra II are a challenge for me. Actually, the entire curriculum is… Read More Pondwater, Polynomials, Philosophic Discussions, and Pizza
It’s mid-September, the leaves are beginning to change, the apple orchards are all open for picking, the farm stands are selling corn AND cornstalks for seasonal decor, and I am not so happy about all of this. It’s too soon! I do love the fall (really nothing like fall in New England), but I love… Read More Completing Her Quest
We managed to check only 3 bags! Hugging his “wheels” goodbye. Gladness and sadness are emotional extremes that I did not really know could happen simultaneously. Or maybe they really can’t. Maybe together they just make for a moment by moment roller coaster ride of the heart. Either way, I know I have… Read More Sad Goodbyes, Good Hospitality
Tomorrow we head to Maine for a little bit of the above picture life, and I can’t wait! We’ll be camping in Acadia National Park for three nights and then staying near the beach in Ogunquit for three nights. This trip has become the highlight of our summer. Really, it’s the highlight of our whole… Read More The Maine Thing
There were many signs of aging around here last week. Here are a few examples: 1. I received a prescription for bifocals. {Sigh…} 2. Robert and I paid our first of many Baylor tuition bills. {Only by God’s provision.} 3. I bought a MacBook {Another amazing provision.}, and registered for a class at the Apple… Read More Growing Girl{s}
I just Googled “baseball phrases.” Wow. There are multitudes of baseball related phrases and cliches we Americans use! I guess it truly is, or at least was, America’s pastime. I know it’s partly how my friends and I passed the time when we were young kids, and we had all kinds of alternative rules for… Read More “It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over”