Throw Back Thursday is a bit different this week. I thought this had been scheduled to post in the fall….and it didn’t. So here it is today. Enjoy. *********** November 16, 2017 We haven’t moved yet. It was nearly Halloween before the relocation company got […]

Wow! I had high hopes, but Whirlwind it’s official! He has been accepted into all three schools he applied to. Academically he was sixth in his class at the beginning of the year, (I’m not quite sure where he stands right now), but one of […]

One of the things we like to do is take time with each child to do something special. This last weekend DH (DearHusband) and I had to go to a formal work event. For Friday Family Time (yes, we kind of consider it a proper […]

January was a busy month for us. I worked extensively with Whirlwind as he finished and revised the last of his college application essays. It was exhausting at times. Truly exhausting-mentally and physically. At the same time I feel truly blessed. Whirlwind is functioning enough […]

Photo credit: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-mathematics-of-juggling-20170524/ I didn’t realize how dependent I am on my planner until I was without the first two+ weeks of the year. The one I ordered finally came yesterday after a shipping snafu. I had a small paper January calendar where I could […]

Surprise! It’s not the pretty lights on the featured photo. No, as much as I wish I had lovely lights strung around my home. This is a real-life check. We’re more than a week into January, and yep, Christmas decorations are not yet put away. […]

I give up. I give up on perfection. Real life is hard. Real life leaves you with five minutes here and there to tackle things you want to do. Real life leaves little room for perfection. I give up on long blog posts and schedules […]

2017 Update: This will be the last Throwback Thursday for a while. I’ve got to focus on our impending move. Quick recap of prior two posts Difficult Year I, and Difficult Year II: My husband and I were hoping to add a sixth child to […]

Just when you think you’re gaining traction, you find out it’s 95% likely that you’ll move. To another state. Into a smaller home. And school is starting soon. I still have plenty of posts planned for the future.  And if I can manage it, I’ll […]

Time for a Mega Crafting post.  I never did post this one on my old blog.  After my software for my professional vinyl cutter was woefully out-of-date and I would have to purchase new software for quite a lot, I decided to purchase a Silhouette […]