The other day my daughter was complaining that she was bored. No, wait, BORED – all in capitals. Hmm…must be pretty bad if she put it that way, right? She even wrote an e-mail to Grandma explaining complaining how bored she was. Now, I don’t know about you, but I think grandmas are a certain […]
Archives for January 2013
The Rock Tumbler
In the comments of the last post about our polished rocks many were asking what rock tumbler we used. We purchased this, Model A-R1 Special Kit Rock Tumbler for Fudge. It is the perfect introductory model for the hobby of rock tumbling. The drum holds 3lbs of rocks. We put in about two cups of […]
As Polished Rocks
See these beauties? Look closely at the details of each one: the colors, the layers, the designs. Aren’t they stunning? This one is my particular favorite, closely followed by the pure simplicity of this one. What’s amazing is they started out looking like this. Just some dirty old rocks that all look pretty much the […]
Six for Saturday
because I’m late for Heather’s Five for Friday. ☺ 1. Watch this new Mormon Messages video. I think it is one of the best ones yet! It really hits close to home in many respects thinking about growing up and all my father did {and still does!] for us. And now all the work my […]
Using Tablecloths at Meal Times
I’m part of a facebook group for LDS mothers with large families. In our conversations it’s interesting to see what we all do that is the same and what we do that is different in managing our families of more than six children. Last week the conversation was around how we serve our meals. Some […]
Waldorf Wooden Acorn Sorting Game
For Christmas Truffle (12) made a peg doll matching game for Hershey (3). While ordering the supplies from Craft Parts I couldn’t help but notice the cute apples and acorns also for sale. My wheels started turning and I remembered something I had seen a long time ago in a catalog full of Waldorf inspired […]
Born Brave CD Winners
Hello! Hope you are having a blessed Sabbath. Just thought I’d pop in to announce the two winners of Katherine Nelson’s Born Brave CD. The randomly chosen winner from the comments is and Rafflecopter chose Jackie S. as the other winner. Jackie I have e-mailed you so please check your spam folder if you don’t […]
Five For Friday: Pinterest Edition
Monday morning rolled around, everyone was feeling so much better I was ready to tackle the world….or at least some projects that have been waiting in the wings. Also, Bon Bon’s laptop is having issues and won’t connect to the internet at all, and it’s finals week so she has been using my laptop which […]
What’s Mine is Yours {Giveaway}
For all those women who have: suffered a miscarriage given a baby up for adoption dealt with infertility adopted a baby Katherine Nelson has created a beautiful new music video for her song “What’s Mine is Yours” from her album Born Brave, which I raved about last fall here. Grab a box of tissues, enjoy, […]
The Necessities
It’s a beautiful white, pogonip Sunday morning. I love those mornings when it is so cold outside the windows of the house fog up because of all the warmth inside. When the kids left for church it was a chilly -7 outside. Brrrrr! Little Ganache and Hershey aren’t feeling very well so I stayed home […]
Avodah {My One Word for the New Year}
Worship. Serve. Work. Create. All these areas of my life dividing me, pulling me into a million fractured pieces. How is one to find happiness when you feel split knowing a “house divided against itself shall not stand?” (Matthew 12:25) The division within causes resentment because instead of creating you have to go and work.Worry […]
Five Things for Friday: New Beginnings
1. Remember my Eucharisteo post at the beginning of the year? I am pleased to say I have kept up counting gifts through my photography blog and reached 1,000 on December 31st! Now my plans are to get last year printed as a book, my own One Thousand Gifts, and a journal of sorts of […]