We live in the arid deserts of Northern Nevada. The wind, extreme temperature changes, and lack of humidity really wreck havoc on our skin, particularly the hands because they are constantly washed. Each season presents a different challenge for keeping our skin from getting dry, cracked, and rough. We have tried everything from Vaseline Instensive […]
Handmade Pledge
The holiday season is almost here. Can you believe that? I’m already behind. Usually I try to have all the Christmas gifts, Christmas cards, and other stuff like that completed by the end of October so I can sit back and enjoy the holidays without most of the stress. This year we are doing everything […]
Spotlight Tuesday: Hank Hooper
Little kids are so full of life, aren’t they? They seem to have a never ending supply of energy. What do you do to help expel that energy in a good way? At our house we love to turn on some music and dance. Some days we feel like being ballerinas pirouetting about to Tchaikovsky’s […]
Presidential Election Links
I though it would be fun to post some links where you can find out more about each candidate’s position, whose views align more with yours. Select a Candidate from MPR Radio – Here you can take a short survey answering questions on various issues. You can choose not to answer any of the questions […]
Perty Hair
When my oldest girls were little we took the time every single day to do some fancy hairdos in their hair. As time wore on, the girls got older, we accumulated more girls and the hairdos got less and less fancy until, gasp, we were just doing well to get all the tangles brushed out […]
Bloggy Friends Turned Real Life Friends
Mrs. O, The Lazy Reader, Sonja, ME, Marmee, Cellista During our trip to Utah I was able to meet with several wonderful bloggy friends. We met at a park so the kids could play while we visited. We laughed, talked, and laughed some more. It was great getting to meet these women in real life. […]
Art & Crafts Sites
School always seems more fun when there are art projects or crafts to go along with what we are studying. Here’s a list of sites that I like to peruse to find the “perfect” project. Crafty Crow – a collection of craft ideas from around the internet – mostly other blogs. You can search by […]
Show Me the Money!
Do you pay your kids an allowance or do they get paid for doing extra jobs around the house? My kids get paid for doing extra jobs that we’ve agreed on ahead of time and the older girls get paid for babysitting. We don’t give them an allowance but they each have a savings account […]
30 Days of Nothing
So what would happen at your house if you decided to only buy the very essentials for 30 days? Could you make it without giving in to that urge to buy a Wendy’s shake or a the cute new skirt? How much would you save? Mary over at OwlHaven is spearheading a little project called […]
Dreams of Flying
Photography is an art. Maybe I should rephrase that. Good photography is an art. I love wasting my time looking through Flickr or Stumbling photography sites . I like to get ideas, see new ways of looking at the world around me, finding out how a different angle can change the meaning or interpretation of […]