I LOVE reading “year in review” posts. And I HATE writing them. I immediately get performance anxiety. How can I wrap up a year’s worth of growth (hopefully, there was growth)? What if I forget something? If I can’t do it perfectly I can’t do it. UGH. Forget that. I don’t want to live an […]
Archives for 2015
Recent reads, winter version
I used to write a post monthly about the books I read, but for the last year or so I just can’t seem to get my act together to do this. The last time I posted Recent Reads was back in August. And although I swore I created a draft here to keep track, now […]
Recent Read-Alouds
One of my homeschooling goals each year is to complete a list of read-alouds with my kids. Read aloud time is complicated now that I have several kids of very varying ages, but it’s one of the things I’m determined to do each day, even when the listeners are teenagers. I haven’t read all the […]
How to get your 3 year old to take her “nasty medicine”
I have officially named this year (or so – it began last October with my son’s extremely early birth) The Year of the Medical Event. Looking back on my calendar for the past several months, I’ve had 6-8 or more medical events or doctor’s appointments each month. Have a mentioned that going to the doctor/dentist […]
Frugal Friday: Fails and Wins
Given the excitement around here after Ruby broke her arm, had surgery to correct it, and spent a night in the hospital, not to mention that everyone caught a nasty virus with fever, aches and chills, let’s just say I didn’t do so great in the food waste department. There was food that I intended […]
My premonition came true, sort of
Last week I feared that my preemie’s sickness would land us back in the hospital, but it was my 5 year old daughter that ended up hospitalized. Saturday, as we were just about to walk out the door to go to a local foodie festival, Ruby ran out the door early, as usual. A minute […]
Frugal Friday and food waste update
On Fridays, two bloggers I admire for their frugal skill and panache, The Frugal Girl and The Non-Consumer Advocate, list cheapskate things they’ve done that week. (The Frugal Girl often posts pictures of food she’s wasted that week, brave soul. It’s inspiring.) Years ago, I did the same thing here each week. I’ve decided to […]
Be careful what you wish for
It’s a terrible thing to wish that time would speed up. I don’t normally fall prey to this trap. I know it’s difficult to be happy when you aren’t present. But I would venture to guess that many mothers of extremely premature babies feel the same. Josiah decided to make all my anxieties about his […]
Food waste and taking one for the team
I ate oatmeal, leftover from breakfast, for lunch today. Topped with blackberries, butter, walnuts, flax seeds and a sprinkling of brown sugar, it was hardly pauper fare. Still, I would much rather have had a hot ham and cheese sandwich (what I served the kids). I took one for the team. (I have Katy of […]
First day back to (home)school
I felt a bit like the proverbial giddy school girl early yesterday and this morning, unable to sleep and eager for the day to begin. I woke up before my alarm went off, unusual for me as of late. Everything went off yesterday and today without a hitch, and the girls were all done with […]