I did a terrible job of keeping up with what I read last year. Terrible. I keep looking around my house and finding books I read that never made the pages of this blog. Ah, well. Onward and upward. Here are the books that made the most impact on me last year. Big Magic: Creative […]
Goals for 2016
Last week we held a family meeting to discuss the goals we had all set last January. Most of us got at least half of our goals accomplished, and my husband was especially pleased to have hit his biggest goal. I did well on mine too, although much of the progress came late in the […]
2015: things I’m proud of
This has been a hard year. Have I said that lately? Perhaps yes. But it’s just true, and I’m not one to run from truth-telling even if it’s not always sweetness and light. Yet, there are a lot of things I’m proud of, both personally and inside my family. Things to celebrate. We all beat […]
Things I Learned in 2015
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 […]
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 […]